Getting started Getting Things Done - the eproductivity prerequisites - my highlights
Category Getting Things Done
I am in the process of running through the list on the Getting started page on the eproductivity website.
David Allen certainly sounds like he likes the eproductivity tool.
I have been looking at all the screen dumps. Impressive. My first thoughts are that it looks a bit overwhelming; lots of new features in the mail, calendar (and perhaps the to-do). But I expect that I will be allowed to choose not to use everything right away.
The Weekly Review wizard looks promising.
I see syncing with Nokia Smart Phones mentioned. Interesting – I use a Nokia E65.
Watching the Video Tour. It looks promising. The video to me highlighted two things that I am looking forward to try out:
– The easy way of creating projects, the related actions and waiting for items.
– The Weekly Review Coach. Especially that one. I can see how it will help me to more fully do more of the GTD things like “Empty your head”.
I see – synchronising with a device (Palm Treo in the video) of actions and projects will synch to the To-Do itmes on the device. I think that the Lotus Traveler will synchronise Notes' To-do documents. Will be interesting to try out.
There is a demonstration database. You get access to downloading it by watching the “Interactive demo”. The option to download the database is at the end of the video.
I am looking at the demonstration datbase. A few notes:
Contacts stored in the mail database and with an option to synchronise with the Personal Address Book. Interesting. Why?
I like the demonstration database. A simple way of leading you through the main features.
When going through the Weekly Review Coach I can see that I will probably benefit the most from the tool if I re-read some of the Getting Things Done book. I am pretty sure that the book has clear instructions on for instance the “what is it”, what's the next action, Do/Delegate/Defer things.
Still looking at the demo and doing the Weekly Review I can see that some areas that I have not been doing much in are the ones at the end of the Review – “Review Goals & Objectives”, “Review areas of focus”, “Review relevant checklists”, “Review Reference files & Project Support materials” and the “Someday/Maybe List”. Interesting.
I have some font issues some places in the demonstration. Probably because I am running the demo on Notes 8.5 on Ubuntu Linux with some tweaks done to the fonts... For instance when I create a new Action item and there are fields for dates, there is a text saying “Start” and “Priority”, and there is not enough room for the text, so the t in Start and the y in Priority is displayed on a separate line.
Almost ready to install the template now.
I am in the process of running through the list on the Getting started page on the eproductivity website.
David Allen certainly sounds like he likes the eproductivity tool.
I have been looking at all the screen dumps. Impressive. My first thoughts are that it looks a bit overwhelming; lots of new features in the mail, calendar (and perhaps the to-do). But I expect that I will be allowed to choose not to use everything right away.
The Weekly Review wizard looks promising.
I see syncing with Nokia Smart Phones mentioned. Interesting – I use a Nokia E65.
Watching the Video Tour. It looks promising. The video to me highlighted two things that I am looking forward to try out:
– The easy way of creating projects, the related actions and waiting for items.
– The Weekly Review Coach. Especially that one. I can see how it will help me to more fully do more of the GTD things like “Empty your head”.
I see – synchronising with a device (Palm Treo in the video) of actions and projects will synch to the To-Do itmes on the device. I think that the Lotus Traveler will synchronise Notes' To-do documents. Will be interesting to try out.
There is a demonstration database. You get access to downloading it by watching the “Interactive demo”. The option to download the database is at the end of the video.
I am looking at the demonstration datbase. A few notes:
Contacts stored in the mail database and with an option to synchronise with the Personal Address Book. Interesting. Why?
I like the demonstration database. A simple way of leading you through the main features.
When going through the Weekly Review Coach I can see that I will probably benefit the most from the tool if I re-read some of the Getting Things Done book. I am pretty sure that the book has clear instructions on for instance the “what is it”, what's the next action, Do/Delegate/Defer things.
Still looking at the demo and doing the Weekly Review I can see that some areas that I have not been doing much in are the ones at the end of the Review – “Review Goals & Objectives”, “Review areas of focus”, “Review relevant checklists”, “Review Reference files & Project Support materials” and the “Someday/Maybe List”. Interesting.
I have some font issues some places in the demonstration. Probably because I am running the demo on Notes 8.5 on Ubuntu Linux with some tweaks done to the fonts... For instance when I create a new Action item and there are fields for dates, there is a text saying “Start” and “Priority”, and there is not enough room for the text, so the t in Start and the y in Priority is displayed on a separate line.
Almost ready to install the template now.
Comments
A few thoughts in response:
1. Contacts stored in the mail database and with an option to synchronize with the Personal Address Book. Interesting. Why?
This was done to support the way that BlackBerry Syncs to the user's mail file. It is totally optional.
2. I see that you have not yet read David Allen's book, "Getting Things Done." While not a prerequisite, it would certainly help you understand the "why" behind the way that things appear in eProductivity. { Link }
3. We have many satisfied users of eProductivity on Windows, Mac, and Linux in various configurations. You can help us help you by sending us a) a screen shot of what you see and b) providing an explanation of what font changes you have made to your system. To send feedback to the support team, click on the "eProductivity" button to the far right of the action bar, this will display a form tat you can use to send us feedback - it goes straight to the design team.
Thank you. I look forward to learning from you as you continue to blog about your experience.
Eric Mack
Posted by Eric Mack At 23:46:44 On 23-03-2009 | - Website - |
As to No. 1 - OK.
Regarding No. 2 I have read the book - almost 10 months ago - but I just have not implemented all the ideas in GTD, and from the demo I can see that what I especially have not implemented is the stuff that has to do with the long-term: Where am I going, Do I need to start focusing on new areas - those kind of things.
And as to No. 3 - I will do.
Posted by Jens Bruntt At 08:50:54 On 24-03-2009 | - Website - |