I was imagining what a GoodTask integration with Contacts might be like. Here’s what I came up with. What do you think?
When creating a task you can type the @ symbol followed by the name of a contact. Auto complete text will appear as you type and try to match the contact. If there is more than one match you can chose from a floating list or choose New Contact at the bottom of the auto complete list.
When you select the contact it creates a link with the matched contact. The todo item is appended to the notes field of the Contact and it links back to the to do item in GoodTask.
So if I type a to do in GoodTask: Call @john smith. it will bring up the auto complete list and I choose John Smith. If I had chosen New Contact a mini floating window would have appeared where I could have entered basic contact info and a new contact record would be created.
When I go to one of my task lists to do the task, I can click on the name of the contact ( ie @johnsmith). It’s a link that open up a a small floating window with the contact’s phone number and email. There’s an option to open the contact in the Contacts app. And there’s an option to perform an action. The action is based on the verb used in the to do item. If the to do is “Call Johns Smith”, then the action button will be to start a call. The verb email ( Email @johnsmith will have an option to create an email to that contact. Other verbs include FaceTime, Message , Skype
