![]() OmniFocus now has a fantastic Siri Shortcut action that lets you run queries against your task database. How about stealing back some of that time and doing a daily review? Yep. Singing at the top of my lungs to 80's New Wave? Always. And by that point, it's practically already time to start the daily Slack poll for what we're ordering for lunch, and, well, mornings go by fast.īut what about that dead time in the car on the way to work? Podcasts? Sometimes. My actual planning time is me triaging emails, Jira tickets, Slack messages, notes from standup, and my OmniFocus lists during the 30 minutes after my morning call ends. So, from the time I open my eyes to when I sit down at my desk, I pretty much have no idea what's in store for the day other than what I remember from my weekly review on Sunday or anything I managed to look over the night before. Add to that a fairly long commute into the office where the last ten minutes is me on the phone for our daily standup call. ![]() I have two young kids, so our morning routine is barely controlled chaos. I can now review my commitments for the day at any time without being visually tied to my device. I've found that making capturing as frictionless as possible in any situation has been one of the most significant net benefits in my life.īut OmniFocus's Siri Shortcuts allow for something entirely different: Ubiquitous Planning. One of the fundamental tenets of GTD is capturing all the open loops in your head and putting them into your trusted system. And as an Apple developer, I'm amazed at how well done it is. As a user, it's wowing me with the possibilities. And it just might be my favorite new feature Omni has ever shipped. I'm sorry that I'm just now getting around to writing about this new workflow because it's a lot of fun. And it was made possible by OmniFocus' version 3.4 update last year. ![]() There was no need to make changes just for the sake of change.īut one significant change I have made is to my morning routine. A big reason for that is after practicing GTD for fifteen years, I had pretty much nailed down a slightly tweaked take on the process that worked well for me. It's been nearly two years since I posted anything significant to this blog's Productivity and OmniFocus section. (Click here to skip my boring intro and go straight to the fun stuff.)
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