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Joe Buhlig returned to Learn OmniFocus to share details on how he's making effective use of OmniFocus 3 without using any tags.
Joe BuhligJoe has a long history with OmniFocus and was a guest on Learn OmniFocus back in 2015.
He's written extensively about his OmniFocus workflows on his blog, has crafted some very helpful AppleScripts that are popular among OmniFocus users, and created the critically-acclaimed Working with OmniFocus online course, that recently received a major update.
REVAMPING OMNIFOCUS
To accommodate changes in his life and work, Joe recently revamped his OmniFocus Setup and Workflows, drawing some wisdom from Learn OmniFocus, Kourosh Dini, David Sparks, and others.
Joe provided a summary of his new approach on his blog and took us on an in-depth tour of his setup and workflows during this session. Among other things, he talked about why he doesn't use tags, how he uses defer dates and times, and his strategies for developing habits.
NEW: WORKING WITH OMNIFOCUS
Joe recently launched a major update to Working With OmniFocus (learnomnifocus.com/go/working-.... This popular self-guided course offers an in-depth look at the principles, conventions, and automations that Joe shared during this session.
To celebrate the launch of this new edition of the course, Joe generously offered a $5 discount to people in the Learn OmniFocus community. Enter the Coupon Code LEARNOMNIFOCUS when purchasing the course to apply the discount.
SESSION OVERVIEW
Joe shared details of how he structured his OmniFocus setup and workflows to match the flow of his life and work and to help ensure that he's paying attention to both the big picture of life, while also honouring his day-to-day commitments.
Topics covered include:
- How to systematically use OmniFocus folders to help ensure that you're paying appropriate attention to all of your "horizons of focus".
- Strategies for ordering folders and projects that reinforce the natural ordering of individual actions.
- Strategies for using defer dates and times to ensure that actions become available when it's most appropriate to work on them.
- How to use Alfred to quickly and conveniently create an OmniFocus project that includes a linked project document and folder.
- How to use Alfred to quickly reference a list of OmniFocus projects.
- How to use the Update Reviews AppleScript to align projects to the day of your weekly review.
- Strategies and motivations for consistently performing Weekly Reviews.
- How to use the Duration Titles AppleScript to automatically add durations to the titles of actions.
- How to use the Total Time AppleScript to calculate the total amount of time required to complete a group of OmniFocus actions.
- Practical ways to share a checklist among multiple projects.
- And more…
RESOURCES
Click here for links to the resources that Joe Buhlig shared during the session:
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1 авг 2024
