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Podcasting ontleent zijn naam aan het gebruik van de iPod om de uitzendingen te beluisteren. Natuurlijk kun je met elke willekeurige MP3-speler die dingen afspelen, maar je kunt tegenwoordig ook gewoon direct online de podcasts luisteren. Niet meer klunzen met RSS-feeds, updaten van je MP3-speler en je koptelefoon weer eens kwijt zijn. Check de Podcastjukebox voor een cleane interface en een stevige lijst met beschikbare podcasts. Nu heb ik de afgelopen dagen nog twee van die initiatieven gezien maar ik kan ze nergens meer vinden. Ben al een kwartier aan het zoeken maar kan het niet meer terugvinden. Dus die hou je nog van me tegoed!

I wrote about my use of Evernote a couple of times. But recently, I found OnFolio. A browser-integrated RSS reader and clippingscollector. So now I have both products. Great move huh! For a guy who wants to eliminate his inboxes. Yeah well, it’s just that both products have a lot of neat features that I can and would use. And now I read that Evernote has added Firefox-support in its webclipping functionality, which makes it even harder for me to make a solid decision! So here’s what I’m gonna do: I am gonna test both products for one week each. The coming week, I will test Evernote and the next week I will test OnFolio. I will use both products in a normal, day-to-day business manner and will report my findings here on this weblog. So by April 1st I should make a decision on which product to use. If there is no other product that enters the market and makes my life even more difficult. The coming weeks, it will be Evernote vs. OnFolio!!! [[image:banner_evernote_onfolio.gif::center:0]]

So here’s another thing I noticed. First off, I must say, this whole GTD-thing really gives you a sense of self-exploration and self-evaluation. This piece is written while commuting in the train. I do have to say that this is a time during the day where I can think about GTD instead of Do-ing it. Here’s an issue I found out about myself and I am wondering if my readers also experience this. Whenever something pops up in my head, depending on context, I put it somewhere. When I’m behind a PC (80% of the time I’m awake) I put it in my Tasklist immediately with the proper context and project. When not in digital mode I put it in my notebook and process it later. Oh by the way, I bought a Moleskine. More on that in a later post! See my Flickr slideshow for pictures. Can’t believe I made a picture of a notebook… Now, when the notes are processed it’s in my (almost) trusted system. Here’s where the nagging problem enters. Say, I remind myself I have to make an appointment with the dentist within a month. So I put it in my agenda about 3 weeks from now to “Call dentist on number xxx-xxxxxxx regarding new appt.” It’s out of my head, into my system. Excellent! A week later, I am sitting on the couch and thinking to myself “Hmmm….I have to make an appointment with the dentist.” I put another task in my agenda on the day I want to make an appointment. Catch my drift? Why is this? Is it because it is out of my head, it can come in (again) easy? Is it because I have the brain of a goldfish? Is it because my system is not trusted yet? Expanding on the last one, let’s say my system is trusted. If you have the same thought again, would you think to yourself “Wait a minute, I already processed that. No need to do that again.” Because if you do that, isn’t the system also in your head? You know it’s in your system, so it’s in your head. Why need an external system then? That’s a bit harsh, but it is an issue I am facing. I had the same task pop up three times, just because I entered it three times in a week’s time. Maybe one of the solutions is my Weekly Review. I know I am not the only one who has trouble with this part of GTD, and yes I have been procrastinating this review way too much. I should try to have this Weekly Review really once a week in an allocated time slot instead of sometimes just quick browsing through my tasks and projects. Hmmmm….Nice outcome of another braindump! Any thoughts on this issue? I would like to hear them from you!