When I was Outlook-crazy (in the pre-crash era), I was always annoyed at how flat Tasks were in Outlook. In reality, a lot of what I did would be dependent on a person or a place, or just a certain type of availability. A lot of these tasks didn't really have a due date, but were just things more easily accomplished at the right place or the right time.
With that, I propose some sort of system... Such that, as I go around the world and go about my business, I'm pinged about more appropriate things like what data sources can help me or what tasks would be good to finish while I'm in the area.
I vaguely imagined a tag-like system (gee, aren't all the hyper-categorical things we do nowadays tag-like?) that was also a grid, where people were graphed against places, and this program would allow me to examine intersections of where I might be, who I might talk to, and what I might be able to accomplish while I was there.
I don't have so many interpersonal tasks now, being away from campus and all. I don't really have that many appointments (unlike class and such). If you look at my calendar now, it would probably say something boring like Work.
Bleh to that.
Posted by Mark Canlas at January 27, 2006 11:42 PM | TrackBack