Columbia has grown up a little. We have this trolley (made over bus) system that can get you from the one area of town where all of the employers are to the one area of town where the food, entertainment and shopping is. It’s kind of cool, and it almost works. Almost. For starters, there …
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GTD with GMail + Futuremail
My good friend Jonathan over at Stark Raving Calm has put together a quick howto on the next step of GTD with Gmail: implementation of the tickler using Futuremail. Be sure to check it out. It’s certainly an action on my plan.
“Shaving the Old Way” – the Review
A few weeks ago I wrote about taking up a new the old way of shaving. I promised myself (and a few others) that I’d sit down and consider how this was working out after I’d gotten the hang of it. Vulfix Super Badger Brush – This is a basic shaving brush made with real …
GTD with Gmail Whitepaper
For everyone who asked, the whitepaper is here. Special thanks to Greg and Jonathan for looking it over for me and making suggestions. It’s still far from a perfectly complete guide to GTD with Gmail, so I guess any additions or ideas from this point can go into version 2 of the whitepaper or into …
Micro Hipster PDA
Keep looking for the whitepaper, draft one is complete and has been sent off for professional editing. Tonight I’m going to a wedding reception for a gal that used to work with my wife. Cindy would probably have a fit if I walked around the party with my hipster sticking out of my shirt pocket …
GTD with Gmail (Conclusion)
Thanks for reading! It looks like the only thing I have to answer is the resounding request to create a white paper of this feature. This I will do (it’s already a next action). Since I haven’t had time to organize that yet you’ll have to be patient with me for a few days, but …
GTD with Gmail (Part V)
It’s time for the practical demonstration of GTD with Gmail. If you’re just joining us, please skip down and read parts I-IV. First, collection. Theoretically we start and end with a clean inbox. I try to never leave Gmail with anything in my inbox (that’s much easier now that I’ve implemented GTD with Gmail). So …
GTD with Gmail (Part IV)
After a busy weekend I’m back for the next installment of GTD with Gmail: Review and Do. These steps should be close to self-explanatory by now, but I’ll brush through “my way” on them real quick so we can get to the step-by-step howto with screen shots (good idea, Martin). Just give me a few …
GTD with Gmail (Part III)
For the second half of the processing phase of GTD with Gmail (make sure you read parts I and II first), we’ll discuss how the Gmail inbox is identical to David Allen’s vision of the GTD inbox and how processing and organization nearly become one seamless step. “In to Empty” is the main idea (I’m …
GTD with Gmail (Part II)
Part II of this feature details the first half of processing items in GTD with Gmail. If you haven’t read how the collection process works, skip down to yesterday’s post – it is crucial. Once emails (things) have been collected in my Gmail inbox they are processed. Gmail’s labels and stars are the keys to …