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Posted by satis
Apr 8, 2021 at 03:02 PM
No mandatory videos here, either.
Posted by Cyganet
Apr 8, 2021 at 08:21 PM
I had the videos pop up when I signed up but my ad blocker stopped them from playing.
Posted by Leib Moscovitz
Jul 11, 2021 at 04:27 PM
I have tried virtually every To Do app mentioned on this forum, and the only one I found that really addressed my needs was IQ. However, I notice that Cyganet uses both IQ and Amazing Marvin - what benefits does the latter offer than the former (in its most current iteration) does not?
Thanks!
Posted by Cyganet
Jul 11, 2021 at 06:06 PM
Hi Leib,
Leib Moscovitz wrote:
I have tried virtually every To Do app mentioned on this forum, and the
>only one I found that really addressed my needs was IQ. However, I
>notice that Cyganet uses both IQ and Amazing Marvin - what benefits does
>the latter offer than the former (in its most current iteration) does
>not?
>
>Thanks!
I manage all my tasks in Amazing Marvin, and use InfoQube as a database and information manager (but not for tasks). I haven’t tried using IQ for tasks, although I think it’s a fabulous program, because I already have AM as my dedicated task manager. The reason I use AM is that it focuses on helping me to actually do the tasks, rather than managing a list of items that happen to be tasks. When I used to use Toodledoo, the list of tasks had all the metadata that I ever wanted, but when it came to deciding which one to do now, or which one I shouldn’t forget, it wasn’t helpful.
AM helps me to do my tasks with a wide range of what it calls “strategies”, all of which I can toggle on or off, so I can shape it to fit how I want to work. These help a lot when I want to estimate how many things I can realistically get done in a day, allowing for other things that are going on. They also help to focus my attention on the things I want to do now, and put all the things I am not working on out of sight.
Here are some examples of strategies:
- All tasks have a scheduled date (when I want to do them) which isn’t the same as the due date
- I can give tasks a “review” date for when they should be flagged for my attention
- I can give tasks a start date and they are hidden until then
- I have a “today” page which only shows me the tasks I want to work on today
- AM allows me to put time blocks in my calendar, which are linked to categories. It will schedule tasks of that category inside the time block if I schedule them for that day
- I can break up the today page in sections like “morning/afternoon/evening” or time blocks or categories
- There is a “focus picker” so I can pick which project is my area of attention for today and it shows up at the top of the page. I plan my week ahead and pick a focus project for each day, then add time blocks and tasks
- AM can auto-reschedule the tasks I didn’t finish yesterday, or ask me when I want to do them
- AM has smart lists that I can define, and I can choose to put them in a sidebar. I have lots of those, e.g. a ‘waiting’ list for tasks when people are supposed to get back to me or a ‘priority’ list of tasks for this week
- AM has a weekly review item that I have scheduled for every Monday morning, wth a checklist of tasks that I do in the weekly review
- AM allows me to estimate task duration (before doing it) so I can see how many hours of work I have put on my today list. This estimate is separate from the time tracker that I can turn on to measure actual task duration
- AM has a procrastination count so I can see just how many days I have procrastinated on an item when I really should just do it
- I can put tasks on the “backburner” which is a bit like the GTD someday/maybe category. I don’t want to see them in my master list, but I can call them up when I want to
There are more strategies that I don’t use, like “eat that frog” (which one should you do first today), reward points, the task jar (pick a task for me), truncated list (only show me one at time)
To me, AM feels very different from having a long list with metadata and some filters, which is what Toodledoo felt like when I used it. I feel more in control and I do actually get a lot more done. I also get insight into the fact that I try to do too many things in one day. And it has a very calming interface with lots of white space and colour coding when I want it.
I hope this helps answer your question!
Posted by Leib Moscovitz
Jul 12, 2021 at 05:17 AM
Hi Cyganet,
Many, many thanks for the detailed and extraordinary helpful reply! (And, BTW, I too had used Toodledo and some of its Windows and iOS clients in the distant past…)