I've requested a group for this, until then I'll crank it out via a unique thread on the most viewed group.
Days 1-2:
This is as close to a framework that is aligned with my process as I've seen. It's not a matter of right or wrong/better or worse, but instead aligned with the objectives you have proven to be most effective for you.
I'm a little worried this is an orphaned product. Consequently, I'm going to partially transition until I have some confidence the app is still being supported, This includes investment dollars.
Could I transition with no new features? Probably. Yes. It's a matter of ensuring I fully ;leverage this application's functionality, and making a decision on what I'm missing compared with others. Right now...this is the app to beat.
The apps it's competing with are:
IQTell:
love, Love, LOVE it. The leadership there (i.e. their owner) has application development all backward however. They basically seem to have fallen a$$-backward in to some tools they present as 'the best way'. As much as I like this app, let's keep it real here.there is a huge difference between smoke and mirrors and innovation.Meaning just because it's configurable means only you put out a framework and can't keep it cutting edge...not that you are anything special: so my humble advice is to stop acting as such. Nothing fails faster than success, my good man.
To everyone else, this company will fail IMO, and do so miserably due to their owner's ("Ran") behavior. It's a shame, but in a ghoulish can't help but think "he was warned"
Toodleo:
Jake is an innovative guy. However, the draw back for Toodledo has been extremely ugly UI, and unpleasing workflow. i also get the feeling he's about to call it quits with this app, because the framework it's written on is extremely outdated. Best case scenario is he and his team have been secretly working on a next-gen app that he will unveil soon, but I doubt it.
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Days 2-5:
The good news is I'm continuing to pilot this app. By that, I'm taking a subset of my ;life's "areas" and tracking their tasks in DoIt.Im.
The bad news, I think I'm leaning once again, toward simply building my own application. This is due to the fact DoIt.Im appears to be no longer supported? Thus at the end of my 30 day trial, I cannot warrant spending on something that is obsolete. Succinct version: No customer support, no investment.
Regardless, I'm going to stick it through the trial period.
What I've Enjoyed With This App:
At the end of the day, we all have a way in which we would like to view our "To-Do" list. Think in terms of a grouping or sort order. Some like to see it "by Priority" Others, by "Area" or "Context".
Me? I like to view by time period. Thus historically, I've had views that allow me to see what's due "This week", or "Next Two Days", or "Today". Easy-peasy-Japanese, eh? Additionally, I like to see reduce my "Current To Do" view to the 4-5 things that I can be doing at this moment.
Unfortunately, DoIt.Im does not have a time filter for "start time" or "deadline"...only a date filter. In other words, say I have six tasks. Three of them start after 4pm, and three of them start after 9am. I would love rto have a view that shows tasks currently do. Thus if I ran this view at 1:3opm, I would only see the three tasks due after 9am, and the ones due after 4pm are suppressed.
My workaround for this is to manually categorize them in "Do it Now".
I like the Goal>Project>Tasks hierarchy. However, their is not reporting by goal. Also, it seem that a project can only belong to one goal, and it seems in real life a project can belong to multiple goals. Additionally, the "filter" views are limited in that I cannot change the operators (and/or)
Finally, I'm still trying to get my arms around the business rules for Next vs Tomorrow, base on those with a Start time and/or Deadline time. I know they are define as I perused the information a while back, but I nee to sit and go through it as currently I'm entering each field, which is time consuming.
As an example, when I build my app, I'm going to define logic so that the system takes the estimate in to account, and based on deadline provides the start time.
Example:
1. I create task "Post my experience on the DoIt.Im forum.
2. I set the deadline to 11/28/2016 to 4pm (this is a require fiel)
3. I set the estimate (required field) to be 45 minutes).
4. I set it an forget it.
Because the Start time is null, upon save the system will simply determine that my "Start time" is 11/28/2016 at 3:15pm.
For some reason, there are no applications that contain this functionality, which is odd seeing as GTD fosters the idea of "less is more' and that your view should only contain "What can I be doing now"? This should consider Context, Date/time, and estimate at a minimum.
I'm unsure why some properties can be included in the query but others cannot. i.e. Having the ability to filter by tasks where the estimate is between 1-30 minutes would be fantastic.
