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GTD Getting Things Done
Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at 04:42PM I always seem to be disorganized. I just haven't had a good filing system to get me through the deluge of e-mail and paper that comes across my desk. Recently, I've begun to adopt a system that is working very well for me.
I came across a post at slashdot about keeping track of your tasks. There were several references to GTD in the comments. Upon searching for the term, I ended up on David Allen's website. From there, I was referred to his book "Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity". It has changed the way I handle my e-mail Inbox and my filing of papers. I'm still in the implementation phase meaning I haven't brought the filing part to work quite yet. It's really cleaned up my office environment at the house. As soon as I move offices in the next month, I'll implement the filing system at work.
The other thing the post comments referred me to was a personal wiki that resides entirely in a single web page: TiddlyWiki. There is also one focused on GTD called suprisingly enough GTDTiddlyWiki. I prefer the look and feel of the original, though, and I've adapted that for GTD use. It's really amazing. It's a single html file that uses javascript to store information bits called tiddlers. It's your own personal web log or wiki in a single file that you can store on a flash drive if you so desire. I highly recommend TiddlyWiki if you are looking for local personal notebook.
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