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Category Archives: GTD
The Case for One Simple Todo List
Humor me for a bit by engaging in this short exercise: 1. List all of your projects. Define a “project” as something most people would define it as, not the way David Allen would define it. If you’re confused, don’t … Continue reading
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Hating on GTD is so Hot Right Now
Photo by: Prabhu B It’s true. Admit it, being over GTD is the new GTD. I’ll be the first one to admit I’ve been on this train for a while now. Here are some of my “GTD is so not … Continue reading
The danger of next actions lists and what to do instead
Photo by: roger jones There’s something dangerous about a bunch of small, un-intimidating next actions on a single list. The things you should be doing are generally uncomfortable, larger, more intimidating than the things that aren’t that important. The things … Continue reading
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Simply GTD: Do You Really Need Contexts?
Photo by: Nathan Borror Guess what my answer is to the title question. Guess, I dare you. You got it: @No. Is it a sin in the GTD community to speak ill of contexts? Maybe. Will I ask for forgiveness? … Continue reading
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Simply GTD: Cell Phone Capture
SMS to email my friends, SMS to email. Months back, I posted about trying Jott. It’s nice. It transcribes ridiculously well and it’s pretty convenient to be able to push a speed dial button and say “do this tomorrow because … Continue reading
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Does your system work when you have the flu?
GTD Simplicity is so vital to the whole process working. I was listening to a podcast on davidco and David said two things that struck me about GTD systems: (1) “these systems needs to work when you have the flu … Continue reading
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Make a Weekly Review List : Gmail it to yourself
When I first started implementing GTD and recently as an experiment, I tried to do the weekly review impromptu, off the cuff if you will. This is generally not a good idea. You should make a weekly review list because … Continue reading
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Dealing with an imperfect GTD system
A perfect GTD system only exists on paper. Of course everyone’s system is imperfect. We should be able to deal with that. I like to measure imperfection as how much stuff is still on your mind. That’s what drew me … Continue reading
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5 Ways to make use of between-class time
I’ve heard students (grad and undergrad) say the following more often than I expect: I just have this awkward 30 minute break between classes, which is not really enough time to get anything done. I beg your pardon? Here are … Continue reading
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Todoist Slickrun Integration
So I saw the Launchy Todoist plugin, that lets you quickly add an item to your Todoist lists with just a few keystrokes, and it made me jealous because I don’t use Launchy, I use SlickRun. I wanted the same … Continue reading
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