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@If Context
GOD | Feb 19 2006
One of the problems I have is coordinating a particular action in one place so that I can complete it in another. For instance, grabbing a book from the office that is ready to be returned to the library as I go out to get coffee on the other side of campus. Another similar example is that I meant to give something to a friend of mine, have had it in my pocket for several days now, but forgot to give it to him when I saw him today -- even though we spent a few hours together, eating and talking. I thought about tackling this with dated tasks, which would certainly help in the situation with my friend, but it wouldn't help in the first example. So I think I'm going to try using @If contexts. An example would be, @If - Going past library, then grab book to take back. Or, @If - You see Mark, give him that thing. Thoughts? 18 Comments
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 At least it helps to...Submitted by GOD on February 19, 2006 - 11:21pm.
At least it helps to know someone else has the same (exact!) problems. I did think about the tickler file, but I also thought about using dated tasks on my PDA. Perhaps I could use post-its to deal with this issue... I do keep a pad of them in my car, and I recently started fastening them to the window on my side. There's one there for my friend right now. Either way, I certainly don't mind a little redundancy. And that will let me figure out what works best. Maybe I could put a post-it on an index card in my tickler file... but that wouldn't help me with the library book issue. Though a post-it in my general vicinity would. And possibly an @If. » POSTED IN:
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