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The Mind of GTD: Deliberate, Focused Review

(This post is part of a series called The Mind of GTD where I examine the thought processes and attitudes that make up a “mind like water”)
In the previous post, I talked about the notion of “reflexive capture”, or the training of one’s brain to automatically record (in some fashion) anything that needs recording, when [...]

The Mind of GTD: Reflexive Capture

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(This post is part of a series called The Mind of GTD where I examine the thought processes and attitudes that make up a “mind like water”)
One of the most basic tenets of GTD is the requirement that “stuff” be out of your head and recorded somewhere you’ll look later (and regularly). Being able [...]

5 Newborn Baby Items You Do Need to Buy

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Being the egomaniac that I am, in a previous post I politely informed you that there are at least 5 products intended to help care for a newborn that I consider to be superfluous. In the interest of fairness (and symmetry, I suppose), I thought I’d run down the 5 things that I consider [...]

5 Newborn Baby Items You Don’t Need to Buy

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Part of the freak-out period a couple (particularly the breadwinner, statistically the father) goes through when they discover they’re going to have a baby is all the crap they’re going to need to buy. You’ll need food, clothes, diapers, furniture, etc. and before you know it, you’re giving yourself an ulcer thinking about how [...]

4 Fantastic Reasons Why GTD Converts Should All Start with Paper Systems

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As I’ve said in the past, I was an analog GTDer (but have since converted to a kick-ass digital solution). I used paper products for absolutely every aspect of GTD when I started and found the experience to be extremely valuable. So much so, that I’m going to tell you now why every [...]

WinStikker – Quickly Create New Stikkits From Your Windows Desktop

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(Update: WinStikker is now Open Source!)
Any more of this stuff and people are going to start to wonder if I work for Values of n (makers of Stikkit – and no, I don’t work for them – yet . After writing the python script described (badly) in the previous post, I was somewhat [...]

Import Your Gmail Contacts into Stikkit With This Free Utility

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By now, my Stikkit fanboy status is hardly a secret. And while there have been a couple of other posts around here dealing with some theoretical Stikkit coolness, I figured it was time to give something a little more concrete to my Stikkit-loving brethren. Oh, and I also thought it a good opportunity [...]

Hacking Twitter: How to Capture Everything, from Anywhere

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Most folks have downed their cup of the Twitter Kool-Aid (myself included). If you haven’t heard of Twitter, then we must be using different internets on different planets. Here’s a 2 sentence introduction:
Send a little status message about where you are or what you’re doing (via web interface, IM or cell phone) to [...]

David Allen Drops Some Productive Knowledge

Written by Brett Kelly

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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

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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 [...]

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