A blog about team productivity by Sandglaz
One of the most powerful features of Sandglaz is the ability to tag your tasks to give them more meaning and context.
There are 2 ways to tag your tasks in Sandglaz:
Hashtags are used to label your tasks. Hashtags always start with a '#' character. Example: #Design
Usertags are used assign a task to someone (including yourself). Usertags always start with a '@' character. Example: @John
Last week, Yahoo! announced that they will be acquiring Astrid.
So that got us thinking about the 4 Million Astrid users who might need a new task management solution once Astrid closes shop.
And today, we're excited to roll out the red carpet for all Astrid users.
If you're an Astrid user looking for a new place for your projects and tasks, you can use the Sandglaz import tool to give us a try with all your existing projects, tasks, and lists.
And to make things even sweeter, Astrid users get a free Sandglaz Pro subcription until Aug 1, 2013 so you get full access to our unlimited project grid plan.
A free trial (no credit card) with all your real tasks and projects so you can decide if we're right for you.
Get started by creating your account and starting the import.
Email us at Support@Sandglaz.com and we'll help you with the move!
Welcome, Astrid users.
There are a lot of different ways to decide on what you should be doing next.
The most common way of tagging tasks is with a deadline.
Sometimes your boss, client, or team might hand you a deadline.
And you drop everything and start churning on the most pressing tasks. Once that work is done, you move on to check "what's due next."
But there are other ways to figure out what you should be doing.
Tagging tasks using a method other than deadline can help you get more done and look at your task manager in a different way.
So here are 4 different ways to decide which tasks you should be working on right now:
A morning huddle with your team can be the single most effective meeting that you have with your team.
The purpose of a morning team huddle is to check-in with your team about what your day or week will be looking like.
Your goal in the huddle is not to plan your week or projects -- that's what all the other meetings on your calendar are for.
Effective morning huddles are 'information sharing' meetings that delivers status checks from individuals to the rest of their team.
Here are a few ground rules to run successful morning huddles.
Today we're introducing a Mobile Tag Filtering for Sandglaz Mobile.
You can now filter tasks using task tags or @Username tags to quickly drill down into the tasks that matter.
When you access Sandglaz from your smartphone or tablet, you'll see a new tag icon on each grid. When you click the tag icon, you'll see a list of all active tags for that grid.
