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How are you Mac folks doing reminders and structuring to-dos?
Scott | Nov 29 2007
As of Leopard, I'm a transplant from Entourage to the Mail/Address Book/iCal/.mac combo. Over in Entourage for the past 7 years, I created a slick Zero Inbox system by using delayed reminders, using a cool combo of Applescripts that removed emails out of the Inbox until a time when I needed to deal with them. I haven't figured out a system yet in the Mail world. I'd love to hear how you Mac GTD'ers are using timers/reminders to postpone to-dos until the time you need to deal with them. I'm intrigued by OmniFocus, but it doesn't seem to be set up to do timers; more, it looks like a way to order ones to-dos in the sequence they need to be done. It might work, to switch from a popup timer world, to just remembering to look at a list. But before I dive in to OmniFocus, I'd love to hear how others are dealing with their to-dos using the Mail/Address Book/iCal/.mac combo. Thanks for any ideas. 38 Comments
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 OmniFocus, Mail, iPhone, and Spanning SyncSubmitted by inkfreq on December 27, 2007 - 10:36am.
I use OmniFocus as my GTD application. I set reminders in iCal. The complicated part for me is keeping my calendar and my dad's calendar straight. I am taking care of my dad who is 86 years old, and often has multiple appointments with doctors that he often forgets to tell me about. What I have done is set up a few shared calendars in Google, and as soon as he makes an appointment, he schedules it in his calendar. I then use Spanning Sync to keep Google and my iCal in sync every ten minutes. We always set alarms for 1 hour before the appointment, and I sync my iCal to my iPhone. That way even if dad forgets to tell me about an appointment, an hour before hand my iPhone will let me know/remind me about it, and I can re-adjust my schedule accordingly or make a fast call and get my sister to lend a hand. I also use .Mac to keep everything synced between my work MacPro, my MacBook Pro, my iMac, and my iBook, as I never know which one I will be using when. I find that for my purposes Apple's built in apps like Mail and iCal work perfect for me, without interjecting any additional clutter into my system. I'm all about getting the results, without adding extra steps to do it. » POSTED IN:
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