I've been playing around with a free Basecamp account before (but didn't get the *brilliant* idea to use "persons" as contexts, although I already did use "persons" as categories, which didn't prove too useful). Your post made me have another look. It's just that I can't find the "'s to-do items across all projects" you show in the screenshot. That's what would really make the system work. Are you sure that this view is available in a free one-project account as well (as I understand you tried this from a paid account)?