Automating reminder processing and list management can greatly enhance productivity.
Exploring setups and contexts with shortcuts and automation tools can lead to exciting possibilities.
Using reminders and location triggers can streamline shopping and grocery list handling.
Deep dives
Automated Processing and List Organization
The speaker explains how they use reminders to manage their tasks and lists. They have different categories for their lists, such as 'Automated Processing', 'Location', and 'To-Do'. They use a Pushcut automation to process their reminders every 30 minutes. Reminders with a location attached are moved to the 'Location' list, while reminders with a specific time are moved to the 'Due' list. The speaker also has separate shortcuts for their shopping and grocery lists, which get added to their OmniFocus inbox and are later processed and tagged accordingly. In addition, they use Pushcut and OmniFocus perspectives to receive notifications and open specific lists when they arrive at a grocery store.
Contextual Computing and Setting Up Spaces
The speaker discusses their exploration of setting up spaces and contextual computing. They have been testing different setups using shortcuts and tools like Moon and Alfred. They create shortcuts to arrange windows, start timers, and trigger focus modes. They have experimented with different setups and spaces, and have found that shortcuts is surprisingly good at system-level tasks and time management. They are currently using separate shortcuts for different work contexts, and reset their screen for each task they work on. They mention the challenges of using spaces and their experiments with stage manager. They highlight the possibilities and fun of automating setups and exploring new platforms.
Processing Shopping Lists and Grocery Lists
The speaker explains their process for handling shopping and grocery lists using reminders and OmniFocus. They have a 'grocery shopping' list and a 'grocery' list in reminders. A Pushcut automation processes these lists every 30 minutes. Reminders with specific tags or text triggers are moved to the relevant categories in OmniFocus. The speaker also uses Pushcut and location triggers to process the shopping and grocery lists when they arrive at the store. This triggers a notification that opens OmniFocus to a perspective specific to that store, allowing them to easily view and complete their shopping tasks.
Optimizing Reminder Usage and Automation
The speaker discusses their usage of reminders and the benefits of automating certain tasks. They mention using Siri voice commands to add items to the grocery and shopping lists. They have also set up shortcuts and automations to process their reminders, organize lists, and enhance their productivity. They share their experience with using reminders during a trial period and highlight the importance of finding automation opportunities and improving existing systems. The speaker concludes by emphasizing the value of efficient reminder usage and exploring new automation possibilities.
Using location triggers for automation
The speaker discusses using location triggers for automation and shares an example of using the Pushcut app to run background automations. They mention the challenges with using shortcuts automation and explain how location triggers have been more effective.
The importance of consolidating tasks
The importance of consolidating tasks and using a single app for task management is highlighted. The speaker shares their experience of consolidating tasks into OmniFocus and the benefits of having everything in one place. They also mention the potential challenges of diversifying tasks across different apps and the risk of tasks falling through the cracks.
