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Quick query - workflow diagrams
direwolf | Apr 14 2006
After stumbling on 43F a few weeks back & reading the stuff on there with interest, I decided to take a look at the GTD book. Seemed pretty good so I bought it & have just started reading through it [motivated mainly by my personal 'stuff' that tends to accumulate in piles, both physical & digital, which I know could [a] be in better shape & [b] probably contain things that need attending too, if only throwing away or filing somewhere more appropriate]. My query concerns the diagrams labelled 'workflow diagram - processing' & 'workflow diagram - organising' - in my copy of the book they're exactly the same diagram [ie, 'stuff' > inbasket > what-is-it? > actionable / y / n > NA > etc']. Is this correct ? For reference, it's the 2005 UK 4th re-print paperbackcover edition & the [same] diagrams, with different headings [ie, workflow-organising, workflow-processing] are on pages 32, 36, 120 & 139. Ah - hang on - looking again I just realised how stupid I've been! There's different emphasis on some of the boxes in the diagrams, so the one labelled processing has the Stuff > etc bit in bold whereas the one labelled organising has the outer Trash/Tickler/Reference boxes etc bolded. It's the whole workflow process that's being shown isn't it. Confirmation would be appreciated but I'm fairly sure that was where I made a mistake. May as well leave this post up in case anyone else gets confused too! 5 Comments
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 I believe that David is...Submitted by michaelramm on April 14, 2006 - 5:43am.
I believe that David is highlighting the specific sections on the diagram that the chapter is going to talk about. I am about to re-read it (for the 3rd or 4th time) in preparation for creating a GTD/productivity/lifehacks/etc blog with Jason Echols (another member here). We are in discussions about the scope of the blog now, and hopefully will be unveiling it before the end of the month. We are both pretty /end gratuitous plug Glad that you were able to answer your question, and good idea about keeping the post up for other to learn from. WELCOME to 43Folders...there is a lot of GREAT information here. This is my first and last stop everyday (not to mention the 4-5 other times during the day). I look forward to reading your posts. Michael » POSTED IN:
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