Using things 1 month on

I have now been using things for about 6 weeks here are some tips. I have started using the "today" stars for the week.

Things for the iphone

I have been using "Things" for the Mac for about 3 months and am loving it.
So I have now retired the pocketmod although I still use the derringer pen and use this for all my non work tasks.

At work (because I am often ion meetings) I am finding spiral bound notebook GTD books work best for me. I have two I use most of the time. I may put up a video sometime

Interview on The Productivity Show

I have been an avid listener to the "productivity show and was delighted to be asked by Tony Goodson to talk about what I am doing to make myself more productive.

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We talked about a range of things about how I have implemented David Allens getting things done process. This was my first podcast so I think maybe I could have sounded a little incoherent at times but Tony helped to keep things on topic and I think we covered some interesting stuff.

For anyone who is interested below is a mind map of my GTD Implementation - My small GTD blog can be found at PaulsGTDBlog

My Current GTD As a mindmap

As some preparation for an discussion about my current GTD setup I produced this mindmap of my whole GTD setup. I hope you may find it usefull

From GTD 14/02/09 10:16 PM

Using gmail with GTD

I have been using google gmail all this time without really applying the methods of GTD - well I have now. see below

Backing up Google Docs

Backups are Important. I got frieked out recently when I heard of someone getting their gmail Hijacked. So I found out how to backup my gmail. I have documented it below. I hope it helps!


HOW TO DO IT

1. Load Firefox
2. Goto https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201
3. Download DownThemAll! 1.1.0

4. Download greasmonkey

5. Download and install the google docs script

6. load google docs (in firefox)

7. Viola

P.S The music on the video is by Fred Yukka if you want to hear more of them click on there myspace

Using Mindmaps with GTD

I have been getting quite into mindmaps recently.

Below is a mind map I created using "Mindmap" for the mac summarizing the book "Getting Things Done" by David Allen (Click it to enlarge).