Gmail:GTD with Bluetooth Camera
Yesterday, another parcel arrived from amazon.com - yes, of course, my new bluetooth adapter. I will say that until recently, I was neither a fan of bluetooth nor camera phones, but now I am an advocate of both. I use gmail’s label & star system for GTD and the camera phone has added a new level of effectiveness to the system.
Frequently at a meeting, in the car, or even at lunch I’ll jot some visual notes down on my Hipster PDA that might include flow diagrams, purposefully arranged text, or drawings of mice. Rather than taking the time to somehow represent these non-linear, non-text thoughts in plaintext, I can take a picture with my trusty Nokia 6230, send it to my iBook via bluetooth, and attach it to the action or reference note in gmail.
In theory (I have not tried this yet, but probably will), I can record a memo on my phone, and follow the same procedure. This would be an excellent way to get song ideas into digital GTD action/reference format.
March 25th, 2005 at 12:26 am
Wow. You’re a bigger geek than I realized.
April 30th, 2005 at 8:47 pm
I’ve heard of ways that you can transmit a voice message from a phone to a person’s email address. So in theory, you could use your phone to v-mail (voice-mail - is that a term?) yourself an idea or message that your hipster PDA can’t handle as well.
Some mp3 players allow for audio recording through the microphone. Then you could u/l the mp3 to your computer and forward to your collection bucket. This could also be used when your hipster PDA is not as useful. For example exercising with the mp3 player would take a few seconds to make a voice note, while the PDA would require it to be in the same room, and you getting it, grabbing a pen, writing message, and returning the PDA to its spot.