[Vimoutliner] VimOutliner as a task manager?

[Scott Scriven]

* Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> I'm finding something interesting as I put @this and @that --
> there's a hierarchy of @this and thats.
> 
> For instance, license goes in @wallet, which goes in @jeans
> 
> plane_reservation goes in @folder1 which goes in @carryon

This sounds like you might be over-doing it a little.  Have you
passed the point where the outline costs more time than it saves?

If I recall correctly, one of the principles of Getting Things
Done is that you shouldn't write down more than necessary --
avoid overhead where possible.  Too much accounting is
counter-productive.

The @context markup is generally used for filtering by vague
categories, such as things you can do at home, things you can do
at work, things to do while particular people are around, things
to do at the grocery store, etc.  The idea is that you can, when
you're looking for something to do, quickly get a list of things
you *can* do in a given context.  I can't do my laundry while I'm
at work, and the @context notation keeps it off my list when it's
not relevant.

Some people like to make it more specific, such as organizing
grocery items by which aisle they're in, but I've found even that
tends to be more effort than it's worth.


-- Scott