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GTD in the IT Profession
michaelramm | Apr 13 2006
I was wanting to see what other IT professionals are using for their system. What kinda blends of HiFi/LoFi do you employ? What contexts do you use? What contexts do you have but don't use very well? Are you blending personal with job? I sometimes struggle with my system because of the REACTIVE nature of my job. I am a 1-man IT Dept. and while I do have projects that fit really well into my system, there are the unpredictables that make me stress out...email is down, cannot print to XXX, and the always important, My system is SOOOO slow today. My contexts are: * @Work [general context, may leave system] * @Website [both job website and personal website stuff] * @Home [general context] * BrainDump [where I just dump NAs to be processed later] Right now I am still using the Tracks, for to-dos and projects, with a Moleskine, for a hard landscape. But the hPDA seems soo cool...ARGHHH! I hear a lot about Google (which went live today)...should I replace my Moleskines?!? I guess I need to stop tweaking and just use it and shut up. Anyway, I just like to see how others implement GTD in their lives, esp. those with similar interest (or jobs) to me. Michael 4 Comments
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 I'm a fellow IT wrangler...Submitted by randellt on April 13, 2006 - 5:49pm.
I'm a fellow IT wrangler and my system is quite close to yours. I use My contexts are close to yours as well, but I break them down further to get more granular and I split between Home and Work. You can take a look at some screenshots at http://www.flickr.com/photos/trandell/sets/72057594094707412. I use the GTD template developed by the fine people at MLO and tweaked it to fit my needs better. IMHO MLO is fantastic. It is lightweight, nimble and super-intuitive. Perhaps kGTD/OmniOutliner is strong competition, but since I have a Mac at home and PC at work, MLO wins. Plus I can run MLO completely from a USB key, giving me added flexibility. Download the trial and give it a spin. Hope this helps. » POSTED IN:
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