[appigo-todo] Re: More Screencasts to reflect reality. How do you manage a large number of tasks

There is a Multi edit function in toodledo - You need to do a search
first to find your 15 items - the easiest way to do that is to assign
a tag to your 15 items - then search on that tag - when you get the
search results screen, you will see multi edit in the top right corner
- click on that and you will see that you can make lots of changes to
the group. No matter what I would not want to try managing 400 tasks
with paper.! The number of tasks you're trying to manage is all the
more reason to use a software solution.

Chris

On Jan 26, 2:12 pm, SteveU <steveur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> The problem that I have with Toodledo is that I have not found a way
> take an action on a group of Tasks. Say that I want to move 15 Items
> and align them to a new goal.
>
> I am thinking of just going back to paper as the tools instead of
> helping are just getting in the way.
>
> An old software adage;
> Fast
> Powerful
> Easy to use.
>
> You get to chose only 2
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Steve
>
> On Jan 24, 8:47 am, hockey_magnet <cju...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Just my opinion but if you have that many tasks, I would not be trying
> > to "manage" them all on an iphone. I'd suggest you use your Toodledo
> > Pro or something else on a daily basis where you can do the majority
> > of your task management on your PC or Mac with more flexibility and
> > screen real estate, then when you sync to your iphone concentrate only
> > on your next actions, contexts in ToDo or a similar app but revert
> > back to your PC for major re organization and planning. I think GTD
> > works very well on ToDo but the iphone platform is somewhat limiting
> > when you're trying to manage hundreds of tasks. The key components of
> > GTD are  fairly straight forward in terms of how to focus on the most
> > important items or what you should be working on now, but there is no
> > "program" that will DECIDE what's most important for you. It also
> > appears to me that you may not really trust your system, in which case
> > it will never really work for you. If you follow GTD basics: Planning,
> > Projects, Next Actions, Contexts, Time, Energy and Priority, it will
> > work but it takes time, sometimes a lot of time, to be become
> > comfortable with it. If you're spending too much time "re organizing",
> > you probably need to get control of that outside of the software
>
> > Regards
>
> > On Jan 23, 8:26 pm, SteveU <steveur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I am currently using Todo 3.2 and Toodoleo and Jott to manage my
> > > tasks.
>
> > > I read both Getting Things Done and Making It All Work and I love the
> > > concept of mind like water and getting it all out of your head.
>
> > > The problem is now that I've got it all out of my head and into Todo I
> > > have a mind like stormy water. Important items are lost among the 433
> > > task that I have. I've tried using tags to make sure I focus on the
> > > important things but it does not allow me to address the rapidly
> > > changing workload. I end up with 45 things tagged important or Due
> > > Today and the list is back to being useless.
>
> > > What I would like to be able to do is rapidly retag multiple items.
>
> > > I looked around toodledo for a way to rapidly organize my lists
> > > without success.
>
> > > I love the ability to jott tasks as they come to mind but I am looking
> > > for an easy way to get those jotts that are in my inbox organized so
> > > that I can get them done.
>
> > > While the flexibility of getting things done is great what I really
> > > liked about the Franklin Planner system is it spelled out a
> > > methodology that included best practices they quickly made you more
> > > productive.
>
> > > In the IT world there is ITIL which is a compilation of best practices
> > > collected from around the world on how to best manage IT resources. It
> > > would be great if there were several screencasts that showed
> > > successful ways to keep focused on the most important items while
> > > surveying your horizons so you actually felt in control. Unfortunately
> > > the David Allen group is probably too expensive for a company like
> > > Appigo to consult with to develop the best practices for implementing
> > > GTD.
>
> > > Unfortunately I've ended up with the to do list that is a blob of
> > > undoability.
>
> > > Does anybody have any suggestions. Could we get a screen cast that
> > > shows 400 to do items and how they're managed using Todo. Was
> > > screencasts show managing 10 items and if I only had 10 tasks I would
> > > not need TODO.
>
> > > Ahh for a mind like water.
>
> > > Steve
>
> > > Tag:PostedbySteve- Hide quoted text -
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