Learn OmniFocus Founder Tim Stringer took us on a tour of his OmniFocus setup and workflows.
Tim’s OmniFocus journey began in 2010. He needed a robust personal task manager to bring order to his multi-faceted life and was drawn to OmniFocus’ extensive feature set and reliability.
During this session, Tim shared an overview of the serendipitous journey that led to the launch of Learn OmniFocus. He also talked about how his use of OmniFocus has evolved over the years and how he’s drawn on the experience of supporting thousands of OmniFocus users worldwide.
He took us on a tour of his OmniFocus setup, showing how he structures his projects, single action lists, and tags. You’ll also learn how Tim uses custom perspectives as he navigates his day, maintains system integrity, and plans for the future. He’ll share OmniFocus’s role in his overall system and how he uses other apps alongside OmniFocus.
Tim also shared some “power tools” that help him use OmniFocus and complementary apps more effectively and efficiently. He shared some of his favourite OmniFocus plug-ins and highlighted OmniFocus-related use cases for BetterTouchTool, Hookmark and Zapier.
About Tim Stringer
Tim Stringer is a technology industry veteran, a professionally trained life and business coach (Co-Active Training Institute), a recognized productivity expert, and the creator of the Holistic Productivity approach. He’s a called-upon public speaker and was interviewed by Getting Things Done (GTD) creator David Allen after contributing an article to the GTD blog in 2009.
Tim graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Computer Systems) and worked as a software engineer for six years before moving into management roles. While working in the corporate world, Tim managed teams of engineers, oversaw projects involving over 200 people, and worked closely with members of quality assurance, sales, marketing, documentation, legal, and public relations teams. His corporate experience includes eight years at Corel Corporation’s offices in Ottawa and Dublin.
After 13 years in the corporate world, Tim founded Technically Simple, a consulting company that helps individuals and organizations make productive use of technology. He helps teams communicate and work effectively using Asana and helps individuals live fulfilling lives with some help from OmniFocus and complementary apps.
Tim launched Learn OmniFocus in 2014. Since its inception, people have joined from over 90 countries. Learn OmniFocus takes a hybrid approach to learning. Tim contributes to a growing library of self-guided content. He leads regular Learn OmniFocus LIVE sessions to allow members to apply their knowledge in an interactive group environment.
Tim believes a healthy, balanced lifestyle is a key component of productivity. He has an in-depth