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benb

I use them distinctly. I have a tag @Work for tasks that are work related, but I might want to do one of those tasks from home. So the tag would be @Work, but the location would be Home.

Likewise, I might have a tag for @Home for things to do with the house, but want to complete one at work (pay bill or something) so I think they should be separate.

What I do think is that a task should be able to have multiple locations.

Posted 2 years ago

Locations are great if you use (for example) the iPhone application, which is actually location aware. You can create smart lists that display "tasks near by" where near-by is a range that can be set in the search query.

Posted 2 years ago

mehardin

benb:

Barring said iPhone application, locations are simply tags with GPS coordinates. If you aren't using a smart phone that can take advantage of the "tasks near by" feature, you are just as well off using a tag instead of a location. Since you generally know if you are at home or at work, you don't really need those set up as locations. For the example you gave with home and work would work well with four tags, no locations.

"@work" for tasks that must be done AT work, regardless of whether they were personal or work related.

"@home" for tasks that must be done AT home, regardless of whether they are work related.

"work" for work related tasks, regardless of where you do them and,

"home" for personal tasks, regardless of where you do them.

Personally I don't use the last one. Anything that doesn't have a "work" tag is personal.

Posted 2 years ago

you could create a smart list with tasks that have the tag Work but not the location Work and another smart list with tasks that have the tag Home but not the location Home...

then check these on a regular base to add the location!

Posted 2 years ago

benb

@mehardin: Yes, that would work too, but I do have a phone that is location aware, so I find it quire useful.

But I would still love to have multiple locations assigned to 1 task.

Posted 2 years ago

Hi all --

Thanks for the replies, but I'm still confused about why these need to be so distinct in the RTM user experience, especially with the new SmartAdd syntax that overloads the "@" symbol.

@benb, do you ever mis-tag things (e.g. "@home" instead of "home")? I find this happening frequently, especially with the new SmartAdd syntax (too many symbol prefixes now!). For example, if I understand your scenario, you've created:

1. a tag called "@Work"
2. a tag called "@Home"
3. a location called "Work" with geolocation associated with it.
4. a location called "Home" with geolocation associated with it.

So, when creating a Home task that you'd like to get done while physically at the office, using the new SmartAdd functionality you start something like:

Pay my bill

and then want to add the details. If you keep typing and now see

Pay my bill @Work

What does this mean? The @Work tag? Or the office location?

Ramon

Posted 2 years ago

Ramon, your example would set the location; Pay my bill #@Work would set the "@work" tag. Pay my bill @Work #@work would set both. :)

Posted 2 years ago