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New twitter, friendfeed and BBP friend, Rahsheen Porter, has begun a new series on his blog, SheenOnline, detailing his usage of Remember the Milk (RTM) for his GTD system. It all began when I posted a link in the GTD FriendFeed room to a great post on the RTM blog titled Advanced GTD with Remember the Milk written by Doug Ireton. It is a well thought out system using just RTM.
I have been an Evernote user for a couple of years. Recently, I was fortunate to get an invite to try out the new version. It has refreshed me on one of the best functions of Evernote…tagging.
Of course, being able to tag things can help us find things later. However, one of the best uses I find for the tags, is to mark items for specific use later. Once you process the items, you can remove the tag, and start tagging new items for the next processing period.
A couple of examples that I use…
I work in a corporate environment. So as you can imagine, we are using Microsoft products exclusively here at the office. So I am constantly looking for ways to make Outlook more effective and efficient.
My use of Outlook has been streamlined a bit recently. I have used some keyboard shortcuts to create new emails (CTRL+Shift+M) and file memos away in my reference folder (CTRL+Shift+V) for a while now. However, I still opened about 7 windows in Outlook to keep my calendar, reference folder, action folder, notes, contacts and other things handy.
There is a better way.
For those of you that are into mind mapping (like myself), Chuck Frey has a blog that is geared toward discussion of mind mapping software.
His latest entry is a good writeup on Eric Mack’s webinar on using MindManger as a knowledge management tool.
Today, in the BBP Reviews Corner, I will be looking at Vitalist.
Vitalist is an online list manager that subscribes to the GTD methodology.
But, Michael…they all do, what makes Vitalist different?
I am glad that you asked. Vitalist is different than many other applications in this space right now. I think that it is one of the best implementation that is available right now. It is not perfect, but it is jam packed with features with (at least) 4 more on the way.
Well, howdy to all of you Black Belt Productivity readers. This is the first in what is going to be a new feature here at BBP…the review of products that are geared toward people who practice GTD.
First up on the Cavalcade of Fun: the web app, Nozbe.
Nozbe touts itself as a ’simple and efficient web-based productivity system.’ At first glance, there is a lot of great things in Nozbe that I have not seen in other GTD web apps. But once you start looking further, you start to see noticeable limitation in the app that are really unacceptable.
Following up on my previous post, A Brand New Day is on the Horizon, I wanted to let you, readers, in on some good news.
I am now the Proud Owner of a MacBook Pro!!
I ordered the machine today from Apple, Inc. I am so excited. I was going to wait for Leopard to come out, as well as the new Apple Store in Birmingham, Alabama. But after talking to BBP friend, Emory Williamson-Lundsberg and he said to GO GO GO!!! and buy that machine! Since there is no release date in sight for Leopard, nor any opening date for the Apple Store, I went ahead and pulled the trigger. I went with a refurbished model (since it was $500 cheaper than new). The specs are
After reading Brett’s GREAT article this morning, seeing how Jay’s wife loves iCommit, and in talking with my illustrious cohort, Jason, I think that there is going to be some serious systems rethinking in my future.
Like Brett, I just found Stikkit and signed up for it, as I do for almost every new web app. I agree with him that it is not ready for (GTD) prime time yet…but the magical Merlin may have something up his sleeve to push them in that direction. Though the writeup he did on 43Folders was very impressive. It looks to be a powerful app, and may very well be GTD worthy soon.
The upgrade went just fine…I think!
Please send me a line or leave a comment here if you notice anything wrong.
- Michael
I will upgrading the WordPress installation tonight sometime. It will probably be after 9:00pm CST.
If you cannot get to the site tomorrow, then something went horribly wrong. And it may not get fixed until the 5th of July.
Happy 4th of July from Black Belt Productivity!
- Michael