Does anyone have a good suggestion on how to keep track of the action items that I call "in process" (that you've started but are not yet completed) versus action items that you have yet to begin?
In other task management apps, I did this with a simple tag; however, in Doit, at the present time, you can not see the tags as part of the action item unless you open it up. This defeats my purpose of quickly scanning to see what I've started and what I haven't started yet, which I like to do throughout the day.
I've been tinkering with a hack to solve this problem by using the Priority setting in the following manner:
- High (Red): High priority actions that have been started
- Medium (Blue): High prioirty actions that have not been started
- Low (Lite Blue): Low priority actions that have been started
- None (White): Low priority actions that have not been started
I thought this would give me a way to look at my tasks regardless of the list they were on and could tell two things: their priority and if I have done anything to initiate getting the task completed.
Given that Doit has the "Do It Now" feature I can still use that setting (the lightening bolt) to denote those tasks that take precedent over everything else and require my immediate attention. So I feel with this hack that I can still delineate a three level priority rating system.
Low / High / Do It Now
I am sorry I cannot help you. For some reason, I of all people have no problem at all with just leaving things and then reverting to them later. It is enough for me to see that the task is on the list, and therefore remains to be completed. Then I start off wherever I need to - beginning, halfway, whatever the case may be.
As for the Priority setting, I have my own twist to it. I have found that it can be translated (specifically interpreted) as "review frequency", and I am very satisfied with the results of this so far and would not want to compromise that. This is described a few posts down in this thread: http://help.doit.im/topics/1425
I really agree it is a great pity that the tags are not visible in Doit :-(
As for the Priority setting, I have my own twist to it. I have found that it can be translated (specifically interpreted) as "review frequency", and I am very satisfied with the results of this so far and would not want to compromise that. This is described a few posts down in this thread: http://help.doit.im/topics/1425
I really agree it is a great pity that the tags are not visible in Doit :-(