Category Archives: Getting Things Done

Around the Web, 13 October 2009

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Bruce Keener

Kelly Forrister of David Allen’s staff is going to be leading a guided mindsweep this upcoming Friday, 16 October 2009 at 9am PST. This sounds very interesting, and I will be listening in. (I will just follow the tweets from … Continue reading →

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Around the Web, 27 Sep 2009

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Bruce Keener

If you use the popular Evernote application, you’ll want to check out Ruud Hein’s description of how he implements GTD with Evernote. An excellent write-up. A while back I did a brief review of TaskPaper, a new Mac application for … Continue reading →

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David Allen Suggests We Take a Fresh Look [GTD]

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Bruce Keener

A few days ago, David Allen tweeted Dump all your previously-assumed projects & actions. Create a fresh list. What’s now current & real? At first I thought this was a nutty suggestion, and that David was just thinking out loud … Continue reading →

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Does Obama Really Use GTD?

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Bruce Keener

I’ve seen a lot of links on Twitter implying that President Obama uses David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) system. The tweets have come from folks like Tim O’Reilly, David Allen, Steve Rubel, and others, and reference a link to … Continue reading →

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TaskPaper: A Simple To-Do App for Macs

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Bruce Keener

In continuing my experimentation with some of the newer GTD tools, I started tinkering with TaskPaper a few days ago. While the app is built to run only on Macs, another developer provides a similar product, TodoPaper, for Windows. I … Continue reading →

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GTD and Covey Implementation via “Things” [Mac, iPhone]

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Bruce Keener

For the past year, I have been implementing the GTD system using Google Calendar and Toodledo (for tasks), while using Appigo’s Todo on my Touch/iPhone. I liked these tools because of their simplicity and compatibility with GTD methods, and because … Continue reading →

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Making Time to THINK

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Bruce Keener

In a comment on one of my recent posts, John noted the following: I’ve been on and off with GTD and Covey many many times through out the years. I could never turn it into a habit and kept searching … Continue reading →

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Survival Skills for Now and the Future

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Bruce Keener

Before I retired, I had the pleasure of working with numerous managers, workers, and executives from dozens of corporations. This enabled me to observe practices that worked well and to see trends emerge in the way business is conducted. From … Continue reading →

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Cleaning Up Your Task Lists

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Bruce Keener

If you are well-practiced at using GTD or another time management system, you have no doubt seen how easy it is to add new actions to your task lists. Good thing, too, because new actions keep coming at us in … Continue reading →

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Good Practices for Everyone

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Bruce Keener

My article on ADHD (or ADD) has become very popular, and I’m grateful for that, of course. But, in reading it again myself this morning, it struck me that it offers some advice that is good advice for everyone, not … Continue reading →

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