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[[image:livefeeds.jpg::left:0]]If you use Firefox 2.0 (and why shouldn’t you?) and Netvibes you may have already found out that the default Netvibes extension is not working with Firefox 2.0. Which basically bums me out because every now and again it can be really handy to quicky add some feed to my Netvibes tab. Also, in the…

[[image:26608943_0b4e490f5b_m.jpg::left:0]]Just a quick note from the household-department. Next week we will be moving servers for this website. Not that the current server can’t keep up,but I decided to rent my own webspace. Together with the owner we will move this blog to the new space and at the same time set up a new configuration…

Wow, this has been an interesting week! Last wednesday I wrote a review on Mindjet’s MindManager and included a little contest. I have been able to give away 5 licenses for MindManager 6 Professional, thanks to Hobie and Erik from Mindjet. I asked for some creative, thoughtprovoking mindmaps. And did I receive some, oh yeah.…

Just a quick reminder that this wednesday is the final day to enter for a free (!) license of MindManager 6 Pro. Check out the contestdetails at the end of “this review of MindManager”:http://www.punkey.com/pivot/entry.php?id=7081&w=whats_the_next_action and enter your favourite mindmap. I already received a dozen or so excellent maps so you will still have a chance!…

[[image:mindjet_logo.gif::left:0]]It is no surprise that since I received my free copy of “MindJet’s MindManager”:http://www.mindjet.com/eu/ (MM), I have been using this program like crazy. And I must say, it is a very diverse and broad application which you can use in a variety of ways. What I would like to do is not run you through…

I received an email a couple of days ago about “Scrybe”:http://www.iscrybe.com/. Guess I wasn’t the only one. Right now, the productivosphere (just made that one up) is “buzzing with excitement”:http://www.technorati.com/search/scrybe about this new online office application. Check out the promovideo after the click You can check some interface screenshots at “this Flickr-set”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/59101336@N00/ They call it:…

How can you can connect a highly effective productivity principle with Mickey Mouse? Well, read this story on how you can use the GTD principles when visiting Disney World. Or any other amusementpark for that matter. We go to Disney alot, so I started a project called “Plan next Disney Trip” and stored on the…

[[image:netvibes_module.jpg::left:0]]Since a couple of weeks, I’ve been using “Netvibes”:http://www.netvibes.com as my main startup page. I tried several of these dashboard/aggregator kind of pages but Netvibes gives me…well…good vibes. I have several tabs with the most important information for me to see in a glance. On my personal page I see my Gmail, Google Calendar, Mint…

Last week, Mindjet gave us the opportunity “to visit”:http://www.punkey.com/pivot/entry.php?id=7072&w=whats_the_next_action an online webseminar with David Allen. In a (technically challenged, I must say) hour-long webseminar, The Dave gave us some insight in how he uses his own GTD-principles. He gave us a little glimpse in his own mindmaps, for instance his 20,000 feet goals, a brainstorm-map…

Merlin Mann, author on “43folders.com”:http://www.43folders.com has written “an excellent piece”:http://www.43folders.com/2006/10/01/priorities-vacuum/ on the use of priorities in your life and your Next Actions list. Definitely worth a read and a save in you rreference folder. The truth is that sometimes you have crap days, pencils need to be sharpened, or maybe you just don’t have the…

Mindjet invites us for a “1-hour Webinar”:http://www.webex.com/web-seminars/view_event/669437426 with The Man, David Allen. On Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 10:00 AM PDT (that’s 7 PM for me on the same day…) you can join this free webseminar right from your browser. From the raving invitation: Join us for a scintillating hour with Allen as he reviews best…

I just added a new feature to the comments of this blog. If you think your textarea is too small, you can use the buttons on the right to increase the size of the textarea or to increase the fontsize. It should work in all common browsers. If you find some difficulty or an error,…

Ever had the feeling that the meetings you attend are a complete waste of time? No agenda, no organizer, just some incoherent emotional rambling about stuff that bothers you and the others. Well, check out these six ways to hold a tight meeting. Just as they do at Google HQ. # Set a firm agenda…

[[image:172651123_798af692b8_m.jpg::left:0]] Today I received a very interesting link in my feedreader. The dutch PR Firm for “Mindjet”:http://www.mindjet.com/eu/ is giving away free copies of the excellent program Mindmanager for bloggers. If you like to brainstorm, think through processes and generaly get things of your mind, Mindmanager can be a wonderful tool for you. As they say…

From the Ready For Anything reading group I found “this link”:http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/34/allen.html to an old Fast Company interview with The Dave. Great stuff. With one very true and very beautiful quote You can do anything — but not everything. Print it on a tile, hang it on your monitor. Very true!

In the fourth installment of Sunday Shortcuts (yes I know it’s monday…) I would like to put the spotlight on one of the best Firefox extensions I have seen. The “Gmail Macros”:http://www.mscape.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=macros make it very very easy for you to manage your email in Gmail. The script is Firefox only and you will need the…

Do you use your mobile smartphone a lot for capturing ideas or checking tasks? Do you have Outlook as your primary GTD system? Than perhaps “SmarterTasks”:http://www.smartertasks.com/default.aspx might be an interesting option for you. I haven’t had the chance to try it out myself but the screenshots and key features look promising [[image:screenshots-anim.gif::center:0]] # Designed for…

[[image:tessthumb.jpg::left:0]]”Where are the sunday shortcuts?”, “Where are the new articles?” All valid questions…but I had something far far far more important to do the last couple of weeks. And the coming years. Me and my girlfriend Helie are very happy with our new daughter Tess. Her full name is Tess Moana Meeuwsen. Her middle name…

Sometimes the solution to a problem can be so simple. If you have Windows XP and MS Office running. James gave me “a quick tip on how to get to regularly opened folders”:http://www.friedbeef.com/2006/09/19/how-to-attach-and-save-files-faster/ in a flash while working in MS Office. Just add it to “My Places” and it appears in the shortcut bar. Check…

In this edition of Shortcut Sunday I want to touch on one of the most used programs in the GTD-sphere (I think): Microsoft Outlook. Because of the tight integration of email, calendar, contacts and tasks, Outlook provides a good solid ground to at least start a digital GTD-system. I use Outlook purely in a business…

From their website: “GTDGmail is a Firefox extension that integrates the highly effective methodology of “Getting Things Done” into the popular email service Gmail.”  Well, that sure looks interesting to me. Too bad you can’t download the extension yet but you an sign up for the notification if they go live. I wonder how this…

Winamp is one of those programs you’d wish Microsoft put in Windows itself instead of that pesky Windows Media Player. Winamp is of the first apps I reinstall after a fresh start with Windows or otherwise. One of the finest features in Winamp is the way to configure the shortcut keys for quick acces to…

Michael informs us over at Blackbelt Productivity about the new membership program from David Co. called GTD Connect. It talks about the steep price of 48 dollars a month to get all the benefits of this program like a library with audio, video and print, Weekly Review emails, store promotions and The Dave as your…

One of the fun things about blogposts is you can talk about a subject that has been posted long ago and still be current about it. Not all blogs talk about the here and now. Most of them address issues that are of all times and the ideas need to be spread to a wider…

I felt it was time for a new serie here on What’s The Next Action. Since one of the great timesavers in my life is the use of keyboard-shortcuts I thought to myself: Why not share my joy with the rest of the GTD community? So here we are with the first installment of Shortcut…