The David Allen Company http://www.davidco.com/forum Public Forums: Getting Things Done en Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:15:38 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.davidco.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg The David Allen Company http://www.davidco.com/forum Members Only: ambidextrous mousing http://www.davidco.com/connect/forum_view.php?t=10778 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:26:33 GMT I am not, in fact, ambidextrous, but this tool makes me think I am. Two years ago I fractured my right wrist. I am right-handed. My very first purchase after the inju... I am not, in fact, ambidextrous, but this tool makes me think I am.

Two years ago I fractured my right wrist. I am right-handed. My very first purchase after the inju... ]]> NormaC http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10778 Making Jotter a better GTD collection app http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10777&goto=newpost Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:23:08 GMT Hi all,

My name is Jordan, I write phone apps with my brother while I travel, under the name Mijoro. We just finished our first app, a simple reminder tool called Jotter which is available on Android and Palm's WebOS, for free.

Neither my brother nor I are GTD'ers. We were just making an app that sets up reminders as simply as possible (Jot a note down, press enter and have the note emailed to you for later) but, once we released it, we found several of our 5-star reviews came from people who used it with GTD. Now we'd like to add some features that make it a better tool for GTD'ers, but we're not familiar enough. We don't know how.

That's why I'm turning to you. I'm reading the book on GTD now, but even if I were well read, I wouldn't be familiar with the in's and out's of using GTD as you all are.

I'd like to pick your brain for how we might improve Jotter, specifically for GTD users, and what the community thinks/feels about Jotter as it is. We're aiming for the simplest possible reminder application, and will try to add any worthwhile features in a way that keeps the UI clean and maintains that goal.

Thank you for your time spent reading this, and if you try out our app. Hopefully, with insight from you all, Mijoro will be able to turn out a special GTD version of Jotter that will be the best mobile collection tool you can use.

Cheers,
~Jordan Feldstein
jordan@mijoro.com
mijoro.com


How To Start Using Jotter
Installations for Jotter on Android and Palm WebOS can be found at mijoro.com/jotter/
Mijoro's homepage is Mijoro.com

We don't have an FAQ collected yet, but I'll be reading any comments/questions left in this thread and answering them as I can. I can also be contacted directly at Jordan@mijoro.com ]]> Public Forum: Gear, Gadgets, Software, and Toys MijoroJordan http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10777 Members Only: Super Bowl Sunday http://www.davidco.com/connect/forum_view.php?t=10776 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:12:53 GMT Any GTD'ers watching the SB? With my system ... ]]> GTD Connect Forum: Social Networking Lounge GTDWorks http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10776 Things - Development Team.. http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10775&goto=newpost Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:26:51 GMT Hello,

We are currently working on a design to build a new Todo grouping feature within Things from Cultured Code that will effectively apply Anthony Robbins OPA (RPM) Blocking System to the Things software.

We have designed a work-flow that harnesses both the OPA and Things systems of organization which works beautifully. It adopts a very intuitive application of focus within fluid planning whilst triggering the highest level of emotive action upon review of plans.


The design will feature the following:
The chaining of a number of Todo's into a fixed, movable 'Todo block' attached to a 'Title Todo' which will have a split notes fields of two text columns (with the implementation of a Table)This Todo Block will be fold-able into the Title Todo for an objective over view of all your Todo Blocks.

We wish to create a template for this design to be added directly into the Project windows on the end of a shortcut.


We are looking for someone or a group of people who are keen on writing Cultured Codes Apple Script to work with us on developing this product.

If you are interested in getting involved in the project please feel free to reply and we would be pleased to send over further information and design sheets.

Kind regards,
Josh Marks ]]> Public Forum: Gear, Gadgets, Software, and Toys joshjared http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10775 Getting from outlook to iphone to android and back http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10774&goto=newpost Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:26:45 GMT I am not finding the answers to my questions on the forums but I have a hard time believing they have never been asked so I apologize if this has been addressed already. The first part is the inability to set up outlook in the GTD recommended way and for it to function with chromatic dragon and toodledo. The GTD docs have projects and actions both to be listed as categories but as far as I can tell there is no way to map .projects categories to folders and @action categories to contexts. Has someone worked a way around this. The second grand thing would be if the netcentrics outlook plug-in could work with outlook sync and toodledo by at least mapping projects to folders, possible doing the nesting with subfolders on a pro account, and mapping categories to context... the first two would be fine and seems doable where the subfolders seems messy. I am thinking I will post this on toodledo, chromatic dragon, netcentrics and GTD site if possible... any help would be great. I am not finding the answers to my questions on the forums but I have a hard time believing they have never been asked so I apologize if this has been addressed already. The first part is the inability to set up outlook in the GTD recommended way and for it to function with chromatic dragon and toodledo. The GTD docs have projects and actions both to be listed as categories but as far as I can tell there is no way to map .projects categories to folders and @action categories to contexts. Has someone worked a way around this. The second grand thing would be if the netcentrics outlook plug-in could work with outlook sync and toodledo by at least mapping projects to folders, possible doing the nesting with subfolders on a pro account, and mapping categories to context... the first two would be fine and seems doable where the subfolders seems messy. I am thinking I will post this on toodledo, chromatic dragon, netcentrics and GTD site if possible... any help would be great. ]]> Public Forum: Gear, Gadgets, Software, and Toys sclaus69 http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10774 Windows Mobile Outlook question for users. http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10773&goto=newpost Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:41:19 GMT I'd like a smart phone that can sort tasks by category and see notes without having to use 3rd party software. (Our IT dept will not install or support any outside programs and we can only sync through MS Exchange.) Does Windows Mobile allow these functions? ]]> Public Forum: Gear, Gadgets, Software, and Toys wheelyfeet http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10773 Members Only: In Conversation with Marshall Goldsmith! http://www.davidco.com/connect/forum_view.php?t=10772 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:00:32 GMT We are thrilled to bring you the latest In Conversation, featuring Marshall Goldsmith.

