Omnifocus. History[edit] OmniFocus has its roots in the Kinkless kGTD add/scripts for the Omnigroups OmniOutliner product.[2] Kinkless (kGTD) was developed by Ethan J.
A. Schoonover to enable those following the GTD methodology. The Omni group subsequently brought Ethan along with Merlin Mann to form a project team to create the OmniFocus application.[3] iOS version[edit] GTD. Getting Things Done. The GTD method rests on the idea of moving planned tasks and projects out of the mind by recording them externally and then breaking them into actionable work items.
This allows attention to be focused on taking action on tasks, instead of recalling them.[2] First published in 2001, a revised edition of the book was released in 2015 to reflect the changes in information technology during the preceding decade. Themes[edit] Allen first demonstrates stress reduction from the method with the following exercise, centered on a task that has an unclear outcome or whose next action is not defined. Getting Things Done.