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What are your contexts?
kenzi | Apr 18 2006
I have been rereading some of Merlin's posts now that I have started GTD implementation and his post about contexts was really helpful because I am unsure about the contexts that I have set up. I found it interesting to read his list of contexts, and thought it would be helpful to hear what others have in their lists of contexts. Please post your contexts, maybe with a little explanation about the logic behind your system. Thanks. Here is my list (feel free to critique it): home: computer My logic: I have a home business that involves selling stuff online, meeting clients outside my home and also having clients to my house, plus I have a night job (for rent money and benefits) where, if I have downtime, I can do whatever I want (within reason) including phone calls, research, errands etc. I split out errands to "out" and "work" because there are some errands I can do near work, but actually those can be done at anytime, like on my way to work, so I will probably eliminate "work: errands". "Home: do" is a catch-all for chores and non-work stuff around the house that doesn't fit the other categories; I am thinking of breaking that out a little more. "Think, create" is another catchall for brainstorming, sketching, mulling in a controlled situation...not just daydreaming, but working out ideas for a specific project. 79 Comments
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 I'm still working on an...Submitted by tychoish on October 29, 2006 - 8:21am.
I'm still working on an effective way to contextualize my computer useage, for all the obvious reasons. I have @home1 and @home2, as I split my time between two residences (not glamorous, just the way things are at the moment), these help me keep track of things that need to happen in one place or another. Place specific chores, and what not get these contexts. I also have contexts for things that need doing on campus, and things that need doing in the library. (@academic-side, @library, if you're curious) I have a context for my bag, which contains the books I'm currently reading on, some paper (but far less than you'd think) and a knitting project. It goes just about everywhere with me, but there are things that I need to have it with me to do, so this list is useful both as task list, but also as a packing list (as I sometimes have to pack it up for a couple of days.... Then I have three computer contexts. @zoe-email, @zoe-internet, and @zoe-writing. Internet for actions that I HAVE to have an active web connection to do. Email is what you think it is, and can occur offline if need-be (mail.app), and @zoe-writing, usually occurs in my voodoopad. I wish there were a better way to seperate comptuer tasks, but if I kept it all in one context,I have "wash underwear" in one context, and *everything* else in @zoe. Zoe by the way is the name of my powerbook, sorry. Anyway... that's what I've got. I've enjoyed seeing how other people conceptualize this dimension. Cheers, » POSTED IN:
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