Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Tracking progress on tasks by giving or tagging them

If you’re sharing lists with others, or even if not, it can be helpful to keep track of tasks that are in progress. This week’s tip, shared by jamezzz, uses two features—giving tasks and tags—to keep track of those tasks in creative ways.

I was looking for a way mark items “In Progress” so I could quickly see a list of tasks I’m actively working on. I also wanted these tasks to stand out somehow in larger lists. I discovered two very convenient ways to do this in RTM.

1) Since I’m the only cow in the barn I don’t use the sharing features, but I can still assign tasks to myself. So for tasks that are In Progress I simply assign them to myself then I have a simple Smart List that shows those tasks ‘givenTo:me’. This also works great in larger lists because my face prominently shows up next to those In Progress tasks.

2) For those using the sharing features a tag can be used instead. But, how do you get those In Progress tasks to show prominently in larger lists? Simply use the muted colors for most of your tags and reserve the bright colors for tags that need special attention like a tag used for In Progress tasks!

Thanks Bob! Have a another banana!

Thanks for sharing this tip, jamezzz! You’re our Tips & Tricks Tuesday winner this week.

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