Comments on: Remember The Milk

By: Chris Clearfield

Chris Clearfield — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:31:47 +0000

Though admittedly accessible only through a Firefox Greasemonkey plugin and script (thus likely not very accessible to non-tech GTD users), the following discussion adds a lot to the organization of tags into project/context groups.

http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/tips/2943/

By: Resident Geek

Resident Geek — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:13:31 +0000

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the comment remnant!

By: remnant

remnant — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:27:53 +0000

I believe the name comes from this statement.

“It’s one thing to write down that you need milk; it’s another to be at the store and remember it.”

This statement is on page 45 of paperback version of GTD.

By: Resident Geek

Resident Geek — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:16:53 +0000

I’m assuming there’s a story behind the name. (Something other than abusive farmers.)

By: Nate C.

Nate C. — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:35:37 +0000

It’s probably called “Remember the Milk” because you can use it to remind yourself to get milk while you’re out. That was probably the idea anyway.

I could also be a feeble attempt to eliminate bovine abuse in dairy parlors, but somehow I doubt that.

By: Resident Geek

Resident Geek — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:47:58 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, RTM is an excellent product. There are just a few issues I have with the interface.

1. Hotkeys take time to learn. Most people don’t want to spend what little time they have to learn them. I’m a geek and use hotkeys all the time but most GTD and TRO users aren’t Geeks. They’re average people trying to get the most out of their time. Hotkeys do NOT make an application intuitive, they only make things more accessible IF you already know it’s there.

2. I’m referring to a list of tags that can be selected to view the items tagged as such. I’m aware of the box on the overview page showing tags and lists in it but the alternating size text and unsorted view make it difficult to find your tasks categorized as “Errand” if you have 50 categories.

Thank you for your feedback. I’ll add the reference to the hotkeys in the article.

By: V

Fri, 02 May 2008 19:59:04 +0000

regarding your complaints on user interface:

Most of the issues you cite are available through keyboard shortcuts:

* ‘t’ will create a new task in the current view (if you’re in a smart list, the task will automatically get the smart list criteria)
* ‘m’ will turn on multi-edit: you can select multiple tasks and then add tags, change the due date, etc.

I’m not sure what you mean about not being able to view tasks with a given tag: there’s a box in the right-hand column that lets you click tags and bring up a search for each one.