One complication that comes from using powerful tools is that we can spend more time tinkering with the machine than making widgets. Kourosh Dini wrote an excellent post about the “Considered Task”. Specifically, he will insert the word “Consider” in front of a task to give…
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The Problems You Don’t Know
I’ve been running pretty hard the last few months between the day job and finishing up the Email Field Guide. In the process, I’ve fallen off the wagon a few times with my OmniFocus task management discipline. Everybody probably knows that feeling of seeing…
Continue reading →OmniFocus for iPhone 2.0
View fullsize Today the Omni Group released OmniFocus for iPhone, version 2. I’ve been in the beta and using my iPhone, nearly exclusively, for the past weeks to manage my OmniFocus data. Today the new version is available for purchase and I wanted to share…
Continue reading →OmniFocus Background Sync? Yes, Thank You.
There’s a new update for iPhone OmniFocus today (version 1.16) that adds Background Sync. So what does that mean? Start by enabling Background Sync in the application settings. Tell OmniFocus to Add Current Location for your home, work, school, and favorite bar. (You have…
Continue reading →OmniFocus Template Script – Bigger and Better
For the longest time I used Kurt Clifton’s OmniFocus Template. Today I stumbled into Chris Sauve’s updated OmniFocus Template script. ¡Ay, Caramba! How did I not check this out sooner? This updated template script (which pays homage to Kurt’s original template) brings it. You…
Continue reading →Reeder to OmniFocus Inbox with Two Taps
MPU Listener David Hall found a clever use for Reeder’s defeault address to send link setting. He put in his OmniFocus Mail Drop address and now can send an article straight into OmniFocus without leaving Reeder. I’m in. ∞
Continue reading →OmniFocus Task Creation via QR Code
I recently received an email from reader Jonas Bergenudd with a really clever workflow. Jonas has things in his life that occasionally require replenishment, like batteries. So Jonas created stickers with QR codes on them using OmniFocus’s URL scheme to add a new task…
Continue reading →Capturing Text Message Based Tasks
When you are sending someone a communication requesting that they do something for you, spend a moment thinking about how convenient (or inconvenient) you are making things for your recipient. To me, text messages are a way to quickly share short spurts of information.…
Continue reading →Making Wine with OmniFocus
Michael Werk makes wine and one of his most useful tools is OmniFocus. Here is a remarkably well-produced video showing how he does it. ∞
Continue reading →OmniFocus Setup: Do Stuff!
Do Stuff! from The Omni Group on Vimeo. Here is my talk from the OmniFocus Setup called “Do Stuff”. There were some great presentations that day and the Omni Group production people did a superb job capturing it all. You can watch them all…
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