Getting Things Done

[Stefan Keydel]

Getting way, way off topic here, but I just wanted to add that Life
Balance <http://www.llamagraphics.com> is a tool a lot of folks are
using to implement the GTD system. I have both Tinderbox and Life
Balance, and while Tinderbox is clearly the more versatile app, Life
Balance is ready practically out of the box for Getting Things Done. 

What makes it even better suited for what you're doing, Richard, is the
fact that it started out as a Palm app and now has a very robust desktop
implementation with seamless synchronization to the Palm version.

Worth a look.

Stefan


On 1/19/04 at 7:15 AM, lists at infoarts.info (Richard Sandilands) wrote:

>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
>