Category Archives: GTD

David Allen presents Getting Things Done at Google

Posted on 1/3/2008 by Ben

David Allen visited Google to present Getting Things Done and YouTube has the video. [via Simply GTD]

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Wired Profile of David Allen

Posted on 10/4/2007 by Ben

Wired has a profile of Getting Things Done guru David Allen. It includes the weird story of Allen’s involvement with a cult-like New Age church. I don’t think I’m being brainwashed by my Weekly Reviews and my Next Action lists … Continue reading →

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New Backpack

Posted on 7/26/2007 by Ben

37signals have released a new version of Backpack and it’s pretty spiffy. Search is awesome and the increased draggability is nice. However, they seem to have screwed up the one feature that I’ve been waiting two years for: moving things … Continue reading →

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Productive Talk

Posted on 10/9/2006 by Ben

Merlin Mann and David Allen are doing a weekly Getting Things Done-oriented podcast called Productive Talk. The first episode goes out tomorrow.

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A Method Out Of Madness

Posted on 1/12/2006 by Ben

IEEE Spectrum interviews David Allen. Why have techies embraced GTD?It’s been fascinating to see the rise of my star in the geek world. One of the reasons geeks love GTD is because it’s a closed system. It tells you what … Continue reading →

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David Allen and Chandler

Posted on 10/13/2005 by Ben

It’s great to hear that Mitch Kapor brought David Allen in to get his input on Chandler, Kapor’s open source email/PIM program. I can’t wait to see the final Chandler interface, I looked at a recent release and it still … Continue reading →

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Wired on GTD

Posted on 7/12/2005 by Ben

Wired covers the GTD phenomenon with an article and sidebar introduction.

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Backpack and Web-only GTD, The Verdict

Posted on 5/11/2005 by Ben

So it’s time to look back and see how my week of running GTD with only Web-based applications went. Overall it was a good experience and I’m definitely going to stick with it in some form. Let’s go through the … Continue reading →

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Backpack and Web-only GTD

Posted on 5/3/2005 by Ben

37signals‘s new project planning/personal wiki app Backpack launched today and it’s prompted me to try a little experiment: I’m going switch from my regular productivity apps for one week and use all Web-based apps for my GTD setup. I’ll try … Continue reading →

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