Saturday, May 07, 2005

My set up

The set up- still in trial and tribulation mode - is as follows:
  • Laptop - IBM X31 MS office plus Outlook (heavy outlook use for email, diaries etc etc)
  • David Allen GTD add-in - used for mainly sorting emails into actionable buckets e.g. agenda for things to talk to people about, filing, defering into the calender for specific day reference or meetings or to do', use the delegate feature alot to keep track of emails sent out to people where response or action is required from someone else.
  • Blackberry for email processing when out and about - this is great for the "2-min" email actions and keeps the inbox manageable - however really not useful for lists, next actions etc. Iget about 150-200 emails a day - all work related :(
  • Occasionally use my Smartphone - Orange SPV E200 - great for lists I use powertasks for smartphone from Developerone http://www.developerone.com
  • Pocket moleskin journal for lists; journal is divided into sections for Action lists, projects, someday and notes - based on hacks on 43 folders, http://www.43folders.com,
  • Plastic box in the office which stores everything else that is captured during the day for processing into its respective action - well nearly always :)
  • Dymo letra tag labeller plus stock of plain A4 folders
  • Plus a generous stock of snopake movable page markerks which are great for highlighting documents since you can write on them and move them around or just marking up documents etc.

I am currently trialling using moleskin cahier journals for specific projects or standing regular meetings to keep all the handwrittne notes in - upside is everything for specific projects is in one place the down side is lots of journals - haven't worked this one through yet - but hey it's fun trying!!

The next stage is to get the photos working and to share what it all looks like...

posted by Niall @ 9:17 AM

1 Comments:

At 5:56 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I too am a latter day convert to GTD. I use the usual Microsoft suite with the GTD pulg-in along with a HP iPAQ 4700, moleskine and folders to try to keep track of a very hectic lifestyle. Some days are more productive than others! Also started a Blog some time ago but have not added anything to it in a while. I'll need to make some time, but it is hard even with GTD and the technology to fit everything in!! look forward to reading more of your blog!

 

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