Add "Waiting for" in focus
We added the ‘People’ feature to account for tasks that you are waiting for. You can add a generic Person called ‘Waiting for’ or you can add the actual person you are waiting for. We do not plan on supporting a separate Waiting For focus.
Thanks for the suggestions
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Abby Fichtner commented
That would be great if you weren’t charging us money for every new item we add under “People.”
So you’re telling us that we have to spend $39/year to have your GTD app support a core GTD feature? What the hell? Why don’t you just raise the price of a subscription if you want us to pay more rather than tricking us into having to pay more if we want your GTD app to support core GTD?
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Doug Schneider commented
I agree that this is not a true GTD tool if it does not offer those general catagories of the GTD strategy. Very user friendly otherwise, but why keep consistent with GTD if that is the audience you are marketing.
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We added the 'People' feature to account for tasks that you are waiting for. You can add a generic Person called 'Waiting for' or you can add the actual person you are waiting for.
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Anonymous commented
Just an FYI - I'm on my first 60 seconds of trying out this tool and didn't see a "Waiting" status. Searched help, found this article, saw that the idea was declined, so I agree with the comments - this is not a true GTD tool; it's missing one of the basic status categories for a task. Very suprising.
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We added the 'People' feature to account for tasks that you are waiting for. You can add a generic Person called 'Waiting for' or you can add the actual person you are waiting for.
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Greg commented
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No, this goes against the grain of GTD; "Waiting" is better implemented as a task Status. Focus is used to identify *when* (timeframe) a task should be acted upon, whereas, in GTD parlance, "Waiting" is a task Status or context. They should not be used interchangeably, nor mixed, and if implemented as a Status, I can use Focus for follow-up purposes. Example: I have a task - "make recommendation to board" for which I require (and am therefore waiting for) a report from Bob. This task is therefore in "Waiting" status (currently implemented with an @Waiting tag). I can then use Focus to determine when to follow-up with Bob, i.e., Today, soon (Next), or on a given date (Scheduled). This works with Waiting as a Status or tag. If, however, Waiting were a Focus, I could not designate a follow-up time.
If you implement @Waiting as a tag, you can put all such tasks in their own list using a Smart Group, or simply click on the tag at the top of the task list. But as suggested elsewhere (and on which you may vote), I would like to see it as one selection in a task Status field.
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Kara commented
I use Waiting for so regularly - it would be nice to have these on a separate list so I could sort through them when something comes in and check that item off quickly. I normally can find it by its project, but having a separate list would make it much quicker.
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Greg commented
NO, this goes against the grain of GTD. The intent of Focus is to determine *when* to take action on a task, whereas "Waiting", in GTD parlance, is a context or status for a task, and is thus best implemented as such (adding a task Status is listed as a request already; vote on it elsewhere). If I have a task with a "Waiting" status (e.g., waiting for Bob to provide me with a report), then I can use Focus for follow-up purposes, i.e., check with Bob Today, soon (Next), or on a certain date (Scheduled). On the other hand, if I clog my Focus with "Waiting", I can no longer use it for follow-up, and I compromise its intended use.
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Greg commented
NO, this goes against the grain of GTD. Focus is used to determine *when* to take action on tasks, regardless of their status. "Waiting", in GTD parlance, is a context or Status of a task, and is much better handled by adding a task Status field (vote on this elsewhere). If a task has a "Waiting" status (e.g., waiting for someone to provide me with input), then the Focus can be used as the follow-up context, i.e., I can follow up with that person Today, soon (Next), or on a certain date (Scheduled). If, however, "Waiting" is a Focus selection, then the intent of Focus is compromised and I cannot use it as it is intended.