Previously, I mentioned that I was reading a book on getting organized called GTD - Getting Things Done by Dave Allen. You’ve probably seen this book cause it’s trendy and it’s everywhere, even in most Japanese bookshops. It has a blue and white cover with Dave’s photo. The system is a bit complicated at first glance but if you get through the book you’ll realize that it’s a fairly simple, logical and straightforward approach to processing things that come into your life. I won’t go into the details of the system here, you can read about it on wikipedia and decide for yourself if you want to read the book. Anyway, what I like about it is that it’s not tied to any tool and you can use a notepad, PDA, PC whatever you want. I’ve been experimenting with what might fit me and found that Gmail along with a very cool plugin called GTDGmail for Firefox to be exactly what I need. The plugin basically makes label management a lot easier and robust. With Gmail and Google Calendar I’m not tied to any particular PC so I can change from Mac to PC to Mac to PC as often as I want. I’ve just started using it so I can’t comment on how well the system is working for me but if you use Gmail and FF give this plugin a try. It’s fairly self explanatory and can be useful for other things beyond GTD.
Nice find! Thanks for the link.
GTD sounds cool. Wanna loan me the book if you’re done with it?
Sure but it may be a while. I’m still refering to it when I’m not sure about some situations I come across.