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What’s in a “trusted system”?

GTD advocates will immediately call to mind David Allen’s mantra about putting everything into a “trusted system” so your mind can be at ease–knowing that your ToDo, brilliant idea, future project or simple note will be easy to retrieve when you need it. Like me, you probably took this to mean a paper notebook, a [...]

Plan by Project. Do by Context.

I’ve been having an ongoing conversation with one of my co-workers about GTD. We exchange ideas, tools and tips every so often. I like these exchanges, because I can count on him to provide very specific and pointed questions that make me think about why I organize the way I do. He’s starting to use [...]

And the winner is…OmniFocus

If you’re just starting to get into GTD, it’s probably because you have a big list of things to do, and not enough time to do them all. Once you read the book and all the blog posts about GTD you’ll need to figure out what your “trusted system” will be, so when you have [...]

Sorry Nozbe (GTD Software Review)

I’ve been using Nozbe to manage my ToDo’s for about a year. It’s a good system, web-based, has an iPhone app that synchronizes pretty seamlessly, and has some powerful importing capabilities. It works, but for some reason I don’t love it. My subscription runs out in December, and I’m going to switch.

For background:

I try my [...]

Password Management for True Nerds

A little while ago, a friend sent me a link to Sean P. Aune’s list of
16 of the Best Password Management Tools for Firefox 3 on Mashable, and it made me realize that I really needed a better password management system. Like most things, once you start looking, you find a whole world of ideas, [...]

Nozbe Initial Reactions, and an easy Email Template

I tried and started using Nozbe today, after playing around with it a bit yesterday. So far, I like it enough to pay the $7 for my first month, and give it a go. If it works well, I might have found myself a new ‘Getting Things Done’ (GTD) compatible application.
The first thing I needed [...]

Three Things you Should do in Outlook Right Now to Keep Yourself Sane

My three favorite Outlook tips to keep yourself sane.

one person’s ceiling is another person’s floor

Growing up, I would hear my step-father say, “one person’s ceiling is another person’s floor”. He isn’t a project management guru or anything like that, and like many of the things he said, I did not have a clue what he was talking about at the time. Turns out, he was on to something big.
One of [...]

get started getting productive

You want to start getting productive? Great. Me too. I’m not a project management, productivity or management guru. I don’t have my own book, toolkit, methodology, planner or software that I’m trying to sell either. But I do have a lot of experience in evaluating, creating and using things to help make people more productive, [...]