Many of you may be familiar with Marshall as the author of, What Got You Here Won't Get You There and ... ]]> kelstarrising http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10772 Members Only: Chapter 4: The Fundamentals of Self-Management - featured thru 2/12 http://www.davidco.com/connect/forum_view.php?t=10771 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:35:26 GMT Hello Book Club Members! This chapter is all about the Matrix of Self-Management (aka the GTD-Q.) Sometime this week, be sure to take the GTD-Q assessment (https://secure.davidco.com/connect/gtdq.php). As a Connect member, your results are tracked over time. Given this is a situational test, you should see some movement around the grid. ... Hello Book Club Members!

This chapter is all about the Matrix of Self-Management (aka the GTD-Q.)

Sometime this week, be sure to take the GTD-Q assessment. As a Connect member, your results are tracked over time. Given this is a situational test, you should see some movement around the grid. ... ]]> GTD Connect: Book Club - Making It All Work kelstarrising http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10771 Members Only: Lotus Notes Webinar replay posted http://www.davidco.com/connect/forum_view.php?t=10770 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:07:06 GMT The replay to the Lotus Notes Webinar has been posted in audio-only and v... The replay to the Lotus Notes Webinar has been posted in audio-only and v... ]]> kelstarrising http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10770 Lost-cost mid-tech setup (for students or other low-income groups who like paper) http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10769&goto=newpost Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:13:15 GMT Hi all,

I orginally posted this to the GTD connect forums, but I thought it might be usefull in the public forum.

I just wanted to share my lost-cost low/mid-tech system; using a filofax for GTD.

I've returned to study at Univeristy, and since I no-longer have a full-time income, I need to keep costs under contro as much as possiblel. I was drawn to a A5 filofax-based solution.

I found myself a very-cheap faux-leather A5 filofax for £15 in a sale, 2009 academic diary (sep-aug), dividers and assorted other things included.

All I needed was a large number of blank pieces of A5 paper, with the correct configuration of holes drilled in. The cheapest 'offical' pages, however, are £2.50
(about $4) for 25 sheets. Since I was expecting to use plenty of these, I realised having to ration my sheets for cost reasons would not make an ideal system. I had to find a way round this then.

What I found was I could buy a ream of A5 paper for £3 from the local office supply store, and punch the holes myself.

There is available for about £5 a plastic punch which fits inside your binder and which punches a single sheet of paper. I wasnt about to do this 500 times (beside which, the hole is more teared than punch, not a clean hole) so I obtained a single hole punch of type used by train conductors for punching tickets. It was advertised as being able to punch upto 5 sheets at a time, but I found I could punch exactly 12 at a time, cleanly.
(Picture 1 shows the plastic tool)

What I did then, was to divided my ream into packets of 12. I then punched a single-sheet of thin card with the tool from filofax, and then overlay this ontop of a packet. I then griped the packet with the single punch and slid the punch until it 'caught' in one of the holes in the card, and then punched.
(Picture 2)

Picture 3 shows the final result inside the filofax, showing my Someday/Maybe list and the back of my projects list. (NB: i've since noted that I wrote 'Learn Python' on the wrong list, there.)


I did this for about an hour while listening to one of the GTD webinars, and at the end I had 500 ready-to-use pages for a total cost of about 4.50 dollars and some cheap, reusable tools. I also made another divider from a piece of card, using the same method (Picture 4)

I also have included a picture of my cheap and nasty reference filling system for anyone intrested (Picture 5). Its a simple A-Z (I have larger project files tooked behind the letter the label starts with; ie: I have a file called 'Navy discharge papers' behind, not in, the 'N' file, which has stuff which didn't deserve its own file). It consists of foolscap square-cut folders in a box just a little bigger in size, mean I can flip through, and reach straight the back. The peice of blue card separates my in-use files from the empty ones, and the red folders are document wallets I use to take active project files out with me.

