Life Management ://marcel.chaudron.com | ://marcel.chaudron.com. GTD. As you probably already know, GTD and Productivity are creatures that live somewhere deep in my bones. They speak to me, manipulate me, and generally run my life. Not in a bad way, you understand — even if they come across as a little obsessive, the little monsters really do have my best interests at heart. They’re the reason I’m always looking for new and inventive ways to refine and apply workflows. They’re also the reason that I’ve met some cool people who have their own little creatures that bitch and nag them into action. During a recent conversation on Google+, with a circle of those people, we were discussing the benefits of both Producteev and Evernote as GTD tools, and how it would be great if they worked together. We decided to test out a means of making that happen, with Evernote as the ultimate collection tool, and Producteev as the magic task management/Google Calendar integrator.
Here’s what I proposed (have a read and tell me what you think): What context do I put my Next Actions in? When implementing GTD, more than anything else, people seem to be confused with what @contexts their Next Actions should be in. I think very few people get this right. People traditionally keep lists based on project or priority. It just makes sense that the way you think about the data (in terms projects) is how you keep your to-do lists. David Allen came along and said "Context is more important than project, and as long as you're writing every Next Action down, you don't have to worry about what project it's attached to. " He has you keep a separate Projects list just so nothing slips through the cracks. I think people have a problem adjusting from one paradigm (hey, I get one cheesy 80's/Stephen Covey word per article, ok?)
David Allen uses the example of @phone in the book. So how do you set up your @context lists so that they make sense? Can I act on this item as soon as I read it? I love to use the example of a shopping list. A couple of the threads that inspired this article: GTDTiddlyWiki - your simple client side wiki. Dan gold, esq.