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Implementation Questions - CONTEXT?!
Richard Anderson | Jun 29 2006
I've been trying to set up a GTD system for a while and just keep hitting walls trying to figure out what to do. Collecting isn't a problem, but processing is. I can set up projects, determine next actions, and so on. The big problem I hit is context. Like many of us geeks, an @computer context doesn't work. Let me explain my life situation. I'm a college student, so a @School context would be useful (or will, when summer break ends), but I don't know what to do for other projects and things. I do web design, am teaching myself PHP, and also write - all things that have to be done @Computer - but that's most of my life. Standard geek problem. How do I contextualize stuff like "Write PHP script to insert data in DB"? I'm so lost. A Global NA list is just too much. It becomes monstrous, and overwhelming. It was overwhelming to just look at my collection list when I started - and I still haven't finished processing it. HELP! 7 Comments
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 I've been trying to figure...Submitted by caseykoons on July 12, 2006 - 9:29pm.
I've been trying to figure out the same thing, that is, what context I should be using for my upcoming return to school. The problem I've found is that contexts seem to be two different things. 1) Physical locations that have available actions (Like my @Errands) 2) Types of actions. The problem with this is that as a student with a laptop and a Teaching Assistantship, virtually everything that will have to do (other than class meetings and office hours) can be done ANYWHERE at ANYTIME. I also am of the opinion that we geeks (who love to classify more than anything) can end up making the context problem into a time-wasting situation, which means the whole system is broken. So it's vital to only have as many context as is needed to quickly and intitutively break down your tasks. Less is more, in my opinion. My current mock-up, not tested at all because it's summer break and I'm washing dishes, has nine contexts divided into to meta-groups Move: Think: In theory, most projects will have actions that move from Ponder to Research to Read to Outline to Write. I also know that this is the way that my mind works so, the hope is, I won't spend to much time contextualizing. Actions will naturally have a flavor to them. I'm considering the possiblity that I will also need a "Grade" context as I'm going to be teaching assistant and predict that a great deal of my time will be used grading. An action that is quite "Write" or "Read" Fellow TAs, what do you think? Who knows what's going to happen when I hit the ground though. » POSTED IN:
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