{"id":36366,"date":"2022-06-27T16:12:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=36366"},"modified":"2022-06-27T16:12:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:12:20","slug":"omnifocus-plug-ins-for-deferring-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/27\/omnifocus-plug-ins-for-deferring-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"OmniFocus Plug-Ins for Deferring Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicholas Riley<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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There must be a word for procrastinating by building tools that aid in deferring tasks.<\/p>\n

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The idea is that when the defer\/due dates have passed, it’s easier to say “I want to do this starting tomorrow, or due tomorrow” rather than “I want to do this starting a week after the prior due date”.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Most of my OmniFocus projects are parallel or single action lists, so I prioritize and hide actions that I don’t want distracting me by setting defer dates. I’ve long used an AppleScript<\/a> to defer actions to the next day or week.<\/p>\n\n

Riley has created some Omni Automation plug-ins<\/a> to do this sort of thing. This means that they can work on iOS, too. It’s neat how the plug-in can tell OmniFocus when its action should be enabled. It can also use a form to ask the user for input, and this works appropriately on both macOS and iOS.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n