I was wondering today why I didn’t get any comments for about two months already. Since I am not used to a lot of comments here, It didn’t occur to me that something might be wrong with the commentsystem itself. Well, it is…I just found out the commentsystem is broken. Don’t know why or how…
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Get into Backpack easy!
OK, so here’s the deal. You all know I use Backpack as a personal organiser. I wrote about it a “couple of weeks ago”:http://www.punkey.com/pivot/entry.php?id=6971 and according to the stats, the article is still very popular. So why don’t I recommend Backpack to all of you and get a little better of it myself? Yes, it’s…
Share in my joy!
[[popup:myinbox.jpg:(thumbnail)::1:center]] [[popup:myinbox.jpg:Click here::1:inline]] for the full picture. Aaaah…..this feels good….Everything is in my Next Actions list, delegated of deferred. And LOTS of it is just trashed!
How to use shoeboxes with GTD
Now this is a really funny post over at the “43Folder group”:http://groups.google.com/group/43Folders at Googlegroups. One reader was thinking how he could have some sort of reversable Inbox. That way, anything that gets in First, will get processed first. Michael Langford came with the following tip” Take 2 identical shoe boxes. Remove lid, discard box 1…
My mind is playing tricks on me…
OK, I read the book, listened to the CD, bought the Outlook add-in (which mysteriously unregistered but that’s another story) and still it doesn’t click with me. To give an example. Every morning, I drive by a convention centre on the way to work. Yesterday I saw an announcement for an interesting conference I felt…
Backpack and GTD
[[image:backpack_logo.jpg::left:0]]I am turning into a fan of 37signal’s product “Backpack”:http://backpackit.com/ as a tool for my personal management. It takes some time and some tweaking of the system, but we are getting there! What is Backpack? It is a web based project planning tool. No gant charts or any difficult projectmanagement-lingo, but plain ol’ lists! In…
The connection between GTD and Tai Chi
I have been practicing Tai Chi (or T’ai chi or Taijiquan) for a couple of years now. For me, this martial art gives me relief, a moment of meditation and it is a pool of tranquility in a hectic lifestyle. As some of you may know, Tai Chi consists of a series of movements and…
GTD Outlook add-in hotfix coming up!
Thanks to my reminder to check the productupdate-page from Netcentrics I just noticed that the “GTD Outlook addin”:http://www.punkey.com/pivot/entry.php?id=6952 will “get a hotfix update”:http://gtdsupport.netcentrics.com/learn/productupdates.php tomorrow for a really annoying problem: This hotfix will include the following fixes: * 1979 [Other] Update Task Action Error * 1980 – [Action] Paths in File and Save for Reference…
Giving thanks to David Allen’s cult time-management credo
Everyone already trying to get a ‘mind like water’ should recognize this quote: Just four weeks ago, my desk was a shrine to disorder. It was cluttered with letters, takeaway menus, MiniDiscs and dead batteries, while stacks of printouts lay everywhere. A skyscraper of stuff towered in my inbox, untouched for months. Now it is…
Simple Outlook hack may save your day in the future
This morning, while going through some archived threads in the “43Folders group”:http://groups.google.com/group/43Folders, I stumbled on this amazing Outlook hack in “this thread”:http://groups.google.com/group/43Folders/browse_thread/thread/9e3a3a251f5d58b6/1db138ac0ae9bffb#1db138ac0ae9bffb, written by Simon. Don’t know if he has a blog or anything… “Ever get sent an e-mail with a blank or unintelligible subject line? Maybe you get CCed on a long ping pong…
The difference between GTD at home and at work
Preface: This article was intended as a question for the “GTDgroup@Yahoo”:http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Getting_Things_Done/. But it turned out to be some sort of therapeutic writing session for my own self. I decided to share it with you. Maybe it can be of any help, maybe you have tips, pointers or similar experiences. Please, feel free to respond! This…
Quote on what GTD “is”
From the “43Folders-discussiongroup”:http://groups.googlegroups.com/group/43Folders: GTD is about habits, not software. Don’t worry about what software or outliner to use. Learn the habits first and keep it simple. How true is that! More and more I come to realize that the book is not like the Ten Commandments set in stone. What it teaches you is a…
Right click, make task
“This”:http://sippey.typepad.com/filtered/2005/10/right_click_mak.html sure sounds interesting to me: “[…] There are two videos up on Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows from PDC 2005 that are worth watching. The first one shows off Outlook 12’s new “to do bar,” which is viewable when you’re reading email, and the ability to *_right-click and automatically create a task_* from a…
Getting Things Done next Monday
