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Links to GTD Apps, Templates, & Scripts
Merlin Mann | Dec 31 2004
I’d like to start collecting links to tools, applications, scripts, and templates that people have created for implementing Getting Things Done, and that they would like to share with folks on the web. If there’s something you’d like to see added here, leave a comment with a link and some background information (status, license, platform, etc.), and I’ll check it out. As with our OS X inventory collection, I’ll add the most useful-, novel-, and promising-looking submissions. While I’m not against linking to modestly-priced shareware, preferential consideration goes to stuff that’s open source, free as in beer, and functionally uncrippled (no save-disabled, “bronze??? editions of your commercial package, please). The idea is to showcase the sweat and collaboration that people are throwing behind a shared interest in GTD. Let’s help new folks start their year off with some cool tools and innovative solutions for getting started with Getting Things Done. (N.B.: not to be a kerchief-dropping belle, but I’m going to hang back and wait to hear from a few folks before adding my own suggestions, so don’t be shy about nominating your or your pals’ projects) 47 Comments
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 Another happy VoodooPad user. ...Submitted by James (not verified) on January 1, 2005 - 9:04pm.
Another happy VoodooPad user. Since the cell phone runs PalmOS (Samsung i500), I use an AppleScript to export VoodooPad pages to it as Palm Memo entries (one per page). They're synched one-way to the phone. The Palm Todo and Voice Memo apps are my inboxes while I'm out and about, processed into VoodooPad when I'm back. [Having the cell phone be a PDA is crucial; it's always, always with me. Standalone PDAs have stayed in the desk drawer.] Improvements to make: * VoodooPad supports remote-wiki editing; a web-accessible wiki is an obvious upgrade. Instiki looks nice, and/or the GTD Ruby webapp if I ever get a chance to try it. * The Palm should be running a Wiki, not dumb text. Need to find one that the Mac is happy synching to. * Sciral Consistency is the Super Bionic Tickler File program, and I need to start using it. A calendar is a lousy substitute when you really need a tickler file, and I'm done learning that lesson. Other than that, it's Mail.app + IMAP for email; iCal (+ WebDAV publishing) for calendar and alarms; Address Book for contacts. So simple. So Apple-happy-user-interface-magic. I noticed this system was working when I stopped wasting countless hours in search of the next One True GTD App. Good luck in that quest, Merlin! For GTD folks who are also programmers, I've been very happy with Subversion for revision control (repos are easily converted from CVS), and Trac for bug-tracking (it has Subversion integration and its own Wiki). Basecamp is an interesting web-based service for managing projects and clients, and not just for programmers. » POSTED IN:
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