I’m interested in systems that rank tasks implicitly; that is, without requiring people to define which one is “most important”, “next most important”, etc. These are the ways I’m currently thinking of:<\/p>\n
* Urgency<\/p>\n
* Is this task due soon?<\/p>\n
* Location<\/p>\n
* Are you in a good place to do it?<\/p>\n
* Dependence<\/p>\n
* Do other tasks depend on this one being done?<\/p>\n
* Recurrence<\/p>\n
* Is it scheduled to happen again soon? Does that mean it’s less important this time?<\/p>\n
* Past Behavior (for recurring tasks or those you’ve postponed)<\/p>\n
* Do you always do this task promptly or do you usually postpone it?<\/p>\n
* This could go both ways: either you stop pushing postponed things on people or you push harder until they actually do it<\/p>\n
* [Clippy annoyed people](http:\/\/xenon.stanford.edu\/~lswartz\/paperclip\/) by pushing too much<\/p>\n
* It often takes a push to get you doing something new and scary. [Nanny 911](http:\/\/www.fox.com\/nanny911\/) specializes in motivational discomfort for those used to giving up.<\/p>\n
* Community<\/p>\n
* Are there other people doing this now that you could work with?<\/p>\n
* [43things.com](http:\/\/43things.com) a good example<\/p>\n
* Are there other people depending on you to do this?<\/p>\n
See, this is why we need Google. It’s really hard to do this relevance stuff! Let me know in the comments if you have any other ideas for ranking tasks automatically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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