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Outlook and my Treo (running Palm)

Has anyone implemented a good process for using a Treo linked to a company Outlook server? I am new at GTD and trying to set it up right from the start.

My current plan is to use the Outlook for company emails and contacts. The emails will collect in my inbox.

If email has no actionable task I will
[INDENT]trash or
send to @Saved (a folder I have access to from the Treo) or
send to @SomedayMaybe (also accessible)[/INDENT]
If actionable task I will
[INDENT] Do if under 2 min next task
Delegate if not my job (move email to @Actions)
Defer if time dependant in the future (move email to @Actions)[/INDENT]

If the task is longer than 2min I will create a Palm task with a catagory set by context (@work, @home, @Home office, @Work office, @Waiting etc.). details of the task will be in the notes of the task. The email I will move to @Actions on the Outlook server (palm accessible) for reference not tracking.

If it has more than one task I will create a project by making a Palm task titled the name of the project and catagorizing it as +Projects. Tasks for the project will be listed in the notes of the task and carried out as Palm tasks catagorized by context every few days as the need arises. The email I will move to @Actions on the Outlook server (palm accessible) for reference not tracking.

Any suggestions?

Also is there any software to link palm tasks to stored notes either on the palm memos section or on a memory card?

Thanks for the help.
Randy

emory's picture

GoodLink is swell but has...

GoodLink is swell but has some shortcomings.

It doesn't mate to the built-in Calendar or AddressBook for one. We have several thousand GoodLink devices at work I'm sure and my office used to be heavily BlackBerry.

The BlackBerry devices work more reliably and actually tie in all the available applications with Exchange/Notes. The Treos are kind of slow-witted on GoodLink.

If you don't mind having seperate applications for everything, its a swell way to get it synced over the air, but it isn't the best fit for everyone. Note that GoodLink needs to sync to Exchange, there are some outfits out there that run Exchange + GoodLink and a BlackBerry Enterprise Server to allow one-person-islands to use them.

blackberry.us was one of them, I'm sure there are others.

If you cruise blackberryforums.com you'll see people that use the hosted solutions out there and some of them also support GoodLink. Just don't try to talk about GoodLink much there without getting a lot of eye-rolls.

 
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