GTD

The guys over at http://www.wintabber.com finally released their software!  The best thing about the new WinTabber is that I can now tab my PuTTY windows!  I just downloaded and installed it.  My five minute impression is that it completely rocks!!!  In addition to cleaning up my task bar, I can now keep my fingers on the keyboard.  Keeping my fingers on my keyboard is a key area of productivity for me, so this is exciting. Enough talking, go check them out.  read more »

This post is part of a series of posts covering the topic of personal Calling & Vocation.  You can find more about the entire series in the archive on the Vocation & Calling page. More on this here.  Summary: We live in a time called the "Information Age".  The amount of information around us is increasing exponentially.  With more information available to us in any given day, we become overloaded.   read more »

Slacker Manager hits one out of the park again.  He has a list of "Context Agnostic" tools that every manager needs.  I thought I'd include a quick rundown of what I use, and the capacity I use these tools in.  read more »

Chris over at High Octane Moron shares his strategies for determining what actions to tackle next on his context lists.  From reading his post on GTD, it's apparent that Chris is very good at this.  He is an accomplished GTD person and it is always enriching to read about another person's technique. Implementing GTD is a personal struggle for me.  I often go 3 or 4 days without even glancing at my context lists.  I've been using Tasks 2.5 but am now looking at something that has a smaller barrier.  Don't get me wrong, Tasks is very accessible.  I spend about 80% of my day in front of a computer.  The remaining 20% is covered by the Tasks mobile interface which I can access through my Treo 600.  Yet, I find it difficult to fully implement GTD with Tasks.  read more »