by Kourosh | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog, General Techniques
My workflow has, in general, shifted towards a session-focused style, as is evident from my recent post. Essentially, that just means that my dashboard of tasks number only a few (about 5-8, give or take) and each represents a session of work. They are not very...
by Kourosh | Jun 19, 2016 | Blog, General Techniques
OmniFocus is very much an app about doing. It’s not designed with graphical reporting in mind. Here’s a neat app, though, put together by Thomas Schoffelen, that shows a list of open tasks, and completed tasks from the last 7 days, last 3 months, and...
by Kourosh | Jun 3, 2016 | Blog, General Techniques
We can have any number of types of task lists, be they a perspective, a context, or a project. Some lists stick around: the daily list, phone calls to make, things to file, agenda items, and more. They fill up, we clear them, and they fill up again. Two questions we...
by Kourosh | May 6, 2016 | Blog, General Techniques, OmniFocus and Other Programs
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by Kourosh | May 2, 2016 | Blog, General Techniques
How we word our tasks can make a significant difference in how we approach them. For example, several rules of thumb may be: Start with a verb Maintain both simplicity and clarity when possible Act as though you are delegating the task to someone else. (In fact, you...
by Kourosh | Apr 1, 2016 | Blog, General Techniques
Useful Lists We can easily be overwhelmed by looking at even a realistic list of things we’d like to do today. This is particularly the case if there are many small tasks. A good list is one we can easily review in a short period of time so that we can make a...