Via Lifehacker, a brief article that echoes much of how I've felt about GTD for quite some time now. A little cultish. A little overly dogmatic. An incredibly far-reaching "system" that essentially boils down to an endless loop of "write stuff down so you don't forget it, and then don't forget to follow up on the stuff you've already written down."
I've been patching together my own system -- primarily Outlook-based -- that's a hybrid of the best pieces I've seen in David Allen's work, as well as a few others. I try to keep it as simple as possible, this constant juggling of e-mail and tasks and deliverables and demands on my time. At some future point I expect to write more about that system in these recently refurbished pages. Screen shots and examples and everything. Stay tuned.
Efficiency is great, but it can only get you so far. I recommend Getting Things Done, as long as you don't treat every word as immutable and inarguable.
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/08/the_limits_of_e.html
I've been patching together my own system -- primarily Outlook-based -- that's a hybrid of the best pieces I've seen in David Allen's work, as well as a few others. I try to keep it as simple as possible, this constant juggling of e-mail and tasks and deliverables and demands on my time. At some future point I expect to write more about that system in these recently refurbished pages. Screen shots and examples and everything. Stay tuned.
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