The biggest problem I’ve noticed people having with Mind Traffic Control is with delegating. They were sometimes delegating without filling in the task description (thinking that the original task description would get copied across – which it wasnt’t) or delegating to names of people which clearly weren’t email addresses (or Goggle logins). Now I’ve trapped …
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Rather great Paul Graham essay on adult treatment of children. This resonates : Innocence is also open-mindedness. We want kids to be innocent so they can continue to learn. Paradoxical as it sounds, there are some kinds of knowledge that get in the way of other kinds of knowledge. If you’re going to learn that …
I realize there’s no defined way of submitting bug-reports or suggestions for Mind Traffic Control. I need to set one up. In the meantime, use the comments for this post.
Smart Disorganized Philosophy #2
Another list view for Mind Traffic Control
OK, somewhat ugly, but they’re there by popular demand … full lists of your tasks. Don’t worry Mind Traffic Control isn’t forgetting them. 🙂
If you follow @exmosis on twitter you’ll see he’s busily trying to deconstruct Mind Traffic Control turning it into an untask-list or a barter-market. @adrianh is constructively sceptical. Lots here
Mind Traffic Control now has #tags. If you use any word beginning with a # when describing a task, the task gets tagged with this word. And once you start tagging, a filter appears to let you filter your queue to present only those tasks which contain the tag. Not entirely sure I’ve got the …
Smart Disorganized Philosophy #1
Today’s Mind Traffic Control update. The “defer” screen was simple, but not simple enough. Why make the user go through two mouse clicks – select a radio button and then the submit button – when this can be reduced to one? Now choosing how long you want to delay is a single button click. I …