I am looking for thoughts and ideas for a workflow that includes the above mentioned apps. Being able to both plan and track time on individual tasks is critical. My Working assumption is that most all of the planning can happen within Merlin, with more extensive notes and perhaps scheduled tasks linked into NotePlan via Apple's ecosystem.
The goal would be to be able to plan pretty thoroughly with Merlin and with NotePlan being the place for more extensive related notes, with active links between related Merlin and NotePlan docs.
I'd love to hear anyone else's thoughts about this workflow concept or other suggestions.