You can make a Work area of focus then put each client in its own project beneath it. I think you overlooked or misunderstood. Unless I misunderstood what you meant.
Tasks with start dates imply that time needs to pass before it becomes something you can do, meaning it's not a "next" action but a "scheduled" action. On the other hand, not every action without a start date is a next action, as it may be blocked by another task that needs to be completed first. That's where the "next" tag comes in - it adds the missing piece to label tasks that can be done now, with no time or other tasks blocking it from being worked on.
@@LucasPrigge I've tried using next action tag but it didn't work for me. I prefer to have next_actions list and move tasks from (or create based upon) areas of focus or projects into next actions list (kind of a backlog). This allows me to treat areas and projects as checklists or project support materials instead of future actions plan. It's more in line with what GTD source book suggests. But with things, I can just set a start date for **today**. Done, it's going to be displayed in my today view (and tomorrow and day afetr ...). If I need to do something on given date things have deadline, but I would use callendar anyway. For me, start date is date when task can be started, so if it is set to today, it means the same as next action. If there is start day set in future it mean I don't care for it now. If there is no start date, it's not next action at all. I'm not going to set start date I I'm unsure it will be doable at that date. If it is blocked by other task, why even bother setting start date? Now, I think it boils down to an agreement you make with yourself. And agreements can be renegotiated. I.e. If I'm using todoist, I can't use start date, todoist have no start date yet and any overdue date is displayed in red ;/ But switching to things, I do not need to follow the same scheme I was using in todoist.
@@LucasPrigge If start date is today, no time need to pass. Things has a start date and a deadline date. If one thinks of a start date as a `do date`, sure he may need a label.
I've been on other people's Macs and, whereas I think the build quality is great and the aesthetics are nice, I really don't get why some people think they are so much better.
Exactly my thoughts so far. I will continue using and discovering it, but I only purchased it to get access to apps like Things, not because I want to move away from Windows.
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You can make a Work area of focus then put each client in its own project beneath it. I think you overlooked or misunderstood. Unless I misunderstood what you meant.
Why not just use start date for marking next actions?
Tasks with start dates imply that time needs to pass before it becomes something you can do, meaning it's not a "next" action but a "scheduled" action. On the other hand, not every action without a start date is a next action, as it may be blocked by another task that needs to be completed first. That's where the "next" tag comes in - it adds the missing piece to label tasks that can be done now, with no time or other tasks blocking it from being worked on.
@@LucasPrigge I've tried using next action tag but it didn't work for me. I prefer to have next_actions list and move tasks from (or create based upon) areas of focus or projects into next actions list (kind of a backlog). This allows me to treat areas and projects as checklists or project support materials instead of future actions plan. It's more in line with what GTD source book suggests.
But with things, I can just set a start date for **today**. Done, it's going to be displayed in my today view (and tomorrow and day afetr ...). If I need to do something on given date things have deadline, but I would use callendar anyway. For me, start date is date when task can be started, so if it is set to today, it means the same as next action. If there is start day set in future it mean I don't care for it now. If there is no start date, it's not next action at all. I'm not going to set start date I I'm unsure it will be doable at that date. If it is blocked by other task, why even bother setting start date?
Now, I think it boils down to an agreement you make with yourself. And agreements can be renegotiated. I.e. If I'm using todoist, I can't use start date, todoist have no start date yet and any overdue date is displayed in red ;/ But switching to things, I do not need to follow the same scheme I was using in todoist.
@@LucasPrigge If start date is today, no time need to pass. Things has a start date and a deadline date. If one thinks of a start date as a `do date`, sure he may need a label.
Thank you for the review Lucas
So you explained it but you didn’t mention if it’s better than others, Todoist for example?
You can watch my comparison video here to see how they compare: th-cam.com/video/CbQUf2Wauug/w-d-xo.html
Thank you!!
How you like your Mac experience
It's good, but I'm also continuing with Windows!
@@LucasPrigge interesante, gracias
Hope the dog has stopped shitting in the garden! lol
He got the message 😉
Lucas - how are you getting on with a Mac?!
It's slick and intuitive, but it's not amazingly better than Windows from what I've seen so far
I've been on other people's Macs and, whereas I think the build quality is great and the aesthetics are nice, I really don't get why some people think they are so much better.
Exactly my thoughts so far. I will continue using and discovering it, but I only purchased it to get access to apps like Things, not because I want to move away from Windows.
Can’t stand seeing more than a few minutes of the video due to the annoying spam banner in the bottom of the video. If you continue with this in your videos I will neither subscribe or watch anymore of you videos. The spam banner keeps taking focus away from what you are showing and talk about. Please stop using the spam banner, thank you.
Thank you for the constructive feedback, Leif. Good to know it does more harm than good.