Getting Things Done

[Richard Sandilands]

On 18/1/04 Stephen Chakwin wrote:

>  won't really do to keep your To-Dos set up the way they would have
>  to be in this type of outliner - as both subheads of their
>  respective projects and as organized into contextual tasks
>  (telephone, at computer, home, at office, etc.).

To acheive this in OO, I resorted to an applescript that transforms my
context-based outline into one organised by project. See the
"Applescript question" thread over the last two days where this issue
was discussed and scripting help kindly provided by list members.

> Also, if you are serious about using GTD, you really ought to have
> the to-do list with you at all times so if you find yourself with a
> few moments and a telephone, you can pull out your call list and get
> to work.  This means that you either have to find a way to translate
> your OO outlines to an electronic organizer or print them out.  I
> would print them out, but some might find that a problem.

Again, the way I've made this happen is via ShadowPlan on the Palm.
There are some scripts floating around on the web that convert an OO
outline into a Shadow outline which can then be synced to the Palm.

Not ideal but it works.

I've actually been thinking that Filemaker might be the tool for
implementing GTD. There is a Palm version and it is very easy to create
a custom database that has the flexibility required to implement GTD.

Regards

Richard

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