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Review: GTDAgenda.com

Posted in GTD specific, Organization, Productivity, Technology, Tools on October 18, 2009 | Comments Off

A few months ago I was contacted by the developer of gtdagenda.com and offered an premium account that I could evaluate and, if I wanted, review.  I have now been using the site for several months and wanted to post a review of my experience.
What is gtdagenda?
gtdagenda.com is a web-based implementation of David Allen’s Getting [...]

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Kicken’ it old school: paper for some things

Posted in GTD specific, Organization, Productivity, Technology on September 20, 2009 | Comments Off

On the one hand, I really WANT to be able to use an electronic planner, note taking system and organizational process.  I’ve tried a number of them, and some (OneNote for my dissertation and my Inbox as a to do queue) are still in use.  But not all.
I have reverted to paper note taking for [...]

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Inbox Zero? Not for me….

Posted in GTD specific, Organization, Productivity on June 19, 2009 | Comments Off

Lifehacker had a pointer to an article from New York Times technology guy David Pogue on how he stays organized.  He rejects Inbox Zero (the idea of emptying your inbox constantly and using GTD-like decision making to send email to your lists) and, instead, uses his inbox as a to-do list.
It was refreshing to hear [...]

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Planner update: Cool new finds

Posted in GTD specific, Organization, Productivity on December 28, 2008 | Comments Off

So, now that I have recharged my batteries and am feeling ready to deal with life again, that means getting organized.  Again.  I had let my systems go for a while, and spent some time today looking into new ideas.  Here are a few neat ones that I’ve found:
Franklin Covey now has a Rollabind disk-based [...]

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Job Changes in Progress

Posted in GTD specific, Jobs, Productivity on June 21, 2008 | Comments Off

When it became clear that I wasn’t imminently graduating and moving on to the full-time academic life I had been thinking about, it became clear that I needed to deal with my current career in the meantime.  This week, that path was decided.
My boss asked me to take on project management tasks for all of [...]

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GTD as an ever evolving system

Posted in Academic life, GTD specific, Graduate school, Jobs, Organization, Productivity on June 7, 2008 | Comments Off

I am sure there are people out there who have a life where their GTD system can go into place and they can just work it for years.  I don’t appear to be one of them.
The nature of my work is changing again, and I find that my GTD system has to change with it.  [...]

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GTD: The weekly review

Posted in GTD specific, Organization, Productivity on January 19, 2008 | Comments Off

The weekly review is one of the most important pieces of the GTD methodology.  It is also one of the most forgotten or skipped or dreaded.  I’m as guilty as anyone else.  Another blog post this week plus the start of classes on top of work has motivated me to get my weekly [...]

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GTD and Inbox Zero

Posted in GTD specific, Organization, Procrastination, Productivity on January 13, 2008 | Comments Off

Most famously advocated at 43folders, Inbox Zero is a way of applying GTD to an electronic inbox.  It’s one thing to process our paper inbox, but another entirely when it comes to email.  Quite simply, it is the idea that you should have an empty inbox at least once a day.  And further, [...]

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GTD: Updated planner and student work day

Posted in GTD specific, Graduate school, Organization, Productivity on January 1, 2008 | Comments Off

New year, new job, new semester, new schedule, new organizational scheme.  Or rather the old one needed a few modifications.  I find it is critical to my mental state to do this every semester or anytime something big changes. 
I’ve blogged previously about my Graduate Student Planner and my student work day.  As [...]

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End-of-the-year clean-up….

Posted in GTD specific, Organization, Productivity on December 27, 2007 | Comments Off

It’s the end of the year and on my list for Sunday or Monday (after my mother leaves; see previous post) is a good organizational clean-up. 
1. I need to get my GTD system updated and ready to go for the new
year, which will involve a number of steps:

Decide what to do about my someday/maybe [...]

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