I recently bought a licence for Daylite 3 productivity suite, after using it for one month and getting hooked on it.
This package is flexible enough to fulfill my needs about project and task management, having a comprehensive list of all contacts, assigning tasks to them etc etc. A powerful tool, which i use everytime the grind becomes overwhelming and I need to track all active tasks, even the smallest ones (which happens quite very often). Daylite with its database capabilities allows me to create a desired number of different views on my (and others’) activities via smart folders, so it succeeds where other useful getting-things-done apps (such as iGTD and Journler) fail.
Yet not all is perfect. Daylite 3 is a big package which delivers a lot for the dollar, but still leaves quite a lot to be desired. The first thing I missed is Quicksilver integration. With iGTD, for instance, i could enter a task/idea to a list the moment it popped in my head, via Quicksilver of course. I wanted to do the same thing with Daylite, so i needed a super-simple way to get fresh tasks into Daylite’s “inbox”.
Here is a quite useful and well working solution:
1. keep using (aka install) iGTD,
2. (set up to) enter tasks via Quicksilver, they will show up in iGTD’s Inbox
3. set-up automatic syncing of iGTD with iCal, the moment iGTD goes out of focus, tasks from iGTD will show up in iCal, calendar “@Inbox”
4. set up Daylite 3 to sync with iCal’s “@Inbox” calendar
5. create a view in Daylite which shows only entries tagged “@Inbox”
So if the procedure is set right, you will:
a. Trigger quicksilver, hit “.”, enter a task, hit enter to run the (should be default) command “Put into iGTD inbox”
b. Move focus on iGTD (if not already focused), then focus away from it – aka select next app with Cmd-Tab
c. Quicksilver will immediately sync entries with iCal, Daylite will instantly sync with iCal and voila! New task shows up in Daylite’s inbox, waiting to be edited further.
