Comments on: A Pattern Language for Productivity, Pattern #10: Context Lists http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/04/14/a-pattern-language-for-productivity-pattern-10-context-lists/ Thinking beyond productivity Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:54:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Sam http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/04/14/a-pattern-language-for-productivity-pattern-10-context-lists/#comment-69 Sam Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:22:16 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/04/14/a-pattern-language-for-productivity-pattern-10-context-lists/#comment-69 Love the toddler ones! My contexts are: @Home @Office @Errands @Waiting - Home @Waiting - Office I keep them in a single Excel sheet with four columns: Task | Project | Context | Done (date/blank) Not glamorous, but lightning fast to use with Excel's built-in autocomplete and filtering, and it keeps a chronological record per project with almost zero effort. Great for reviewing. Andre, great series - thank you. Love the toddler ones!

My contexts are:

@Home
@Office
@Errands
@Waiting – Home
@Waiting – Office

I keep them in a single Excel sheet with four columns:

Task | Project | Context | Done (date/blank)

Not glamorous, but lightning fast to use with Excel’s built-in autocomplete and filtering, and it keeps a chronological record per project with almost zero effort. Great for reviewing.

Andre, great series – thank you.

]]> By: Andre Kibbe http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/04/14/a-pattern-language-for-productivity-pattern-10-context-lists/#comment-63 Andre Kibbe Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:58:15 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/04/14/a-pattern-language-for-productivity-pattern-10-context-lists/#comment-63 "With toddler around" -- brilliant! “With toddler around” — brilliant!

]]> By: VJ http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/04/14/a-pattern-language-for-productivity-pattern-10-context-lists/#comment-62 VJ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:17:58 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/04/14/a-pattern-language-for-productivity-pattern-10-context-lists/#comment-62 Mine include: "@home - with toddler around" "@ home - no toddler" "day calls" (businesses usually) "evening calls" "out - small town" "out - city" (about 40 km (?30 mi) away This level of detail works for me. Mine include:
“@home – with toddler around”
“@ home – no toddler”
“day calls” (businesses usually)
“evening calls”
“out – small town”
“out – city” (about 40 km (?30 mi) away

This level of detail works for me.

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