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Bookworm | Jan 23 2006
The empty Windows section looked so sad, I thought I'd post something here. Any other Windows users hiding out there? [I can definitely understand the appeal of Macs (some wonderful software out there that's Mac-only, for one), but I've just always used Windows (or, *cough*, DOS) machines.] Outlook for email, calendar, and a little task management
Bonsai desktop (for the bulk of my Next Actions, task, project management)
I'm just doing my best to record everything in one of these two tools -- contact information, tasks, projects, lists, etc. 18 Comments
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Re: Is that book any good then?Submitted by Douglas on March 1, 2006 - 3:43pm.
Linenberger's book has some good ideas in it but is aimed at the person who sat at their computer and used the default layout. He gives clear step-by-step instructions on how to set up Outlook 2003 or 2002 for his suggestions If you are confident with custom views and categories I would not buy it but borrow it and scan it for hints. From my point of view, the two key points were: Categorize your email (either manually or using rules) and store it in one folder, view it by category [INDENT]Another benefit is for teams. Because emails carry their categories when they are sent, if your team agrees on common categories to use then all mail sent will arrive pre-filed[/INDENT] The second point was to assign due dates to Next Action tasks and use High priority for those that MUST be done on that day. Make a custom Task Pad view to show incomplete tasks sorted by Due Date then Priority. Tasks without due dates are called Master Tasks (similar to Projects in GTD) and should be reviewed frequently. Hope this helps » POSTED IN:
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