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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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 The library is always a...Submitted by sonia_simone on February 26, 2006 - 8:55am.
The library is always a challenge for me as well. You're right, it's having to have all those bitsy steps lined up that makes it hard. One springs to the thought of an "@Campus" list, but perhaps it would only have one item on it. And you'd have to think to look at it before you left the house. It seems to me that the test for @If (or @Miscellany or @WeirdTasks or @Random) is that it works for you, which it seems this does. All you need, really, is a list you're going to see when you need to see it. Now that I type that out, I'm rather fond of "@Random." » POSTED IN:
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