This is a reply I wrote on the “GTD@Yahoo”:http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Getting_Things_Done/ about emptying your Inbox at work. Thought I’d share it with all of you: ” I am currently enjoying a two week holiday. Normally I have access to my workmail from home and I know from previous holidays I will check it every now and again.…
DIY personal planner with Pocketmod
If there is one thing I absolutely admire in all the GTD-blogs, wiki’s, mailinglists and discussiongroups, it is the absolute sense of DIY to make your own life as easy as possible. Reading Getting Things Done was a (sort of) revelation for me to start with. When I read some of the hacks on 43Folders.com…
Online GTD Discussiongroups, a comparison
Since GTD is considered the geeks way to personal productivity, it is common sense the system and it’s details are discussed on online mailinglists. Since I am a member of two of the large mailinglists, 43Folders and GTD@Yahoo (and still lurking the lists), I feel it’s nice to discuss a bit the similarities and differences…
The adventures of Action Item
[[image:actionitem.jpg::center:0]] An “hilarious parody”:http://www.fatalexception.org/action_item.html on meetings most of us once have visited. Everybody is talking is this weird projectmanagement-stylee mumbo jumbo and no action is really taken. I can give you some true examples with my clients, but I will restrain myself 🙂 Take a look at “this excellent comic”:http://www.fatalexception.org/action_item.html and “order the poster”:http://www.cafepress.com/actionitem. Rumour…
Work in progress on this site
I would like to tell you all very briefly some of the plans I have on this site. Since it’s almost a year old and I haven’t paid much attention to it visually, I have some plans to redesign the whole blog. But wait! There’s more! Redesign One thing I would like to do is…
MyTicklerFile.com…What’s the use?
[[image:ticklerfile.jpg::left:0]]”MyTicklerfile.com”:http://www.myticklerfile.com/ is a new webbased tool for creating appointments and recurring tasks. As they say for themselves it can be used to implement Getting Things Done in your own way. But I have my doubts. First off, thanks to the buzzword-friendly Web 2.0 features of “Ajax”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming) and tags it has some real desktop-like, rich experience…
The “new gadget” itch starts again…
Oh man….just when I was trying to get comfortable with all the software I have, a new version of “Omea Pro”:http://www.jetbrains.com/omea/index.html drops in my Inbox. I once tried Omea Pro in beta and was very impressed by its features. It is simply described as a dashboard for your information from Outlook, browser, filesystem and webfeeds.…
Anything that’s a “problem” is a “project”
The GTD Road Map is full on. Already there are some reviews popping up like on “Buzz Bruggeman’s site”:http://buzzmodo.typepad.com/buzznovation/2005/08/gtdthe_road_map.html and “this one”:http://blogs.oreillynet.com/beasts/archives/2005/08/getting_things_1.html. There is also “a presentation in slides and audio”:https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/marketing4/view?id=allenknowledge&pw=650650. Looks like some nice readingmaterial for a couple of moonlight-hours….Anyone else has some interesting reviews from the Roadmaps?
TiddlyPedia?
From the install-instructions: “To use the “TiddlyPedia”:http://15black.bluedepot.com/styles/tiddlypedia.htm skin on your own TiddlyWiki, copy the contents of TiddlyPediaPackage tiddler and tag it as ‘systemConfig.’ ” C’mon….can’t we think of a less laughable name than TiddlyWiki and TiddlyPedia? I think it’s stupid. On the other hand, I also think it’s time for a personal tool-stop and start…
Problem with webfeed?
Hmmm..it seems there is a slight problem with my Feedburner-based webfeed (forget that “RSS-webfeed debate”:http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/17/HNmsrss_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/17/HNmsrss_1.html…) and it doesn’t show up properly. I don’t have a solution right now but will look into it on a later time this weekend. [[image:feedburnerwtna.jpg::center:0]]
Rule of thumb to put something in a list?
[[image:sen.jpg::left:0]]I was working through my Inbox this morning and had a few mails I had to delegate to someone else. Short questions, little assignments. But I need an answer from the receiving party to move the project forward. Not now, but whenever possible. I was thinking and in doubt. I use the “GTD Outlook plugin”:http://www.davidco.com/productDetail.php?id=63&IDoption=20…
10 Steps To Better Meetings
To-Done has some great “tips and steps”:http://www.to-done.com/2005/08/10-steps-to-better-meetings/ on holding better meetings. Not just by content, but also by context. For instance: Start on time. Sounds easy? You should know how many time I’ve wasted waiting on people “just having one more smoke”, “just finishing this phonecall” or any other lame excuse to show up late.…
