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Written by
Christina,
Mark,
and
Branko
Check off behavior
Make checking off an item even more satisfying with sounds and visual effects
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago
Quick Add
Quickly add tasks from anywhere
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago
Icon Marker
Add colored icons to specific tasks and projects
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago
Text Color Marker
Mark certain tasks & projects with colored text
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago
Background Color Marker
Mark certain tasks & projects with a background color
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago
Skinny Sidebar
Everything is now just a click away!
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago
Rollover Scheduled Tasks
Automatically move scheduled tasks to today when you didn't finish them.
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago
Deep Links Strategy
How to link to a specific task or project from anywhere
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
The Dashboard
How to use the Amazing Marvin Dashboard
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Events
Learn more about the events type in Marvin
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Super Focus Mode (SFM)
Focus on one task at a time
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Calendar Sync (Google, iCal, Yahoo, CalDav)
How to sync your calendars with Amazing Marvin
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Custom Screens feature
Learn what you can do with the custom screens feature
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Snooze Feature
Hide a task or project until a specific time or for a set duration
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Review Date
Set a date to review a project or task
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Agenda
See your daily list in a timeline
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Calendar
Learn about the Marvin calendar strategy
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Smart List Day Alerts
Get a notification when a Smart List contains an item
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Top Mini List
See a Smart List as a small list on top of your day
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Work Session Scheduler
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Truncated List
Only see a fraction of your list at a time
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago
Bottom Menu
Show a menu along the bottom of the screen
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago
Basic Strategies
Category Context
Need to see in what category or project a task is in from your day view? Use the category context strategy!
Written by
Christina
Updated this week
Task Labels (Tags)
Learn how to create labels, add them to tasks, edit and delete them
Written by
Christina
Updated yesterday
Reminders (Notifications)
How to set reminders (notifications ) for tasks
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Print lists
Print your day view, Smart Lists and projects
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Timers in Marvin
There are currently two built-in timers in Marvin: a sand clock and work session timer (aka pomodoro)
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Task and Project Notes
Enabling notes for tasks allows you to add some extra information to a task
Written by
Christina
Updated this week
Priority Stars
Assign three different priority levels to tasks and projects.
Written by
Christina
Updated this week
Lists
Smart Lists
Smart Lists are lists that automatically get populated based on some pre-set filters. Some people call this custom views or smart filters.
Written by
Christina
Updated yesterday
Custom Sidebar
How to use the custom sidebar strategy
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Custom Squares
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Matrix
How to set up the Matrix strategy
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Custom Text Links
Create a text menu at the top of your view
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago
Project Management
Start Dates
Also known as tickler date or defer date (when a task/project becomes actionable)
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Dependencies
Don't see certain items until others are completed
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Project Focus Picker
How the project focus picker strategy works
Written by
Christina
Updated this week
Project Shortcuts
Have MIPs or other projects show up in your day view
Written by
Christina
Updated this week
Most Important Projects
Assign a crown to your current most important projects (MIPs)
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Planning
End Dates
How to use end dates
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Planning Ahead
Want to make a plan for what to do this month and this week? This strategy has you covered.
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Week Scheduler
Use this strategy to plan your days a week ahead while seeing all days at a glance.
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Backburner
How to use the Backburner strategy
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Time Blocking
How to use the time blocking strategy
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
GTD
Missing Next Steps Warning
Easily see which project is missing next steps with the missing next steps warning/alert
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Weekly Review
All about the weekly review strategy
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Procrastination
Eat the Frog
Learn how to assign frogs to tasks and when to do it
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Procrastination Count
Get an exclamation mark added to a task for each day you delayed it
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Time Savers
Saved Items/Templates
Have a task, group of tasks or project you need multiple times? Use templates/saved items.
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Pinned Tasks
Pin a task and schedule a copy of it instead of the original task
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Fast Add Buttons
Quickly add pre-configured tasks
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago
Email to Marvin
Send emails to your unique Marvin address to create a task or project in Marvin
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Alerts and Reminders
Staleness Warning
Easily see which task/project has gone stale (is very old)
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Time Management
Time Tracking
Track how long you work on each task
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Duration Estimates
Add a duration estimate to a task
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Little Helpers
Suggested Task
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Random task
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Auto-schedule due Tasks
How to make sure Marvin schedules tasks that are due for you
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
The Task Jar
How the task jar strategy works
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Targets and Progress
Daily and Weekly Time Targets
How to set time tracking targets for yourself
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Day Progress Bar
Visualize your task completion for the day.
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Daily To-do List Sections
Main Category Sections
Group your tasks in the day view based on their main categories
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Just the essentials
Separate your daily tasks into "essential" and "bonus" tasks
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Custom Sections
Section your day any way you want
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Time Block Sections
Section your daily list based on your time blocks
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Break the day down
Break up your daily to-do list into morning, afternoon and evening
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Gamification
Reward Tasks
How to use the reward tasks strategy
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Beat The Clock
A fun way to work off tasks
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Integrations
Zapier Integration
Learn how to connect Marvin to thousands of apps with our Zapier integration.
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
System Triggers
Desktop-only strategy!
Written by
Mark
Updated over a week ago
Customization
Affirmations
See a custom message every day at the top of your day view
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Day Notes
Get a note space for each day to use for whatever you need
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
The Wall
See your tasks as squares
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Split View
How to use the right panel to show your Agenda or Day Note side-by-side next to your day view or main view.
Written by
Christina
Updated over a week ago
Line Marker
Mark tasks & projects with a colored line on the left
Written by
Branko
Updated over a week ago