Detailed overview of MLO

[Waters, Gary]

All:

 

I’m a relative newcomer to MLO and longtime GTD follower.   Conceptually I “get” MLO very well, but practically I’m struggling to use it much beyond the basics.   The “help” information is descriptive but without much context.  For example, it took me a while to figure out the “inbox” function because the word isn’t even listed in the help index. 

 

I’ve joined the google group as a way of picking up more background but quite honestly, most of the topics are about highly specific and fairly complex issues.  

 

My question is, is there a tutorial or a “MLO for dummies” type resource that anyone can recommend.   I’ll keep slogging away to increase efficiencies and effectiveness of MLO but it would sure be helpful to find shortcuts.

 

Thanks much.

 

Gary

[Dwight]

I vote that Lisa should write one and put it up for sale on Amazon.

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[Mazey]

Oh I'd second that! Lisa is a real wealth of good hints, ideas and advice when it comes to this program :)
Gary, I am in the same spot as you. I fear there is no such guide and I could also use some more "hands-on" hints with the program. I for one am not even familiar with GTD at all, so most of the time it feels like reading a book backwards, so to speak.

On the homepage there is a link to a wiki that seems to be taken down unfortunately; I am keeping an eye on the link to see wether it comes up again.
And what else helped me a bit was reading some of the reviews from other people as they sometimes mention what they struggled with in the beginning and how they set up their lists now with the program. You can find it some of those reviews on the homepage under "what other people say" I guess.

Regards,
Brienne

[Lisa Stroyan]

Thanks, that makes me feel better for not knowing I can star a bunch of tasks at once :)

The thought *has* crossed my mind. I've done technical writing in the past. Didn't someone here mention they might write an MLO book, though? I can't remember who.

I'll ponder it more, I promise...

Lisa

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[Mazey]

You know, it does not have a book ;) Maybe just a compilation of Hints and Tips? I'm almost certain you have seen that wiki when it was still alive, something similar, compiled as a CHM or even just a simple html file - we could distribute it strictly in the group :)

Regards,

Brienne

On 18.08.2012 07:03, Lisa Stroyan wrote:

Thanks, that makes me feel better for not knowing I can star a bunch of tasks at once :)

The thought *has* crossed my mind. I've done technical writing in the past. Didn't someone here mention they might write an MLO book, though? I can't remember who.

I'll ponder it more, I promise...

Lisa

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Dwight <M...@grantsmiths.org> wrote:

I vote that Lisa should write one and put it up for sale on Amazon.

"Waters, Gary" <gwa...@berry.edu> wrote:

All:

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I�m a relative newcomer to MLO and longtime GTD follower.�� Conceptually I �get� MLO very well, but practically I�m struggling to use it much beyond the basics.�� The �help� information is descriptive but without much context.� For example, it took me a while to figure out the �inbox� function because the word isn�t even listed in the help index.�

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I�ve joined the google group as a way of picking up more background but quite honestly, most of the topics are about highly specific and fairly complex issues.��

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My question is, is there a tutorial or a �MLO for dummies� type resource that anyone can recommend.�� I�ll keep slogging away to increase efficiencies and effectiveness of MLO but it would sure be helpful to find shortcuts.

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Thanks much.

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Gary

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[Elizabeth Lindsay]

I recall the android version had a default MLO file that showed a bunch of features, like hidden branches and projects.  I don't recall if there was one like that for the desktop version.  Do you have some basic questions we could answer?

[Andrey Tkachuk (MLO)]

Lisa: we can create a tutorial for mlo desktop together as I already did for Android. I will then include it to the installation. Just an idea.

A.

[Waters, Gary]

Thanks for responding Elizabeth and for the offer to answer basic questions.  In general the questions I have are perhaps a level above basic, but not much more. Honestly though, I don’t believe it’s fair to others to use this forum for “basic” questions.  Our inboxes are over-filled as it is.  By and large the discussions I see in this group are advanced, as I think is appropriate, which I guess is why it’d be helpful to have a more detailed resource to continue developing my MLO knowledge at my own pace.

 

If Lisa writes her book I promise to be the first to purchase one for my own use and others in my office I’m encouraging to use MLO.

 

Thanks again.

 

Gary 

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[Lisa Stroyan]

I think it's fine to ask any questions if you can't find the answer in the help files. If people don't want to answer, they don't need to, and it shows others where the confusing bits are. If nothing else, we probably can point you in the right direction. Not to mention, sometimes there is a new feature needed that is brought by the "beginner's mind" that people unfamiliar with MLO bring.

As for a book...a book is more appealing to me than writing a tutorial because I'd like to be published. I'm partway through a memoir (I had an interesting childhood) and it would be a way to explore the publishing world, but I'm worried that I'd be split too thin. On the other hand, a book covering 4.0 could have a good synchronicity when 4.0 is released :)

One other option, I have done a bit of MLO consulting and am willing to do more. If anyone is interested, contact me offlist.

Lisa