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David Allen Drops Some Productive Knowledge

Classic productivity blog LifeClever has posted a collection of interviews with The David, himself. Several audio and many texts, this is one resource we should all be bookmarking.
I haven’t read all of them, but I have to say that the “Productive Talk” series he did with Merlin Mann is one of my favorites – [...]

5 Tips for Black Belt Brainstorming

Brainstorming is something most of us were taught very early on in school. Take an idea and write down everything thing comes to mind when you think on that idea. Pretty simple concept, really. But it’s been my experience that, when brainstorming (or engaging in just about any other form of focused [...]

The Straight Dope About Moleskine Notebooks

When first starting out with GTD – reading the blogs and articles, investigating possible tools, etc. – one is bound to come across the Moleskine brand name. To this day, I don’t really understand why it’s such a big hit with the GTD community, but that’s clearly the case. You can read just [...]

How to Make Stikkit into Your Personal GTD Powerhouse

(If you’re interested in Stikkit, you might also enjoy this handy little program I wrote to import your Gmail contacts into Stikkit, or maybe adding Stikkits directly from your desktop with WinStikker!)
As most of my regular readers probably already know, I’m terribly impressed with Stikkit. Sure, it’s a little rough around the edges, but [...]

GTD Masters: Interview with Matt from Matt’s Idea Blog

This post is part of a series I’ve dubbed the GTD Master Series – a collection of short interviews with well-known GTD bloggers who many consider to be masters of their craft. Enjoy!
That’s right kids, it’s time for another dollop of wisdom from a GTD powerhouse. This time around, we’ll be learning from Matt [...]

Link Love, Site News and Recent CW Sightings around the Blogosphere

Well, it’s been a rocking week for my little blog over the last week or so. Here’s a quick rundown:

I’m happy to announce that I’ve joined the Getting Things Done Feedburner Network. The roster has grown to 18 blogs as I write this, giving the GTD kids a single point of entry for [...]

Digital GTD: A Review of the ‘Tracks’ Software

As some of you might have read in the recent interview I did at Black Belt Productivity (thanks guys!), I’ve moved from an all-paper GTD system to a hybrid setup. The primary difference is the employment of Tracks to track my projects, actions and a sort of basic, digital tickler. This wasn’t a [...]

Hacking Work: Getting (and Keeping) Your Desk Clean

Came across a great post over at Ian’s Messy Desk about the importance (and achievement) of a clean workspace. I especially like #2:

Get rid of sticky notes and scraps of paper. Get a single notebook and use it to record notes, phone numbers, web addresses, ideas, to-dos, etc.

I can’t tell you how many times [...]