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Hi all, We've just finished building an analytic decisions making tool and it is online now. We are looking to get some genuine feedback for it. If sometimes you find yourself beating your head against the wall trying to find the best choice for a certain problem, our tool can help you...

I am wondering if anyone can share his or her experiences with this software. It looks and sounds very appealing.

In the book "Getting Things Done", my understanding of what David says is that he doesn't really like the Lever Arch filing system and prefers simply using manilla style folders on their own with file dividers. i don't properly understand how this system works practically. I agree that the...

I had a couple questions about the GTD Coordinator for those that have them: 1) I noticed that the calendar has weekly pages, but are there monthly overview pages as well for longer range planning? 2) Does the coordinator "lay flat" when left open on your desk? I would prefer that it would...

I have almost finished the book, but I feel I might need a little more help. The starter kit is reasonably priced at $80 so I was wondering if anyone had found it useful. I use Outlook all day at work so the Add-in makes sense, but at another $80 it seems pricey. Let me know if either of these...

Hi I think that it is now impossible to achieve a zero inbox with Gmail. It's impossible to search on a Gmail inbox according to whether the mails have a folder/label. So as long as I have mail in my folders, I will never have the satisfaction of seeing my inbox empty. That's pretty...

Hi everyone, I'm a longtime lurker here, and appreciate all the great advice. I recently started a new job and I'm using that as an opportunity to try and integrate GTD more fully into my daily workflow. I have spent a good amount of time researching alternative tools that meet my platforms of...

I have been working on a web-based GTD application for quite some time now and would like to invite some members of this forum to test it. The application will be commercial (subscription-based), however as a beta-tester you will get a free lifetime subscription, provided that you have given at...

My roommate just made a bunch of screencasts on advanced Omnifocus features. For people who are unfamiliar with Omnifocus, it's a Mac app that heavily uses GTD features. If you search on this forum for Omnifocus you'll see that many people think it's one of the best GTD apps. For those who use...

Newbie here, please be gentle. ;) I've looked into many different GTD applications but ended up settling on gtd-php. You can view info at http://www.gtd-php.com The app is free and is web-based, but you need to be able to install php applications on a web server. There are no companies...

Hi all! I've seen a number of threads here on GTD apps for Android phones, but I'm looking for software that is solid on syncing to/from Outlook 2010 to Android. Specifically around tasks. I have a good GTD setup on Outlook, and web-based solutions are not allowed at work. Bottom line: Has...

I came across David Allen's anecdote about calculating how much time over the course of a career/lifetime is wasted by not learning to touch-type. That got me thinking about low-tech improvements, specifically replacing my mixed longhand/printing with a shorthand method. Has anyone here...

On a Jan 3 2011 podcast interview by Mike Vardy of WorkAwesome, David said that he was getting a new MacBook Pro and planning to retrain himself to implement GTD on the Mac. Anyway, I'd love to know what David's doing now. Is he using OmniFocus, an iPad, an iPhone? How does he feel about...

There is an interesting article in the Financial Times about European corporations moving wholesale to iPads for their board members for board meeting materials. The only thing slowing the move is limited availability of iPad 2's.

Long time heavy duty MS Outlook (OL) user for GTD purposes. Use tasks function intricately interwoven with calendar, email. Have been using Blackberries (BB) for 3 years that sync some, but not all info w/ OL. Now have iPad2. Can access full OL through Citrix Plan to switch from BB to...

I've tried using Evernote as my GTD tool and didn't like it much, now trying RTM but it's not working too well for me so far. Can anyone please reccomend an app that both follows the normal GTD methodology/terminolgy, has desktop/webapp version as well as Android version? Preferably free, but...

I thought I'd mention a new capture method I've started since the beginning of the year. I've taken the basic principles and Journal layout of Action Method and tailored it to my specific needs. In the end while I like the Behance Books, I wanted a little more detail to be available to me on the...

If you are still looking for a filing cabinet in the UK, buy a Bisley filing cabinet that takes "compressor plates". It will have two paralell rows of small insertion holes in the floor of each drawer. It isn't clear on their website which models do take the plates so call them or your local office...

I don't know if I'm becoming too impatient and grumpy, but my intermittent searches for Mac software - primarily contact information and appointments - suggests that there is nothing reliable enough for business use, and perhaps never will be. Here are some examples - Address Book sporadically...

Hello all, I like to keep track of certain things in a spread sheet. At the moment I email myself with details that I want to go into it at various times of the day so that I can remember the information to go into it. Is there any software that would allow me to email the spreadsheet and...