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Mac at Home, Windows at Office, PDA in pocket - GTD everywhere?

Hello. I'm a student and new to GTD. I have a Mac at home which I have been using with an Excel file to manage projects and Next-Actions by using color coding and marcos to quickly label and identify Contexts.

I will soon begin working a full time job and at the office will be using a Windows-based laptop. I also want to get a PDA so I can have my project list and other GTD reference materials with me at time.

Has anyone figured out a good system for using all these tools (Mac at home, Windows at office, any PDA everywhere) with robust syncing, seamless (or close to it) transferability and interoperability between the 3 systems?

If you have, I would greatly appreciate you telling me what software, PDA model, and paper based tools you used to make it all work.

Thanks Mucho
CPAdude

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... I am in the same...

sol2k;6919 wrote:
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I am in the same situation as you (Mac at home, Windows at work) except that I chose to get a Windows Mobile Smartphone as my PDA choice. While this integrates really well with Windows, on the Mac-verse I am at the mercy of PocketMac or MissingSync, with varying degrees of satisfaction...

I have a Powerbook at home and a Gateway Tablet at work -- what can I say, the school district I work for is unenlightened. I carry a T-Mobile Dash (Windows SmartPhone) which I am in love with. I use it only for Contacts and Calendaring and it syncs flawlessly and instantly with our Exchange 2003 server over-the-air (e.g. I never plug it in).

On my Mac at home, Entourage also syncs with Exchange so I'm golden. And all without wires which is HUGE since I hate having to remember to sync all the time.

For notes, etc. I just purchased a Circa from Levenger. I am still experimenting with the "lo-fi" part of my life using D*I*Y Planner index cards for NA lists, Projects, and Potentials, but I think I'd like to Circa-fy those items as well to keep everything the same size.

Good luck making it work for you!

 
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