For example, writing a review (the project) includes the tasks of downloading the app, using it for a while, jotting notes about the app, and then writing the review.

Projects are a little more self-evident, becoming the overarching organizer for large groups of smaller tasks that go to make up the larger goal.

Things like where you will be printing that document, or what device you will be using to create a flyer or email. In the Getting Things Done metaphor, contexts are the places and people that are involved in completing a specific task or action. This is where projects and contexts come into play. Once all your action items are stuffed into the inbox it is time to start sorting. You can also create a new task from within a specific project or context by hitting the + button in the upper right of your screen while viewing that particular project or context set. Bet that post-it note is looking archaic right about now. The process can be as complicated as putting that idea into a specific project or context, making any notes on this task, attaching a photo or voice memo, and setting a due date. This will put them in the Inbox, which is analogous to that pile of paper or garden of sticky notes on your computer monitor.Д¬reating an inbox item can be as painless as tapping the paper and pen button, jotting down a task title, and hitting save. The OmniGroup recommends just putting in all your tasks as you think of them, not worrying about context or project just yet. The first is to use the paper and pencil icon (in the upper left of the screen in Landscape view or revealed with the OmniFocus button in the upper left of the Portrait view). There are two easy ways to create new tasks. Landscape will save you a few taps by having the menus readily available, embedded on the left side of the screen, similar to Mail, Twitteriffic, or other common iPad app landscape layouts. It works well in either portrait or landscape mode. Once this required reading is out of the way, OmniFocus becomes a very slick looking app. It's worth the time to learn how it all works. Just diving into OmniFocus without reading the helpful tasks will feel overwhelming. OmniFocus is more than just a simple task list manager. Start off using OmniFocus by reading all the training tasks that come preinstalled - it will be a necessity. This philosophy takes productivity to completely new levels.

You can later manage those tasks, organizing them into projects and contexts. And as a result, OmniFocus is designed for you to easily pour your tasks into an inbox and get them off your mind. OmniFocus is designed around the GTD, or Getting Things Done, philosophy. How well does this app hold up to those less sophisticated yet oddly convenient methods? This app takes those sticky notes and wadded up papers in your pocket, and puts them in one big app for the iPad. Sometimes you find you just need an app to keep all those task lists straight.

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