I used to religiously do my GTD capture, weekly review, etc and I've got out of the habit of it. I'm presently working from lists on paper and wondered if anyone had any electronic forms or gadgets they use on the computer to ensure they have their projects listed with next actions, the to do list - I'm presently running one system for full time work, one system for additional work and one system for home. It's driving me insane cause I need it to be one system, but not sure how to integrate it all. Only way I can do it is electronic that I can save online.
I'm sure lot's of electronic suggestions will come flooding in. My two
penneth is 'Thinking Rock' which is worth investigating and
evaluating, particulalry as it's free and does what you describe very
well.
However, as someone who's GTD'ed low-tech and high-tech, I'd be
careful as the system changes considerbaly when your automate it. In
fact, it's not uncommon for people to go low-tech and back to paper
after implementing very sophisticated integrated PC and PDA solutions.
Why? because there's a different dynamic, i.e. an immediacy and
physical mass associated with a manual system. Also with an automated
system, too many extraneous 'things' creep in which can be monitored
and maintained simply because it's automated. All of which leech the
directness of GTD to the point that many people find the act of
putting pen to paper again very cathartic.
But I guess you have to go experience this for yourself. Try 'Thinking
Rock' and be suspicous of online services with expensive subscriptions
and which you can't interact with when your train goes into a tunnel.
I would agree with Thinking Rock. Been using it for some time. Some of the
reporting isn't that great.
I successfully transferred to an electronic format from paper with this
software. I have been using it ever since. One additional benefit is that
when it comes to appraisal time at work - it is really easy to complete your
contract using the details contained in this tool.
I am a believer! There are some things that need changing in the application
but it is 80% - and it's portable so I don't run into those problems running
into corporate security and trying to get the software installed. I just put
it on a jump drive and I take it where ever I go!
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 4:10 PM, visog <andrew_v...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Jo,
> I'm sure lot's of electronic suggestions will come flooding in. My two
> penneth is 'Thinking Rock' which is worth investigating and
> evaluating, particulalry as it's free and does what you describe very
> well.
> However, as someone who's GTD'ed low-tech and high-tech, I'd be
> careful as the system changes considerbaly when your automate it. In
> fact, it's not uncommon for people to go low-tech and back to paper
> after implementing very sophisticated integrated PC and PDA solutions.
> Why? because there's a different dynamic, i.e. an immediacy and
> physical mass associated with a manual system. Also with an automated
> system, too many extraneous 'things' creep in which can be monitored
> and maintained simply because it's automated. All of which leech the
> directness of GTD to the point that many people find the act of
> putting pen to paper again very cathartic.
> But I guess you have to go experience this for yourself. Try 'Thinking
> Rock' and be suspicous of online services with expensive subscriptions
> and which you can't interact with when your train goes into a tunnel.
I have not yet tried "Thinking Rock" .... Just opened the website and
I will it a good look.
I am using MonkeyGTD. Have a look here. It's a TiddlyWiki which took
me a short while to get into but now it works very well for me. Have a
look at http://monkeygtd.tiddlyspot.com.
It's an open source application that you can use online or download
and work offline on, then upload it again to have it available
wherever you go.
If you are online a lot and have a smartphone with a mobile plan you
might want to consider http://rememberthemilk.com which has also a
mobile website.
> I used to religiously do my GTD capture, weekly review, etc and I've
> got out of the habit of it. I'm presently working from lists on paper
> and wondered if anyone had any electronic forms or gadgets they use on
> the computer to ensure they have their projects listed with next
> actions, the to do list - I'm presently running one system for full
> time work, one system for additional work and one system for home.
> It's driving me insane cause I need it to be one system, but not sure
> how to integrate it all. Only way I can do it is electronic that I can
> save online.
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