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gtd plugin for Mori

Hi,

I would just like to announce to people here that I've finally released the mGTD plugin for Mori Notebook.
Mori by itself has a number of useful features that help it implement a fairly comprehensive gtd system, as shown in these links:

http://jhh.med.virginia.edu/main/MoriGTD http://johnzeratsky.com/archives/001526.php

and my screencast (sorry for the low sound level)
http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/node/2138

The mGTD plugin adds to this with functions for:

urgency: when a task is due on a certain date, but has to be done before that date
recurrence: it uses the unix tool 'remind' featured on a 43folders post, in addition to a "homemade" algorithm for handling "soft recurs"
archiving: forms a log of what you've accomplished and when

It's available here along with an example notebook and rudimentary docs:
http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/node/2243

The plugin is free, and even though Mori is not, the demo of Mori is fully featured so you should be able to try things out completely before deciding if it's right for you. [BTW other than gtd, Mori is quite an effective tool for note-taking and note-making, and the developer is pretty highly regarded.]

All feedback is welcome, either in this thread or the one at hogbaysoftware.

Best,
Jeff

TOPICS: Mac OS X
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Not related to your plugin,...

Berko;9270 wrote:
Not related to your plugin, but I don't like apps like this that make you create a file. Mori, Circus Ponies Notebook (although, there are good reasons for it here), and DEVONthink all create a database/journal/notebook file.

I understand what you've wrote, but I have a difficult time understanding your position.

It seems that you want to only have one, large, integrated database for these kinds of apps. Now for the apps you listed, it's true that you must save a document to begin with, but that would only be for the first time that you use the app. Thereafter, it would open your single document as a default, and would for all intents and purposes act like Journler or Yojimbo. You could even save your document in the ~/Library/Application Support/ folder and never have to think about it again. Mori autosaves every few seconds so you don't even have to think about it existing as a discrete document, per se.

It almost seems that you object to them on principle because they allow one to segment note-taking activities. I use Mori to keep lab notes, and, believe me, I don't feel the need to integrate my life to the extent that my notes on polyimide bonding processes are in the same notebook as planning outings with my wife.

Anyway, we can always start a new thread to discuss the various outlining/note-taking paradigms in these applications (the great thing, and at the same time the most frustrating thing, is that they all seem to really shine in one or two areas, but no single one can get it all right.)

 
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