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Photo by dead_squid GTD is pretty much the de facto organization system of the web. (If you don’t know anything about the little system that David Allen made famous, then check out the GTD Cheatsheet, a mini-series to whet the palate of those not privy to GTD.) The Getting Things Done system has taken the ...

Creating My ToDo List Through Jott And Gmail “1. If you don’t have an account with Gmail, you must set one up by going here. 2. Once you have logged into your Gmail account, go to the “Labels” box on the sidebar and click on “Edit labels”. 3. In the entry box marked “Create a ...

LifeDev guest-blogger Brett has a great post on how to whip Stikkit into GTD submission, David Allen style. It’s the tagging functionality that will be doing the bulk of the work here, along with heavy use of the ‘aka’ capabilities of Stikkit (more on this later). I’ll be presenting this implementation in a somewhat step-by-step ...

Stefanos Karagos scores again with three more beautiful GTD wallpapers. Maybe it’s just me, but there’s something that makes me tingle a little bit when I see GTD put to art… Get these 3 productive wallpapers while they’re hot over at Anabulba.com.

Office Depot has just come to the conclusion that employees lose more than 15 minutes a day (or 2 hours per week), due to lack of organization.  Apparently 53% of employees operate in a “controlled chaos” environment.  Honestly, they’re lucky it’s controlled.  Most people only work in chaos.  So naturally, Office Depot has come up ...

Black Belt Productivity reminds me of something that I wrestle with all the time: GTD isn’t a static framework. While there are a few unbending rules (like review frequently), there still isn’t a stone tablet hidden away in David Allen’s office with the “perfect” blend of productivity tools. Really, most of it is open to ...

Today I just decided to do something different. For one day I’m throwing GTD contexts out the window in my daily planning. No disrespect to The David, I’m just switching it up for a bit. I’ve got a theory. Contexts are ways to organize what you have to do into the tools or locations you ...