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I am now through with chapter 3 of the Getting Things Done book from David Allen. Chapter 3 is titled Getting Projects Creatively Under Way: The Five Phases of Project Planning. This chapter is the longest so far in the book and looks at the way we should, and probably already do identify and manage…

Just read a great post over at Lifehacker. This is a link through to the Open Loops website and an article about getting more done in a working day, and going home on time. For me, I like to start early, plan, and get home on time to spend the quality time with my wife…

I was looking through some other Getting Things Done Blogs when I came across a post from GTD Wannabe. This post talks about the Ultimate GTD Index. There are some other interesting posts on the GTD Wannabe blog so I have added this blog to my links page on this site. This is the link…

i found a great article from DKeener.com which shows you some ways of using your smartphone, pocket PC or Palm to manage your tasks. Prior to 2001, I used the Franklin Covey (FC) time management methods for years. I started with a paper-based implementation, but began blending in the use of a PDA in about…

I found this link via 43Folders.com and it provides a little light entertainment. Some guys have taken the Hipster PDA concept from Merlin Mann and added the iPod Shuffle.

I had bought this book quite a while back and I must admit that I had not really looked at it. I have been away for the weekend and as always, I grabbed a few books I had not yet looked at and this was one of my choices. This book is from Successories, the…

I have just added the Admin Tiger plugin for WordPress 2.0 from orderedlist.com This is a fantastic WordPress plugin that vastly improves the look and feel of the WordPress Administration pages. The current default WordPress administration area is functional, but I felt it could be improved. For several reasons, I didn’t want to touch the…

Well, I am now through with Chapter 2, entitled Getting Control of Your Life: The Five Stages Of Mastering Workflow. This chapter covers the five-stage method for managing workflow. These five stages are: Collect Process Organize Review Do The Four-Criteria Model for Choosing Actions in the Moment The Threefold Model for Evaluating Daily Work The…

The GTD Blog, Whats the next action, has posted an article about 5 GTD systems we should be using. These five systems are: My Life Organized Todo.txt Microsoft Excel Moleskine Thinking Rock Check out the article HERE.

I have just seen that Lifehacker have posted information about a new GTD application called PagePacker. PagePacker is a freeware Mac only application that allows you to create mini books from your work. You can page an 8 page booklet on a single shet of letter or A4 paper. Very handy for you GTD’ers.