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Different Tools/System for Work and Personal Stuff
Patrick Rhone | May 18 2006
I was just wondering if there was anyone else out there that, like me, uses different GTD tools for personal items and work? For example, for a personal capture device I use and Moleskine Ruled Pocket Notebook. For my work capture device I use a Levenger Notepad (The letter sized Cornell-like one), For whatever reason, I am far more comfortable using a standard letter sized pad at work, one page a day, carrying forward any undone items to a new page and filing yesterdays away (though I am strongly considering a Circa). This is only one example and there are at least a couple of others. Is there anyone else who does something like this? 6 Comments
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 Yesterday, I re-read Emory?s whitepaper....Submitted by GnihTon on May 24, 2006 - 10:34am.
SteveC wrote:
Yesterday, I re-read Emory?s whitepaper. This sentence leapt out at me ?I have come to the conclusion that anyone that can use a PDA for GTD isn?t busy enough.? Time to try a lo-fi approach. I'm not the GTD prophet that Emory apparently is, but I think that sentence should be clarified. Yes, PDAs have the potential to be a big pitfall for GTD since the temptation is there to make it into a do-everything device. More specifically, using the Palm as an Inbox tends to be a bad idea. Myself, I'm in front of a computer most of the day running Outlook, and so I keep my calendar, tasks, and contacts in Outlook and sync to my Palm when I leave the desk. However, I also have a stack of 3x5s in my pocket for data capture. This allows me to have the most current glance at my actions wherever I am (along with all my contacts and the hard landscape of time), but at the same time provides a quick capture device (note cards) when necessary. I think that approach is in keeping with the overall theme of Emory's whitepaper as well - the right tools for the job, and don't be afraid to mix lo-fi with hi-fi. » POSTED IN:
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