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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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 How do you decide when...Submitted by GOD on February 25, 2006 - 8:17am.
andyc wrote:
How do you decide when to go to the library? For this particular example I'm talking about the library on campus. And I usually don't decide to go there specifically. I usually include it in a trip to some other place on campus, such as to the union with someone so s/he can get coffee. So it doesn't necessarily have any regularity but is more of a spur of the moment kind of thing, which is what makes it difficult to coordinate. I did have a post-it on my desk that helped me remember to take something back yesterday. But my inbox is clean now so I should be able to use that too. I guess what I'm looking for is closer to a tickler than a next action if that makes any sense. But it's hard to orchestrate something I'll "trip over" when the action in question doesn't have a set path in time. » POSTED IN:
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