Still, this is the closest "date-base" GTD app I am aware of the market. This will allow me to finalize proof of concept for certain features I have slate for my homegrown application. Before anyone asks, I'm unsure if I will make the app available to others. This is for the simply reason I am a Windows guy, so have a learning curve with respect to developing iOS apps. Assuming I can make this available and store the data without having to pay out of my pocket, I will make it available for free. i.e. Not looking to gain revenue, just on't want to lose money. We'll see. What I can assure you is it will be unlike anything out there.It might not be for everyone, but at least you will have a new option.
See https://gtdtips.wordpress.com/ for the requirements that I'll be uploading over the next few weeks.Until then, I'm thankfor for DoIt.Im (and still wish they would support it so I can buy instead of build ;-(
The good news is I'm continuing to pilot this app. By that, I'm taking a subset of my ;life's "areas" and tracking their tasks in DoIt.Im.
The bad news, I think I'm leaning once again, toward simply building my own application. This is due to the fact DoIt.Im appears to be no longer supported? Thus at the end of my 30 day trial, I cannot warrant spending on something that is obsolete. Succinct version: No customer support, no investment.
Regardless, I'm going to stick it through the trial period.
What I've Enjoyed With This App:
At the end of the day, we all have a way in which we would like to view our "To-Do" list. Think in terms of a grouping or sort order. Some like to see it "by Priority" Others, by "Area" or "Context".
Me? I like to view by time period. Thus historically, I've had views that allow me to see what's due "This week", or "Next Two Days", or "Today". Easy-peasy-Japanese, eh? Additionally, I like to see reduce my "Current To Do" view to the 4-5 things that I can be doing at this moment.
Unfortunately, DoIt.Im does not have a time filter for "start time" or "deadline"...only a date filter. In other words, say I have six tasks. Three of them start after 4pm, and three of them start after 9am. I would love rto have a view that shows tasks currently do. Thus if I ran this view at 1:3opm, I would only see the three tasks due after 9am, and the ones due after 4pm are suppressed.
My workaround for this is to manually categorize them in "Do it Now".
I like the Goal>Project>Tasks hierarchy. However, their is not reporting by goal. Also, it seem that a project can only belong to one goal, and it seems in real life a project can belong to multiple goals. Additionally, the "filter" views are limited in that I cannot change the operators (and/or)
Finally, I'm still trying to get my arms around the business rules for Next vs Tomorrow, base on those with a Start time and/or Deadline time. I know they are define as I perused the information a while back, but I nee to sit and go through it as currently I'm entering each field, which is time consuming.
As an example, when I build my app, I'm going to define logic so that the system takes the estimate in to account, and based on deadline provides the start time.
Example:
1. I create task "Post my experience on the DoIt.Im forum.
2. I set the deadline to 11/28/2016 to 4pm (this is a require fiel)
3. I set the estimate (required field) to be 45 minutes).
4. I set it an forget it.
Because the Start time is null, upon save the system will simply determine that my "Start time" is 11/28/2016 at 3:15pm.
For some reason, there are no applications that contain this functionality, which is odd seeing as GTD fosters the idea of "less is more' and that your view should only contain "What can I be doing now"? This should consider Context, Date/time, and estimate at a minimum.
I'm unsure why some properties can be included in the query but others cannot. i.e. Having the ability to filter by tasks where the estimate is between 1-30 minutes would be fantastic.
Still, this is the closest "date-base" GTD app I am aware of the market. This will allow me to finalize proof of concept for certain features I have slate for my homegrown application. Before anyone asks, I'm unsure if I will make the app available to others. This is for the simply reason I am a Windows guy, so have a learning curve with respect to developing iOS apps. Assuming I can make this available and store the data without having to pay out of my pocket, I will make it available for free. i.e. Not looking to gain revenue, just on't want to lose money. We'll see. What I can assure you is it will be unlike anything out there.It might not be for everyone, but at least you will have a new option.
See https://gtdtips.wordpress.com/ for the requirements that I'll be uploading over the next few weeks.Until then, I'm thankfor for DoIt.Im (and still wish they would support it so I can buy instead of build ;-(
