Jan 23 2008
Rememberthemilk.com - Taking notes on running tasks
I’ve been struggling for a while with how to leverage rememberthemilk.com for my tasks that aren’t once and done but have a “back-and-forth” component to them. For example: I create a task saying “Call Bob”. When I call Bob he’s not there so I leave a message. Do I need to complete the first task and create a new one? I used to until I started doing this:
- Open the Notes tab on the task and immediately create a new note showing I left a message for Bob. The note is automatically time and date stamped.
- Add a tag called “waitingon”. This lets me filter all those tasks I am waiting on something from someone else.
That’s it. Now I can keep doing that for as long as the task takes to be resolved and still keep track of the status of it as I go. Oh happy day!
