Getting Things Done
Another good blog from Scott Hanselman (also recently joined MSFT) about how he uses Outlook to get organized.
There is a good article in Wired magazine this month profiling David Allen of the GTD movement.
Foot Note: Yesterday I posted a link to JD Meier’s excellent Patterns and Practices for New Hires. A friend mailed me with this.
Not only is that a great article but there is something there that is quite amazing. He opens it up by saying he allotted 20 mins to write it and then produces a master copy that would take any normal human a few hours or even a few days.
October 9, 2007 at 4:45 pm
I dont use all of the GTD methods, but to manage email I certainly use a fair few and it works really well. So it’s not as manual a process, I have been using ClearContext (http://www.clearcontext.com/) for a number of years and think it’s great - automatic tasks/scheduling from email messages, delegation (with follow-ups), snooze, etc - all the main methods are there in a simple to use interface. In addition you can get it to “color code” emails so you know which ones are important at a glance (based on contact history and other defined attributes), and do “threading” of conversations. For $80, it’s easily paid for itself in the amount of time I’ve saved.