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My system is predominantly electronic (other than the stuff that naturally arrives on paper, such as bills), although lately I've discovered that paper is working exceptionally well for the ongoing...

I use iwantsandy.com as email and electronic tickler.

For this situation, I have created a miscellaneous "pending papers" file, for stuff which may or may not become a project, or which is only support for a single action, because some of these things...

One of the general big lessons I've learned from GTD, is that the initial tools and techniques for "getting control" that GTD offers are only half the battle - "gaining perspective" becomes necessary...

...can be found in this thread

I'm looking forward to the Livescribe pen being released in Canada. One of these things where technology will probably start to change how we think about how we relate to our written notes.

That's really interesting - I wouldn't have had that perspective on my own. Personally and professionally, I tend to relate to material that is presented more on the basis of principle-founded...

I would be interested to see some examples of the overly technical and jargon-y language you cite. I know from an audio interview with David Allen, that great efforts were made to remove as many...

Yes, to keep from forgetting them, but also to keep the head from having to hold on to them, to liberate it for its higher creative functions.

If "...you've completely internalized the Projects list" is a way of saying "your head is successfully holding all of that again", then this isn't a particularly successful technique.

However, if...

Is an incomplete Projects List Heresy? It all depends on what you see as the purpose of the Projects List. If you only see it as the place to keep the "stake in the ground" to remind you that there...

Long story short...

Google Sync isn't yet a robust 2-way sync. The real kicker is, that now that I've un-installed the sync .exe file, I can no longer make any changes to my online Google...

I use Google Calendar because I'm not the only one who manages what gets put on it (receptionist sets most of my appointments)
I want ubiquitous access to my calendar
The internet is not...

...and mine are syncing for the first time as we speak....

I'll let you know if it seems to function well, or not.

The best answer to the original question of this thread is found in "Getting Things Done" by David Allen, particularly in Chapter 9 ("Doing: Making the Best Action Choices").

Anyone who is having...

I've been using Google Notebooks more and more as a repository of various ideas and inspirations on various topics -froming active projects, to the wildest someday maybe dreams. I like the ease and...

I've started doing something along similar lines, which is to maintain a short list of projects with deadlines upcoming (whether the deadline is externally imposed, or internally). I tend to have...

The purpose of GTD is to maximize "stress-free productivity" by keeping "stuff out of your head". If you collect important actionable "stuff", then you have only temporarily relieved your head of...

I'm not sure why this kind of comment comes up so often about GTD being good only at the low levels, other than the fact that DA's books do not explicitly spend a lot of time on the higher levels or...

It is a misunderstanding of what GTD is to think of it as one type of system to choose from amongst other systems. Fundamentally, GTD is a set of principles which hold true to any part of any system...