While I think the main priority is to get any MLO iPhone version out I would like to say that a task reminder based on location would be a great feature to have in the second MLO iPhone release.
The geolocation on the iPhone is pretty incredible. Just try the iPhone apps "Aroundme" or "Redlaser" to see how powerful it is. This could be pretty simple to implement. Create a "Location" field for each task in MLO. Then have an option of how close you want the reminder to be (1 mile, 500 meters etc.) When you are within the reminder radius you are reminded.
So I could write a task "Get Milk" and have the location be the local grocery store (maybe the alert is recurring every time I go by). When I drive by or go in the store...an alert for the task "Get Milk" pops up.
Maybe you could even combine the time, date and location parameters. So it reminds me to "Get Milk" when I drive by the store, but only on Mondays and Wednesdays after 3:00 pm (when I pick the kids up from school).
This would really take task contexts to a whole new level...set and forget!!
> While I think the main priority is to get any MLO iPhone version out > I would like to say that a task reminder based on location would be a > great feature to have in the second MLO iPhone release.
> The geolocation on the iPhone is pretty incredible. Just try the > iPhone apps "Aroundme" or "Redlaser" to see how powerful it is. This > could be pretty simple to implement. Create a "Location" field for > each task in MLO. Then have an option of how close you want the > reminder to be (1 mile, 500 meters etc.) When you are within the > reminder radius you are reminded.
> So I could write a task "Get Milk" and have the location be the local > grocery store (maybe the alert is recurring every time I go by). When > I drive by or go in the store...an alert for the task "Get Milk" pops > up.
> Maybe you could even combine the time, date and location parameters. > So it reminds me to "Get Milk" when I drive by the store, but only on > Mondays and Wednesdays after 3:00 pm (when I pick the kids up from > school).
> This would really take task contexts to a whole new level...set and > forget!!
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Check out OmniFocus on the iPhone - it has a nicely working location aware context function - you can list your contexts by distance, or show them on the map. You can define a context's location based on geographical co-ordinates, address (i.e. linked to contact), or a Google map search keyword. The last works really well for things such as "pharmacy" or "grocery store".
> I think I saw a hint of this in the Blackberry screenshots, iirc? It > seemed to have a "nearby" function.
> On 10 Apr 2010, at 20:55, qhamel <qha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> While I think the main priority is to get any MLO iPhone version out >> I would like to say that a task reminder based on location would be a >> great feature to have in the second MLO iPhone release.
>> The geolocation on the iPhone is pretty incredible. Just try the >> iPhone apps "Aroundme" or "Redlaser" to see how powerful it is. This >> could be pretty simple to implement. Create a "Location" field for >> each task in MLO. Then have an option of how close you want the >> reminder to be (1 mile, 500 meters etc.) When you are within the >> reminder radius you are reminded.
>> So I could write a task "Get Milk" and have the location be the local >> grocery store (maybe the alert is recurring every time I go by). >> When >> I drive by or go in the store...an alert for the task "Get Milk" pops >> up.
>> Maybe you could even combine the time, date and location parameters. >> So it reminds me to "Get Milk" when I drive by the store, but only on >> Mondays and Wednesdays after 3:00 pm (when I pick the kids up from >> school).
>> This would really take task contexts to a whole new level...set and >> forget!!
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Wow - that last bit sounds really clever. I would assume that it does the local search at the time you make the entry, rather than continually polling google maps for matching places as you move around? Still, not bad!
I think it's only available on the Mac, which rules it out for me, though!
On 13 Apr 2010, at 17:24, Marcin Komorowski <mar...@komorowski.ca> wrote:
> Check out OmniFocus on the iPhone - it has a nicely working location > aware context function - you can list your contexts by distance, or > show them on the map. You can define a context's location based on > geographical co-ordinates, address (i.e. linked to contact), or a > Google map search keyword. The last works really well for things > such as "pharmacy" or "grocery store".
> Cheers, > Marcin
> On 13-Apr-10, at 9:49 AM, Damian Skeeles wrote:
>> I think I saw a hint of this in the Blackberry screenshots, iirc? >> It seemed to have a "nearby" function.
>> On 10 Apr 2010, at 20:55, qhamel <qha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> While I think the main priority is to get any MLO iPhone version >>> out >>> I would like to say that a task reminder based on location would >>> be a >>> great feature to have in the second MLO iPhone release.
>>> The geolocation on the iPhone is pretty incredible. Just try the >>> iPhone apps "Aroundme" or "Redlaser" to see how powerful it is. This >>> could be pretty simple to implement. Create a "Location" field for >>> each task in MLO. Then have an option of how close you want the >>> reminder to be (1 mile, 500 meters etc.) When you are within the >>> reminder radius you are reminded.
>>> So I could write a task "Get Milk" and have the location be the >>> local >>> grocery store (maybe the alert is recurring every time I go by). >>> When >>> I drive by or go in the store...an alert for the task "Get Milk" >>> pops >>> up.
>>> Maybe you could even combine the time, date and location parameters. >>> So it reminds me to "Get Milk" when I drive by the store, but only >>> on >>> Mondays and Wednesdays after 3:00 pm (when I pick the kids up from >>> school).
