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    Best Practices for using the NEAT scanner

    Thanks for your port. Do you have any thoughts about how to organize the folders in NEAT? Backup strategy? Are you frustrated by teh 300 DPI resolution of the scans that the program does versus...
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    Anyone use the NEAT 5 ADF Scanner?

    I just picked up a NEAT document scanner with the version 5 SP 3 software. I looks like a promising way to reduce the amount of paper that I store in my cabinet. The software is database driven and...
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    Check Lists

    One of the skills that I have taken from GTD is to have a check lists for my kid. We have a daily check list of things that must be done each morning before heading out the door as well as another...
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    Look into the Project Management Institute

    Check out www.pmi.org. The project management institute's focus is on education and advancing project management as the paradigm for managing business. They might be able to help your husband...
  5. A list inside a task won't work for me...

    Since I primarily get things done through others in my work, I am constantly interupted, and I rarely have a computer open when I am talking to someone. So, it's very helpful for me to have a list...
  6. Actually, I am asking several people to do the...

    Actually, I am asking several people to do the same thing. For example, I need 5 people to review a proposal and make comments. I send one email asking each of them to review the proposal, but I...
  7. How do you assign multiple actions to a single task with Netcentrics GTD addin

    I often have to communicate or check back with multiple individuals about project tasks. So, I have actions for each of my subordinates such as:

    @jack
    @jill
    @alex
    @bob

    I really want to be...
  8. Should be out soon...

    I was part of the beta testers for version 3.0. It is worth the upgrade, in my opinion. It integrates well with Outlook 2007, with the add in as a part of the main message tool bar. Also, they...
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    I use Pocket Informant on a Treo 700wx for Tasks

    I use Pocket Informant 2007 on my treo to track tasks by action. It works well and synchronizes with Outlook. You can get a look at the software at www.pocketinformant.com

    Mark
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    I can do some of the GTD actions with mobile mail

    I use some of the wierd free moments to scan my e-mail and delete those that are not needed and file those e-mails that are needed for archive only. I can't do all of the actions with my mobile...
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    This is a great capture tool!!!

    I set up an account at Jott.com and registered my cell phone with them. Once done I called the toll free number from my cell and spoke the following note into the service: "this is a test of jott,...
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    Another quick capture tool -- www.jott.com

    This service, currently free, transcribes a voice mail message that you leave on a toll free number and sends it to your e-mail inbox. The "My Jotts" can be set up in GTD categories as well. See...
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    Just do it!

    My daughter, age 8, is learning to touch type. She saw the Garfield typing software and said she was interested. It was cheap, so I bought it. All of them use the same basic method of teaching...
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    Use a conference room

    If I need to make a quick personal call on company time, I walk over to a conference room with a door and make the call. I also make company calls from there since my voice tends to carry anyway. ...
  15. GTD and Estate Matters

    My father in law recently passed away. He had papers scattered all over his home; some important, others not. I got a tupperware bankers box from the local office supply store, an spiral notebook,...
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    A meeting without distributed notes, action items and a follow up are worthless...

    When I schedule a meeting I also schedule time to process notes, next actions and follow-ups with other people. To schedule a meeting without also scheduling the follow up activity is to say that...
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    I'm a principal in an engineering consulting firm

    GTD has helped me over some of my procrastination issues and has helped me track the multiple projects that I have to execute on. I also wear several "hats" at work and at home. GTD has helped me...
  18. Thanks!!!!

    Thanks for the tip -- this had me vexed as well! :)
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    I'm in a similar situation

    My father in law recently passed away. My wife and I created a separate file for all the estate matters with a notebook in the front of it with projects and next actions for getting the estate to...
  20. Looking for pointers on teaching GTD to others

    I have been using the GTD system for about 5 months now and I am realizing that this approach would really benefit my company as a whole. If more people adopted GTD in my organization, I am sure...
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