The total result of all my cost-cutting means I can spluge on DA co products (starting with my own, personal copy of the GTD book! I've been renewing a library copy over and over again at this time).

I hope someone else finds this useful, even those who can afford nice tools might some use out of this, particulary if Davids warning about 'executive' tools being less useful than they otherwise would be is true. Any suggestions for changes or improvements are also welcome!

Kind Regards, and sorry for the length!

Shaun Lewis.
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]]> Public Forum: Gear, Gadgets, Software, and Toys shaunlewis http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10769 Members Only: Lost-cost mid-tech setup (for students or other low-income groups who like paper) http://www.davidco.com/connect/forum_view.php?t=10768 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:06:55 GMT Hi all,

I just wanted to share my lost-cost low/mid-tech system; using a filofax for GTD.

I've returned to study at Univeristy, and since I no-longer have a full-time income, I need to keep costs under contro as much as possiblel. I was drawn to a A5 filofax-based solution.

I found myself a very-cheap faux-leather A5 filofax for £15 in a sale, 2009 academic diary (sep-aug), dividers and assorted other things included.

All I needed was a large number of blank pieces of A5 paper, with the correct configuration of holes drilled in. The cheapest 'offical' pages, however, are £2.50
(about $4) for 25 sheets. Since I was expecting to use plenty of these, I realised having to ration my sheets for cost reasons would not make an ideal system. I had to find a way round this then.

What I found was I could buy a ream of A5 paper for £3 from the local office supply store, and punch the holes myself.

There is available for about £5 a plastic punch which fits inside your binder and which pu...
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]]> shaunlewis http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10768 Members Only: things that used to be tools http://www.davidco.com/connect/forum_view.php?t=10767 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:40:29 GMT I'm snowbound today, which I treated as an opportunity. I've been going through some boxes of mine that were in storage for longer than I care to admit.

I found the leather binder for the scan card system that I paid around $15... ]]> GTD Connect Forum: Social Networking Lounge NormaC http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10767 Members Only: kindness to Thursday http://www.davidco.com/connect/forum_view.php?t=10766 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:22:03 GMT "I would decline an engagement for to-day, but accept it for next Thursday, Thursday being so far away and seeming so free; but when Thursday came, I could have cried for my time. ... ]]> GTD Connect Forum: Favorite Quotes NormaC http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10766 Useful self-development books http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10765&goto=newpost Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:29:56 GMT I'm looking for self-development book recommendations, titles that have really worked for you.

Here are some that I've enjoyed:

Getting Things Done & Making It All Work by David Allen, 'self-help' books that actually stick (ok technically I think these are considered business books). Super practical advice on both getting the nitty gritty done, and working towards higher goals.

This Year I Will by M.J. Ryan - full of useful and realistic advice about making difficult changes in your life. This one really works for me.

Path of Least Resistance by Robert Fritz - took about a 100 pages to get going, but then bowled me over with an illuminating look at creativity in the broadest sense of the word.

50 Classics Series by Tom Butler-Bowdon - I listen to one of these titles (shout out to audible.com - God I love this service) every late December to pump me up for the new year. The summaries of these classics of personal development are perceptive, accurate, well-written, and inspiring and they always give me momentum heading into the New Year.

100 Ways to Motivate Yourself by Steve Chandler - Chandler has a way of teaching that is wise, simple, and inspiring.

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle - the most persistent exposition of "now" thinking I've ever read. The Q&A format works well and the book anticipates and addresses head-on many tough questions about living without regret for the past or fear for the future.

The Places that Scare You by Pema Chodron - Chodron is an American Buddhist nun living in Canada. She's a very accessible spiritual teacher, unafraid of exposing her own flaws.

Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat Zinn - mindfulness meditation practice using a more secular approach.

The Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss - if you can get past some of the morally wonky parts (e.g. mild manipulation to get what you want) this offers a very useful look at what true "productivity" is.

I could go on and on. Any suggestions from your own libraries? ]]> Public Forum: Getting Things Done mackiest http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10765 Filing cabinet in Australia http://www.davidco.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10764&goto=newpost Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:02:16 GMT Can someone recommend a place to buy filing cabinets with sliders in Australia? If I understand this correctly, the sliders help the 1/3 or 1/5 cut manila folders stand upright. This is what is available here: Attachment 515 (http://www.davidco.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=515) Thanks. Can someone recommend a place to buy filing cabinets with sliders in Australia? If I understand this correctly, the sliders help the 1/3 or 1/5 cut manila folders stand upright.

This is what is available here:

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Thanks.
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