Episode 2 - Mind Like Water: How to Get Things Done
A few years ago David Allen published a technique that allows today’s workers to organize our work and allow us to focus on our tasks while we’re working, and forget about them when we’re not. This technique, called Getting Things Done, has gained some popularity amongst management, but is useful at any level. In this episode Josh & Joe review the steps to Getting Things Done: getting tasks out of your head and into a trusted system, keeping them organized, and getting your email inbox under control. If you have ever struggled with too much to do and not enough time to do it, this episode is for you!
Update: Josh mentions in the show his favorite GTD app is Things. Since we recorded this show OmniGroup released a whitepaper titled OmniFocus, GTD, and You in conjunction with David Allen. They explain how to use their product, OmniFocus to follow the GTD technique. After reading this paper, Josh decided to try OmniFocus. He has now made the switch 100% from Things and is very happy with it. At the moment, Joe is still using Things.
Links:
- Things for Mac: http://culturedcode.com/things/
- Things for iPhone: http://culturedcode.com/things/iphone/
- OmniFocus: http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus/
- OmniFocus, GTD, and You: http://www.omnigroup.com/ftp/pub/software/MacOSX/Extras/OmniFocus/GTDandOmniFocus.pdf
- Thinking Rock: http://www.trgtd.com.au/
- Inbox Zero Video: http://inboxzero.com/video/
- 112 Getting Things Done apps: http://www.priacta.com/Articles/Comparison_of_GTD_Software.php
Have any questions about the GTD process or Inbox Zero? Maybe you have a different technique you like. Call us and leave a comment at 440.941.CAVE (2283)! We will respond to voicemail comments on the show starting with the next episode.
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Thanks for listening!
Recently I've been tasked with finding a collaborative task management system for my department. I use Things myself, so I was really hopeful that I could find something that I could use to sync up with it. So far, I haven't found anything. If you do find a good solution, please include it in your podcast!
Josh: I'd love to hear more about why you moved away from Things and to OmniFocus. Are there better collaborative features? What was missing from Things for you? I thought OmniFocus really looked slick, but the price seems steep to me. I'm cheap, though ;)
Thanks, guys!