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The problem with starting from...

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The problem with starting from...

The problem with starting from scratch is that there are so many systems out there that require you to REstart from scratch. In the end, you feel like you’ve accomplished nothing at all.

I’m not criticising Omnifocus, I love the company, but if they want to make something really useful it would be something like an importer from existing apps and an easy exporter to other apps. After all, one of the the core-principles of productivity is efficiency. So far, that’s a quality that I’ve missed in all current productivity-apps.

Getting ready for OmniFocus By: Merlin Mann (24 replies) June 4, 2007 - 6:38am
  • Regarding Liz's comment, the standard... By: Matthew Cornell (2007-06-05 04:53)
  • When OF finally makes its... By: joecab (2007-06-05 05:26)
  • @Barry et al.: No, I... By: Merlin Mann (2007-06-05 08:43)
  • Oh, also, please don't worry... By: Merlin Mann (2007-06-05 08:54)
  • good points as usually ... By: Derek (2007-06-08 20:02)
  • The problem with starting from... By: Vincent (2007-06-04 08:29)
  • I'm using iGTD. It... By: TomK (2007-06-04 08:46)
  • Merlin: I'm glad to be somewhere... By: Greg (2007-06-04 09:23)
  • Have you looked at iGTD... By: Barry (2007-06-04 09:56)
  • Taxonomy : Somewhat a critique... By: Sergio Mora (2007-06-04 10:40)
  • Good to know you are... By: blackyard.net (2007-06-05 02:50)
  • I'm an OmniFocus alpha tester,... By: Liz (2007-06-05 03:42)
  • It would be fun to... By: Simon (2007-06-05 04:53)
  • Second the full weekly review... By: CraigM (2007-06-04 08:10)
  • I've been using iGTD and... By: Rick (2007-06-05 01:23)
  • I used kGTD with Omnioutliner... By: Don O'Shea (2007-06-05 01:30)
  • "Get up-to-date before changing systems":... By: Matthew Cornell (2007-06-05 01:40)
  • I think omnigroup.com says it's... By: Geoff (2007-06-04 12:46)
  • According to the forum, they... By: Jay Elmore (2007-06-04 19:05)
  • My wife (who is a... By: The Geek (2007-06-04 19:38)
  • Man, I must be the... By: Uno (2007-06-04 20:25)
  • I'm not sure it's fair... By: Alex Morgan (2007-06-04 21:03)
  • I really like the idea... By: Brad Beyenhof (2007-06-04 07:52)
  • Do you find yourself getting... By: Andrew (2007-06-04 07:52)
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