MLO and scheduling

[Howie1969]

Hello everybody,

maybe this will be a questition or it will be Feature Request, it
depends on the answers :-)

One of my major "problems" using mlo in business, is that i could
handle all my tasks very well
in MLO. But the point is, that it interfere with my scheduling in the
normal calender ( Outlook ).
[ It is a problem of the software itself ]

For example i´m going to create a todo entry in mlo, that must be done
on thursday from 09.00-11.00.
Everything is fine, but now the problem starts, somebody is going to
invite me to a meeting on Thursday
10.00h - 11.00h.
How could i handle some stuff like that ???

One option is every time to go everytime into mlo if there will be set
up a new meeting in Outlook, and then
to adjust the todo in mlo....but to be honest.....i hope / believe
there must be another way.

Hopefully i have explained "my(?) major" problem, and somebody knews
an answer how to take care of that
issue.

Looking forward for your response or for an explanation how you´re
going to handle such points.

Kindest regards
Howie1969

[pottster]

One option might be to sync tasks to Outlook and then use an app like

http://www.tasktocal.com/

to have the tasks appear in your Outlook calendar.

I have not used this app so cannot speak for it myself but it seems to
do what you want and has a try before you buy option.
I have bought stuff from Wisco before and they seem like an ok
company.

Let us know if you try it and if my suggestion works.

[Tormod Halvorsen]

I think this depends on your point of view. I would say that if it was something that had to be done during a specific time-slot, just place this on your Outlook calendar (with a notification, if desired) and keep it out of MLO. That way your calendar will reflect that you are busy during that time, and you won't get any scheduling conflicts.

It also makes a clear line between your "appointment" or "meeting" and "todo" categories. I'm using the GTD approach to manage my work that advocates that all "hard landscape" items (things with specific scheduling requirements) be placed on the calendar. The only way you can trust your calendar is if every time sensitive item is on there, right?

Just a case of using the right tool for the job at hand.


peace,
Tormod in Stockholm

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