Comments on: Begin with the End in Mind http://www.activityowner.com/2009/04/30/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/ Getting Things Done with MindManager, ResultsManager, and GyroQ Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:17:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ActivityOwner http://www.activityowner.com/2009/04/30/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-13485 ActivityOwner Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:01:44 +0000 http://www.activityowner.com/?p=348#comment-13485 Thanks Scott -- I always appreciate hearing this stuff actually gets used! There is a default ResultsManager option "Support MM/OutLook Syncronization" that when checked forces a due date to be set if a start date is set and vice versa. Apparently this is required for sync to work. If you uncheck that option, you should be fine. Let me know if that doesn't work. Thanks Scott — I always appreciate hearing this stuff actually gets used!

There is a default ResultsManager option "Support MM/OutLook Syncronization" that when checked forces a due date to be set if a start date is set and vice versa. Apparently this is required for sync to work.

If you uncheck that option, you should be fine.

Let me know if that doesn't work.

]]> By: Scott http://www.activityowner.com/2009/04/30/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-13484 Scott Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:03:29 +0000 http://www.activityowner.com/?p=348#comment-13484 I've just started using MindReader and wow, I love it! I have a question about the start and due dates. I'm still learning MindReader and I'm using the 'q' tag. I'm also using results manager (with MM8). When I add an item without telling MindReader anything about start/due dates it adds today's date in the "start" date and no "due" date which is what I want. However, when I do an "edit activity" and add a context, when I click ok, RM is automatically adding a due date of "today" even though I've left the field blank (in most cases I only want a start date). Is there a way to not have RM automatically setting due dates for me, but still keeping the start dates? Maybe I have RM set up wrong. I'm using RM 2.8.3. Thank you so much for the help, it is greatly appreciated!!! I've just started using MindReader and wow, I love it! I have a question about the start and due dates. I'm still learning MindReader and I'm using the 'q' tag. I'm also using results manager (with MM8). When I add an item without telling MindReader anything about start/due dates it adds today's date in the "start" date and no "due" date which is what I want. However, when I do an "edit activity" and add a context, when I click ok, RM is automatically adding a due date of "today" even though I've left the field blank (in most cases I only want a start date). Is there a way to not have RM automatically setting due dates for me, but still keeping the start dates? Maybe I have RM set up wrong. I'm using RM 2.8.3.

Thank you so much for the help, it is greatly appreciated!!!

]]> By: ActivityOwner http://www.activityowner.com/2009/04/30/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-13404 ActivityOwner Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:06:00 +0000 http://www.activityowner.com/?p=348#comment-13404 Thanks Curtis -- I had almost forgotten about this new feature and hadn't been using it. In my defense, I only went a little ways down the rabbit hole :-). Thanks Curtis — I had almost forgotten about this new feature and hadn't been using it. In my defense, I only went a little ways down the rabbit hole :-).

]]> By: Curtis N. Bingham http://www.activityowner.com/2009/04/30/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-13403 Curtis N. Bingham Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:53:43 +0000 http://www.activityowner.com/?p=348#comment-13403 AO, you are amazing! You claim not to want to go down a rabbit hole and yet you do it anyway, coming up with something truly brilliant! I love it! AO, you are amazing! You claim not to want to go down a rabbit hole and yet you do it anyway, coming up with something truly brilliant! I love it!

]]> By: Peter K http://www.activityowner.com/2009/04/30/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-13326 Peter K Sun, 03 May 2009 13:13:32 +0000 http://www.activityowner.com/?p=348#comment-13326 This has me smiling! I thought this was an irresistible addition. Entering tasks just got even more convenient. On a mindreader high! hehe This has me smiling! I thought this was an irresistible addition. Entering tasks just got even more convenient. On a mindreader high! hehe

]]> By: ActivityOwner http://www.activityowner.com/2009/04/30/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-13324 ActivityOwner Sun, 03 May 2009 11:35:16 +0000 http://www.activityowner.com/?p=348#comment-13324 OK -- I can never resist a good rabbit hole.... The latest version (setup107.exe) recognizes && as a parallel delimiter as requested. It turned out to be very easy with existing code. Now this and the reverse work: A && B && C >> D >> E You can experiment with more complex syntax, but fairly quickly there starts to be a need additonal symbols to bracket subsets and coding behind the scenes to handle it. WordPress is even starting to get confused by these -- I had to edit this comment to get it to come out right! OK — I can never resist a good rabbit hole….

The latest version (setup107.exe) recognizes && as a parallel delimiter as requested. It turned out to be very easy with existing code. Now this and the reverse work:

A && B && C >> D >> E

You can experiment with more complex syntax, but fairly quickly there starts to be a need additonal symbols to bracket subsets and coding behind the scenes to handle it. WordPress is even starting to get confused by these — I had to edit this comment to get it to come out right!

]]> By: ActivityOwner http://www.activityowner.com/2009/04/30/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-13312 ActivityOwner Sun, 03 May 2009 01:11:36 +0000 http://www.activityowner.com/?p=348#comment-13312 How about get groceries << pizza and salad and milk :-) I think developing a full parsing syntax for this is a bit of a rabbit hole. We could put in the && delimiter but then that leads into a need for precedence of operators and grouping delimiters. I think the basic functionality gets us 95% of the way there. There is always the actual MindManager interface. How about get groceries << pizza and salad and milk :-)

I think developing a full parsing syntax for this is a bit of a rabbit hole. We could put in the && delimiter but then that leads into a need for precedence of operators and grouping delimiters. I think the basic functionality gets us 95% of the way there. There is always the actual MindManager interface.

]]> By: Peter K http://www.activityowner.com/2009/04/30/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-13311 Peter K Sun, 03 May 2009 00:37:21 +0000 http://www.activityowner.com/?p=348#comment-13311 Ahhh yes, that does work nicely!! What about: get groceries << pizza & salad & milk Ahhh yes, that does work nicely!!

What about:
get groceries << pizza & salad & milk

]]> By: ActivityOwner http://www.activityowner.com/2009/04/30/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-13297 ActivityOwner Sat, 02 May 2009 00:51:41 +0000 http://www.activityowner.com/?p=348#comment-13297 Research X >> Write Report << Research Y Research X >> Write Report << Research Y

]]> By: Peter K http://www.activityowner.com/2009/04/30/begin-with-the-end-in-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-13296 Peter K Fri, 01 May 2009 23:54:58 +0000 http://www.activityowner.com/?p=348#comment-13296 Just updated my install and I love how this works. This is a brilliant addition, love how it works in both directions. Got me thinking: would it be possible to add another parameter like && that would indicate the task is on the same level? Like: Write Report << research "x" && research "y" Just updated my install and I love how this works. This is a brilliant addition, love how it works in both directions. Got me thinking: would it be possible to add another parameter like && that would indicate the task is on the same level?

Like: Write Report << research "x" && research "y"

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