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Entourage and GTD White Paper

I saw that David Allen Company has finally released their Entourage with GTD white paper:

https://secure.davidco.com/store/ca...age-p-16209.php

--has anyone read it yet? Is it full of brilliance or, um, not? I just (reluctantly, because I actually liked some aspects of it) moved away from Entourage when I got my MacBook Pro and am wondering if there's any good reason in the whitepaper to move back. . .

Thanks,
Jeff

TOPICS: Mac OS X
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It's good. Maybe not $10 good. But good.

I ponied up the US$10 for the .pdf, and while I think US$5-6 is closer to the mark, it's not a total waste. It's also much like the Outlook .pdf for those who can't afford the plugin.

You get 33 pages covering (chapter headings):

  • Setting up Entourage as an Action List Manager (10 pages)
  • Using the Calendar (4 pages)
  • Organizing E-Mail (4 pages)
  • Utilizing the Notes functionality for Useful Lists (3 pages)
  • Tips about Contacts (1.5 pages)
  • Workflow Processing Miscellaneous (3 pages)
on top of a several page Introduction.

To my mind as an Entourage and GTD noob when I purchased (give me Mail.app or give me death - I only use Entourage to connect to my work Exchange server) it's useful.

The .pdf would REALLY be worth it if it included a section on utilising the Project Center. For me, the Project Center is the one thing which makes the latest Entourage a compelling solution. Keeping track of all the artifacts (email, documents, spreadsheets, tasks, notes, etc.) associated with your GTDed life is an awesome piece of functionality. If I wasn't so wedded to kGTD, I'd consider the switch.

 
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