Kourosh Dini's Blog, page 32

Quickly search everything in OmniFocus with one shortcut key – from John Scullen

John Scullen has created a neat Keyboard Maestro integration with OmniFocus that gets you directly to searching the entire database from anywhere. I just tried it out, and it’s dandy.

Check out his post here.

A Daily Review Habit with OmniFocus

“Falling off the GTD wagon” (or any task system for that matter) can be all too easy and all too disrupting.

Especially, when you’ve grown used to a system, the gradual loss of trust in that system can come with feelings of anxiety, the need for constant damage control, putting out fires, losing follow up tasks, losing communication trails, losing the state of projects, and more.

To address this concern, we need to review our system regularly. But how do we do that without taking to...

The Wisdom of Wilbur Weathervane

“Courage stands at the beginning of a task and luck at the end.”

– Wilbur Weathervane, The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

I’m certain that there must another source of attribution to this quote. But I totally get a kick out of it coming from a video game character like Wilbur.

My Current OmniFocus Dashboard “Recipe”

Just posted a new bit atUsingOmniFocus.com about my current OmniFocus Dashboard “recipe”.

Rest in Peace – Bernie Worrell

Bernie Worrell was a fantastic musician, well known for his involvement in Parliament Funkadelic.He issomeone I’ve looked up to as a keyboardist for many years. His style and individuality radiates through the notes:

He’s also done fantastic work with the Talking Heads:

I first discovered himplaying in a band called Praxis:

and listen to him go all wonderful in the latter half of this one here …

Just a fantastic musician. He will be missed.

Whisper (piano)

Whisper (piano)

by Kourosh Dini

http://www.kouroshdini.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-06-09-Whisper.mp3

A Principle of Completable Lists

We can have any number of types of task lists, be they a perspective, a context, or a project. Some lists stick around: the daily list, phone calls to make, things to file, agenda items, and more. They fill up, we clear them, and they fill up again.

Two questions we can ask when approaching any list are:

Do I intend to complete this list? If so, how often?

These questions are useful because completable lists affect us differently. When we can arrange a list to be completed regularly, we eff...

Loud and Pounding

My dang keyboard is in the shop getting repaired. In the meantime, instead of performing today, I programmed this thing:

Loud and Pounding

by Kourosh Dini | Untitled

http://www.kouroshdini.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-14-Untitled-Synth-Practice.mp3

On the wording of tasks …

How we word our tasks can make a significant difference in how we approach them.For example, several rules of thumb may be:

Start with a verb. Maintain both simplicity and clarity when possible. Act as though you are delegating the task to someone else.

In a previous post, you may have noticed that my own curious syntax: Take a look at the rhyme & reason here.

Whimsy (piano)

Whimsy

by Kourosh Dini | Untitled

http://www.kouroshdini.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Whimsy-Kourosh-Dini.mp3

G major piano piece – Recorded April 12, 2016.