January 2011
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Simplifying the OmniFocus interface (OmniFocus...
After implementing the simplest possible Getting Things Done setup in OmniFocus, making some more advanced tweaks, we can now take on OmniFocus interface. Out-of-the-box you won’t necessarily find complex, although it needs to accommodate all of OmniFocus fantastic features, but for our minimalism approach we don’t need much of the interface, really.
Display only what you need to see
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Preparing for the future (OmniFocus Minimalism...
Being the second post in my series on OmniFocus Minimalism (a different, more simplified way of using this great tool), I will describe a few additional tweaks to the basic minimalistic setup which will allow you to use more advanced features of OmniFocus like Perspectives later, if you wish.
This modifications wil take as a bit deeper into OmniFocus’ functionality. If you’d like to...
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Will power and discipline are overvalued →
Tony Schwartz has written a very interesting article on Harvard Business Review about ‘Six Keys to Changing Almost Anything’. It is a very insightful and helpful text with none of the life hacking, zen-type magical tips. In particular I like the realism of the analysis
Most of us wildly overvalue our will and discipline. Ingenious research by Roy Baumeister and others has demonstrated that our...
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Getting up and running with OmniFocus in under 5...
There is no doubt that OmniFocus is amongst the most comprehensive and powerful personal task management applications around. But this also why people often talk about a steep learning curve when trying to integrate OmniFocus into their workflow.
This series of posts about ‘OmniFocus Minimalism’ will take you through several steps that help you setup and use OmniFocus in the most...
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AppleScript for the Total Procrastinators →
Justin Blanton has developed an impressive and pretty radical AppleScript solution that involves FlexTime, Launchbar and Spaces to force focus in you. I am always impressed with the power of AppleScript and I also recommend browsing Justin’s site for other gems of which there are a view. Here is what the script does
Gives you 15 seconds to move into the Space where you’re going to work.
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The OmniFocus for Mac 2.0 wish list
Without surprise OmniFocus is my productivity weapon of choice. I’ve test-driven many other task management applications, some for a longer period, some for a shorter. Many of them have nice looks or features as well, but none provides the level and consistency of functionality I need like OmniFocus does. Having used OmniFocus since it’s initial beta release, albeit with some breaks,...
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Defining and Managing Contexts in OmniFocus
There are only certain tasks you can perform depending on where you are, when you are and what tools you have available. This is one of the core Getting Things Done principles that helps you focus on the tasks you actually can do instead of procrastinating over all the task you should or could do. At any given time I have approximately 700+ tasks in my OmniFocus and I could worry quite a bit...
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Radical resolutions for 2011 →
While some of these resolutions look “simple” at first sight, they are actually quite radical and very recommendable, especially if you work in a large cooperation. This is typically where each of those three things gets easily ignored or lost.
Daniel Pink cites these resolutions from the book “Practically Radical” by William C. Taylor (co-founder of FastCompany).
1. I resolve to help my...
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Making sense of Single-Action Lists in OmniFocus
OmniFocus knows three different types of “projects”: Sequentiell Projects, Parallel Projects and Single Action Lists. You would typically think that most of the time you need sequential projects, but that is not really the case. First of all most projects are often a mixture of things that need to happen one after the other and actions that can be taken one in no particular order....