I have been using Things for a long time, both on my Mac and iPhone. While being very good at what it does and being visually beautiful, I have lately been having lots of trouble finding a good solution for a “Waiting For” focus, planner, setting a starting date, subtasks and other minor things. Their [...]
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Book Review: Getting Things Done by David Allen
I have discussed Getting Things Done, or “GTD” here for a long time, but I have never actually read the famous book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. I recently decided to read it (or actually listen to it), and I’m glad I did.
While I have embraced principles from GTD before, [...]
Google releases Google Sync for iPhone, WM, SyncML
Google has just released a beta of their latest mobile service — Google Sync. This service makes it possible to sync your Google Calendar with your iPhone, Windows Mobile or other SyncML client, for free!
They use the Microsoft ActiveSync protocol, meaning that support is already built-in. To enable this on your phone right now, go [...]
Postbox — a new take on email?
Postbox is a new application for managing email. It has some serious competition to deal with, like Outlook, Thunderbird and Apple Mail. Postbox does mail in an intuitive and fast way, which makes it easy to manage messages and actually get things done. Their website sums it up quite well.
“Postbox is a new way to [...]
Notebook 3 – OneNote for Mac?
Since switching to a Mac, there has always been one application for which I haven’t been able to find an equivalent. Windows users will undoubtedly have heard of Microsoft OneNote, which is the de-facto note taking application. Linux users have had Basket which does the same thing, but perhaps not as feature rich as OneNote.
There are lots [...]
My workflow in Things
I have previously mentioned Things, my preferred application for managing tasks and basic project planning. This post is about my workflow in Things and why it makes me more productive.
There are two tasks I do every day and every week. The daily task is to look through the projects and areas to see if there [...]
Add context and remember what to do
Have you ever found yourself looking at a scribble with just a number, a name or some other piece of information without any context?
Always add context when writing anything down.
Instead of just writing “Call Bill”, write “Call Bill about the car on 12345678″. Now you have every piece of information you need, because it will [...]
How I get things done on the Mac
Having moved from a Linux desktop to a Mac, I have been forced to find new applications to help me read email, manage tasks and projects, take notes very easily and everything else work related. After investigating the options, I have found some applications which does their job very well. Read on to find out [...]
Simplify your life with Scrybe
Although still not released, the video preview of Scrybe is remarkable. It is a web application but has full offline functionality, which puts it on a different level from other currently existing personal information management applications. Since it has yet to launch, it is hard to tell whether it will be a good product or [...]
Getting things done tips from Raible Designs
The good people at Raible Designs have written an article on how to get things done.
“The first and most important means to getting things done is to keep a todo list”
There are lots of good tips, so do take a minute or two to read the suggestions mentioned.