Already a couple of days ago but so much fun to do. I was at the Reboot conference in Copenhagen last week. This conference is different from others, since the program is made up by the participants themselves. There are some speakers but there are also some open slots for anyone to fill in with whatever they like. The vibe of the conference is very future oriented. People talk about Open Wifi Networks, Marketing 2.0, Co-creation and several other web-related topics.
One speaker had a title of his talk: Bit Literacy: A New Strategy for Productivity in Your Bit-drenched Life. Sounded interesting enough to visit for me. But unfortunately this turned out to be more of a sales pitch for an online email reminder service called GooToDo.com. Nothing wrong with that, seems like a good service, but not the information I was hoping for.
In the conference IRC channel we started talking about GTD. Together with some other GTD-aficionados we found out we could learn from each other’s tips and implementations. We decided on the spot we would give an open-for-all discussion session in a small part of the venue. After updating the wiki with our time slot we made sure we informed the day presenter so he could promote the session for us.
I was quite surprised to see some 20-30 people show up to talk about GTD and time management. Together with Ton Zijlstra, a knowledge worker from the Netherlands, we hosted the discussion. We talked about different obstacles how to get your work done and shared some tips and tricks. You can find some rough ideas in the wiki. I talked some more about the Weekly Review and how I manage my daily life at home.
After 45 minutes our time was up, but it was so much fun to do! I made some connections with other GTD-ers and someone even got inspired by this little blog! Wow!
Maybe I will do some more talking about GTD in another session at work but in another format. This is called Pecha Kucha and it involves 20 slides you present for a maximum of 20 seconds each. I am working on some videos I made during Reboot but in the meantime check these responses or this website for more information on this very dense way of presenting.
(photo courtesy of Kars Alfrink via Flickr)
It was great fun to do, indeed!
I always enjoy getting together with other people interested in continuing this discussion.
Last weekend, I spent a few days with a friend and colleague in Las Vegas. He and I are both long-time users of GTD systems…we still found further tweaking and discussion necessary to completely implement a program that fits our work/life style.