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GTD Outlook add-in?

A former coworker has been touting the benefits of the Outlook add-on available to download at David Allen's site, but I'm not convinced. Any comments? Does anyone out there love it? Why? Conversely, are there any haters out there? Why?

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There's also the "how to...

There's also the "how to set up Outlook for GTD" instructions that you can buy from the David Allen site. I've semi-implemented this and it's somewhat helpful. Probably not as much as the add-in but it's cheaper ($10, I think) so it's a middle ground.

You can probably wing it, though, and get the same results yourself by tweaking the Categoris in Outlook, and playing with how it displays tasks.

I'm keeping all my next actions on Outlook on my work laptop, and increasingly anything that's computer or desk work at home is going on our home PC's outlook. The rest gets jotted on my Hipster PDA. Yes, with a Fisher Space Pen...

 
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