File tasks with Dropbox
nbshannon says:
One of the things I use RTM for is organising a big work project that I'm involved in. A lot of the things I need to do involve incoming files, or files that I am already working on.
I wanted a way to link RTM tasks to these files and luckily I am already using Dropbox (free online storage http://db.tt/dKDS5Fk) for many of them.
I can add the local path to files in the url field for a task using the prefix of 'file:///', e.g. 'file:///c:/temp/file_to_process.txt' what is more useful is using Dropbox paths to files (for restricted access) or placing files in the Dropbox public folder and using the public link (for general access), e.g. 'http://dl.Dropbox.com/u/39094009/file_to_process.txt'
When other people I work with are using RTM, they can do the same and 'submit' a task to me along with a link to the file so that it goes straight into my ToDo list. I can then select the task and click the url to open up the file.
I wanted a way to link RTM tasks to these files and luckily I am already using Dropbox (free online storage http://db.tt/dKDS5Fk) for many of them.
I can add the local path to files in the url field for a task using the prefix of 'file:///', e.g. 'file:///c:/temp/file_to_process.txt' what is more useful is using Dropbox paths to files (for restricted access) or placing files in the Dropbox public folder and using the public link (for general access), e.g. 'http://dl.Dropbox.com/u/39094009/file_to_process.txt'
When other people I work with are using RTM, they can do the same and 'submit' a task to me along with a link to the file so that it goes straight into my ToDo list. I can then select the task and click the url to open up the file.
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