>>> This would really take task contexts to a whole new level...set and >>> forget!!
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Until iPhone OS 4, there is no 'background' processing on the iPhone, so OmniFocus polls Google maps at your current location when you open the app. Given multitasking in OS 4, there are new possibilities.
> Wow - that last bit sounds really clever. I would assume that it > does the local search at the time you make the entry, rather than > continually polling google maps for matching places as you move > around? Still, not bad!
> I think it's only available on the Mac, which rules it out for me, > though!
> On 13 Apr 2010, at 17:24, Marcin Komorowski <mar...@komorowski.ca> > wrote:
>> Check out OmniFocus on the iPhone - it has a nicely working >> location aware context function - you can list your contexts by >> distance, or show them on the map. You can define a context's >> location based on geographical co-ordinates, address (i.e. linked >> to contact), or a Google map search keyword. The last works really >> well for things such as "pharmacy" or "grocery store".
>> Cheers, >> Marcin
>> On 13-Apr-10, at 9:49 AM, Damian Skeeles wrote:
>>> I think I saw a hint of this in the Blackberry screenshots, iirc? >>> It seemed to have a "nearby" function.
>>> On 10 Apr 2010, at 20:55, qhamel <qha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> While I think the main priority is to get any MLO iPhone version >>>> out >>>> I would like to say that a task reminder based on location would >>>> be a >>>> great feature to have in the second MLO iPhone release.
>>>> The geolocation on the iPhone is pretty incredible. Just try the >>>> iPhone apps "Aroundme" or "Redlaser" to see how powerful it is. >>>> This >>>> could be pretty simple to implement. Create a "Location" field for >>>> each task in MLO. Then have an option of how close you want the >>>> reminder to be (1 mile, 500 meters etc.) When you are within the >>>> reminder radius you are reminded.
>>>> So I could write a task "Get Milk" and have the location be the >>>> local >>>> grocery store (maybe the alert is recurring every time I go by). >>>> When >>>> I drive by or go in the store...an alert for the task "Get Milk" >>>> pops >>>> up.
>>>> Maybe you could even combine the time, date and location >>>> parameters. >>>> So it reminds me to "Get Milk" when I drive by the store, but >>>> only on >>>> Mondays and Wednesdays after 3:00 pm (when I pick the kids up from >>>> school).
>>>> This would really take task contexts to a whole new level...set and >>>> forget!!
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While this could be cool, it might mean spending way to much timing fussing with my task list. Sometimes the amount of time I spend tweaking my task list is just one more way to avoid actually getting work done.... :) I'd like to see the simple key features implemented well first and foremost.
On Apr 10, 12:55 pm, qhamel <qha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> While I think the main priority is to get any MLO iPhone version out > I would like to say that a task reminder based on location would be a > great feature to have in the second MLO iPhone release.
> The geolocation on the iPhone is pretty incredible. Just try the > iPhone apps "Aroundme" or "Redlaser" to see how powerful it is. This > could be pretty simple to implement. Create a "Location" field for > each task in MLO. Then have an option of how close you want the > reminder to be (1 mile, 500 meters etc.) When you are within the > reminder radius you are reminded.
> So I could write a task "Get Milk" and have the location be the local > grocery store (maybe the alert is recurring every time I go by). When > I drive by or go in the store...an alert for the task "Get Milk" pops > up.
> Maybe you could even combine the time, date and location parameters. > So it reminds me to "Get Milk" when I drive by the store, but only on > Mondays and Wednesdays after 3:00 pm (when I pick the kids up from > school).
> This would really take task contexts to a whole new level...set and > forget!!
It would be nice to have some of this stuff, but the biggest trick is
going to be how the homepage looks. It just won't work to see the big
outline as I do in the desktop version.
On Apr 15, 11:00 am, amanda <amandagstan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> While this could be cool, it might mean spending way to much timing
> fussing with my task list. Sometimes the amount of time I spend
> tweaking my task list is just one more way to avoid actually getting
> work done.... :)
> I'd like to see the simple key features implemented well first and
> foremost.
> On Apr 10, 12:55 pm, qhamel <qha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > While I think the main priority is to get any MLO iPhone version out
> > I would like to say that a task reminder based on location would be a
> > great feature to have in the second MLO iPhone release.
> > The geolocation on the iPhone is pretty incredible. Just try the
> > iPhone apps "Aroundme" or "Redlaser" to see how powerful it is. This
> > could be pretty simple to implement. Create a "Location" field for
> > each task in MLO. Then have an option of how close you want the
> > reminder to be (1 mile, 500 meters etc.) When you are within the
> > reminder radius you are reminded.
> > So I could write a task "Get Milk" and have the location be the local
> > grocery store (maybe the alert is recurring every time I go by). When
> > I drive by or go in the store...an alert for the task "Get Milk" pops
> > up.
> > Maybe you could even combine the time, date and location parameters.
> > So it reminds me to "Get Milk" when I drive by the store, but only on
> > Mondays and Wednesdays after 3:00 pm (when I pick the kids up from
> > school).
> > This would really take task contexts to a whole new level...set and
> > forget!!
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