Monday, December 18, 2006

Hitting the limitations of NoteBook

So I have had a few months of day-to-day experience with my NoteBook configuration for GTD. And this is where I run into problems, because of the limitations of the software.

To get a list of relevant actions in a particular context, I need to go to SuperFind, and do a query on Incomplete items for the keyword that corresponds to the context. Fair enough, but I can't save this query as a "smart folder" or "Smart index page", so every time I switch context, I need to do this again. Although it doesn't take more than a few minutes, that is still too much.

When I get the result list, I see the actions , but I can't check them off: I need to go to their project page and do it there, and then go back to the SuperFind result.

I want to be able to switch between the context view and project view of an action in one click (see Tracks ), and be able to check it off in any of these views.

Since I work with a team, and am dependent on a lot of other people to get things done for me, I need to have an efficient way of dealing with "Waiting for" items.

For the moment, the only mechanism I have for this is Keywords, the vehicle I use for Contexts. And I run into the same limitations, obviously...

I guess, until NoteBook allows me to save the SuperFind criteria in a "smart" Index page, it will never be suitable for GTD...

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