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How are you Mac folks doing reminders and structuring to-dos?
Scott | Nov 29 2007
As of Leopard, I'm a transplant from Entourage to the Mail/Address Book/iCal/.mac combo. Over in Entourage for the past 7 years, I created a slick Zero Inbox system by using delayed reminders, using a cool combo of Applescripts that removed emails out of the Inbox until a time when I needed to deal with them. I haven't figured out a system yet in the Mail world. I'd love to hear how you Mac GTD'ers are using timers/reminders to postpone to-dos until the time you need to deal with them. I'm intrigued by OmniFocus, but it doesn't seem to be set up to do timers; more, it looks like a way to order ones to-dos in the sequence they need to be done. It might work, to switch from a popup timer world, to just remembering to look at a list. But before I dive in to OmniFocus, I'd love to hear how others are dealing with their to-dos using the Mail/Address Book/iCal/.mac combo. Thanks for any ideas. 38 Comments
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 Sandy, Jott, 30boxes, MoleskineSubmitted by brett on November 29, 2007 - 8:57pm.
Since I split my time pretty evenly between Windows (at work) and OSX at home, I'm forced to choose platform-independent solutions for my GTD tools. Sandy handles all of my date- and time-based reminders. I've been using this product since it's earliest beta and I love it. I use Jott occasionally for capture when I can't easily write things down on index cards (the Levenger Pocket Briefcase is one of my most prized tools). I call, leave a quick message and it's in my email inbox as soon as I get to a computer. 30boxes.com is my calendar of choice. It's quite simply the best web-based calendar I've ever used (yes, it's better than Google Calendar). The interface is snappy and it behaves exactly as you'd expect it to - very Mac-ish. For projects, action lists (and other lists) I use a large squared moleskine. Good luck in your search :) » POSTED IN:
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