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Entourage and GTD White Paper

JeffAbbott | Mar 31 2006

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

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I've been using Entourage for...

Submitted by Chrome47 on May 15, 2006 - 12:20pm.

oleren wrote:
I've been using Entourage for quite some time, and unfortunately the project center is a no-go for GTD-like projects. Here are the issues:

1. Unless you use some custom Applescript, there's no "fast" way of creating projects. Projects must be made using a project wizard.
2. The project center is slower to respond to input than the rest of the suite. It just seems poorly programed.
3. The project center does not allow you to complete projects.

As such, it's better to create a task category called "Projects" and list your projects within your task list.

All very good points there. So how do you manage your projects, if Entourage's Project Center isn't up to par? I set up my first project, and already I'm wishing there were more or better keyboard shortcuts, especially for making new Tasks! (I live by keyboard shortcuts!)

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