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sunflower · 2007-10-01 22:55:40

I know I'm missing something in not using tags -- I just don't "get" how to use them to make Nozbe more effective for me.

I understand they are not the same as contexts, nor as projects. They're not sub-projects either -- they are outside of hierarchy.

SO, what ARE they good for?

I would really appreciate it if several folks would share examples of how they are making good use of tags in Nozbe.

AmpleThanks,
-Anne

ntpruk · 2007-10-03 13:19:16

I've become really addicted to tagging my projects actually, and I guess there are several uses for it.
I have 5 tags for my 16 projects, and the name of the tags mostly relates to my current "role" - what I am right now. My tags are: "work" - all my work-related projects goes here... naturally a "personal"-tag with my personal projects.. 1 tag for my online business-projects called "business", 1 tag for my house-projects called "house", and finally 1 "etc"-tag.. where all my useless crappy don't-want-to-do-projects are.. the great thing about tagging is that 1 project can have several tags, so i might have a project that is tagged both with personal-tag and house-tag, if the project is applicable for both tags... the thing is, i don't want to look on all my personal stuff when i'm at work - so while at work 8-16, the work-tag is active and all i see and concentrate on is my work-projects..
i also have 1 inbox-"project" - this inbox is tagged with all the tags, so that it is allways visible inside all the tags - even though it's still only 1 "project"..

hope this helped a littlebit? tags makes it more easy for me to identify what kind of projects i'm looking at and want to work with right now at least, so - try it!

sunflower · 2007-10-05 09:38:01

AmpleThanks, ntpruk -- that does help.

Anyone else use tags differently?

cnqwst · 2008-07-11 01:59:11

Sunflower,

These are the tags I use: S SP FF HM CW $ LR 10
They are codes for roles:
S = Self
SP = Spouse/Parent
FF = Family/Friend
HM = Home Manager
CW = Career/Work
$ = Finance
LR = Leisure/Recreation
10 = Top Ten

I code all my projects with one or more corresponding project tags, so when I need to check projects related to these roles "Voila".
The 10 Project Code I use on projects that I consider Top Ten.

Pablo

Last edited by cnqwst (2008-07-13 11:54:23)

JohnK · 2008-07-23 11:58:55

I use tags in much the same way as detailed in the other responses, but I also use them to group related projects.

For example: I have three projects labeled AMS PB, AMS HRM and AMS Finance, all of which have a tag of AMS. In this way, I can bring up just the three related projects by clicking AMS in the project tag cloud. This helps me work around the lack of subprojects.

Like the first response, I also use tags to limit my focus at work to only work-related projects while retaining contexts for further filtering. John

Last edited by JohnK (2008-07-23 12:04:40)

frajofa · 2008-09-13 11:10:45

I use tags for classification of projects (Active, Inactive and so on), but I am becoming to lazy doing it, because if for some reason I forget to make a tag on a project (and it is easy to happen because is not mandatory) I have to enter in all projects to see if it is tagged.
A functionality like "not tagged projects" (like in Contexts) is important. Without that, Tags are not truthfull, for me.

#1 2007-10-01 22:55:40

Tags -- How do you use them in Nozbe?

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