∞ Getting Things Done Using the Eight-Minute Rule

Matt: Pick your tasks one at a time, and apply the eight-minute rule. Most of the things that need doing around the house can be done in under ten min­utes. That’s a really short period of time. If you have your snooze but­ton set to ten minute inter­vals, you’ll appre­ci­ate just how lit­tle time that is. via How To Get A Grip.  Read More

Nexty Is a GTD-Focused, Web-Based to-Do List

Lisa Hoover: One thing fans of the GTD ethic like is a to-do list man­ager that doesn’t get in the way of the good work habits you’re try­ing to cre­ate. Nexty, an open-source webapp cre­ated with GTD prin­ci­ples in mind, fits that bill. I have yet to try this, if you have drop a note in the comments. via Life­hacker.  Read More

Researched Comparison of GTD Programs

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Digital vs. Analog Thought Capture

As I talked about yes­ter­day I use a hybrid approach to pro­duc­tiv­ity, mix­ing and match­ing var­i­ous ele­ments from dif­fer­ent ideas to cre­ate my own unique sys­tem. The most impor­tant aspect of pro­duc­tiv­ity for my sys­tem is ubiq­ui­tous cap­ture (as talked about in GTD). Since day one that has been a dig­i­tal sys­tem for me. I have recently been toy­ing with using ana­log solu­tions for cap­ture, for speed and cre­ativ­ity pur­poses.... Read More

Stop Goofing Off

Yes­ter­day Mer­lin Mann of 43 Fold­ers fame posted a video, it was the first post he has done on his site in quite a while. The video is long (~37min) and very inter­est­ing as Mann explores pro­duc­tiv­ity and work as it is being shaped by pro­duc­tiv­ity web­sites (like this one). Get Back to Work I think it is cru­cial we take time to think about why we are surf­ing the web, and read­ing pro­duc­tiv­ity blogs. We need to be more aware of the time... Read More

Quick Look: Getitdoneapp.com

On a past post about some com­plaints I had about Omni­Fo­cus, a com­menter asked if I had tried Getitdoneapp.com yet, I had not. The com­menter was the cre­ator of the web based appli­ca­tion, and gave me a free account to try the service. I have only given the app a quick shake­down, and prob­a­bly will not use it for any extended period of time. This is not to say that it is a bad GTD appli­ca­tion by any means. There are a lot neat fea­tures that it has, which... Read More

Taskpaper: A Minimalist to-Do Manager

I have been using Taskpa­per along side Omni­Fo­cus for the past week, hav­ing never given the app a full shake down before I was intrigued to see how I liked it. My ver­dict: a great light weight min­i­mal task man­age­ment solu­tion, but not right for me. Taskpa­per is absolutely great, and if pro­grams like Omni­Fo­cus and Things are just to over­whelm­ing for you, then Taskpa­per will be per­fect. I would describe it as one step up from using Text / OmniOut­liner... Read More

Staying Organised With Omnifocus

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How Delusions Boost Productivity

Daryl Furuyama: I had not thought about the Some­day / Maybe list in this con­text before, how­ever it makes per­fect sense. Very good arti­cle on using delu­sions to your advantage. via How Delu­sions Boost Pro­duc­tiv­ity.  Read More

To Get More Done, Slow Down

Peter Breg­man: Because slow­ing down, even for a few min­utes here and there and even in the mid­dle of a race, enables you to run faster and with bet­ter form. And, as a side ben­e­fit reported by Run-Walkers, it’s a lot more fun. There is a lot to slow­ing down, in order to get more done. That is why peo­ple always tell oth­ers to stop and take a breath, or to stop and think before they act. via Link.  Read More