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posted by Emma on 19 Dec 2007
Another tip! I can thoroughly recommend this site: www.rememberthemilk.com. I feel more organised today than for ages. Perhaps it's what comes of having a sort-out; perhaps it's because Rob sent me this excellent video of a chap who runs a website called 43folders.com and I'm all excited about being organised. But whatever the reason, I'm happy.
Remember the Milk runs on the Get Things Done principles, which is apparantly a bestselling book (that I've never heard of - and I browse the 'productivity' and 'get organised' sections of bookstores quite often. Hmm) and once you google it there seems to be a whole industry running off the back of it, with people writing web 2.0 apps to help you apply the principles. Remember the Milk is free, which is nice of them, and super cool, not just a fancy to do list. For instance, watch this short video on Quick Add. You can update it from Twitter, your phone or by sending an email to it.... I've just deleted the last paragraph I wrote because it's me going on and on, so if one of your new year's resolutions is to get organsied, just go and have a look for yourself!
Comments: 3
Welcome to the "Cult of GTD," Emma. Until recently it was a West Coast USA thing. Now it's global (I've been raving about it in the UK press for about five years). At the centre of it is the guy from the video that you referred to – Mr Merlin Mann (bless his hippy parents)). I'm a real sceptic when it comes to "systems for living", but GTD really does work. My advice to all Snowblog readers is to start by reading "Getting Things Done" by David Allen, then a very short and quite brilliant book called "The Now Habit," by Neil Fiore. Then explore 43folders, then get a Mac if you don't use one already, then start using great little applications such as Omnifocus and Quicksilver. In the short term, you'll free up lots of time. In the long term, you'll rid yourself of drudgery completely.
Posted by: Paul Tyrrell | December 19, 2007 11:58 AM
There was a comprehensive and balanced look at the whole GTD phenomenon in Wired recently: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-10/ff_allen?currentPage=all.
I'd also recommend an application called I Want Sandy at http://www.iwantsandy.com, which is a competitor to Remember the Milk.
Posted by: George | December 19, 2007 12:31 PM
Congratulations for Susan Hill's top pick of the year.
Posted by: Rachel Green | December 19, 2007 02:56 PM