Category Archives: GTD and Productivity

Update to Why I Switched From Thunderbird to Outlook

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Alexandrine

After 30 days, I decided to update y’all. I gave Outlook 2003 a good try and will keep it installed, but the hassle of moving my email archives, plus adding in things to hook into other services I use was … Continue reading →

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Why I switched from Thunderbird to Outlook, or, Yet another Workflow/Program Post.

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Alexandrine

I’ve written before about how I’ve been trying to implement GTD, and outlined my programs/workflow. I recently purchased Getting Things Done, and decided to take the plunge back into Outlook. I’m using Outlook 2003 and adding in ClearContext, Lookout, and … Continue reading →

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GTD and the Quest for a Single Program to Manage (nearly) Everything

Posted on October 10, 2006 by Alexandrine

I’ve gone back to using Outlook to manage my contacts, email, newsgroups, RSS, calendar, notes and tasks. I was using EssentialPIM for calendar, tasks and notes, Thunderbird for email, contacts and newsgroups and GreatNews for RSS, so three programs that … Continue reading →

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Some Interesting GTD Links

Posted on August 11, 2006 by Alexandrine

GTD Primer 43F Series: “Back to GTD” Was checking through my del.icio.us inbox and had some lovely GTD links pop up. I’ve sort of fallen off the wagon so to speak so I’m going to try to hop back on. … Continue reading →

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My Toolkit for GTD/Living

Posted on June 13, 2006 by Alexandrine

I've been messing around trying to get my stuff together so that I have no distractions so I can settle down and get stuff done. Previously I've written about setting up a Control Journal a la FlyLady and various bits … Continue reading →

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Onfolio

Posted on August 15, 2005 by Alexandrine

I've been trying out Onfolio 2.0 for the past week or so and so far I really like it. I've been collecting files and webpages for afew years now on various things I'm interested in. So I've been copying files … Continue reading →

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Evernote

Posted on May 25, 2005 by Alexandrine

Evernote updated their beta program today and I like it. Icons for categories, the ability to export my data and even back it up plus a bunch of bug fixes. It even lets me create new categories on the fly … Continue reading →

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GTD & Organization Update

Posted on May 23, 2005 by Alexandrine

I've been working steadily on my quest to organize my life so I can get things done with a minimum of stress and anxiety. I've tried a few toys like Rojo for my RSS(speed issues, but I like the tagging … Continue reading →

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GTD & Organization

Posted on April 16, 2005 by Alexandrine

I've been busy the past week working on setting up a GTD system. I've been reading the blogosphere and webpages about setting it up and making it work. I have the book waiting to order from Amazon, but I decided … Continue reading →

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Thoughts

Posted on March 6, 2005 by Alexandrine

I've been busy trying to get myself better organized. I've started work on my control journal and card file. I've also been messing around on my computer, getting it the way I want. Le sigh. I recently had trouble in … Continue reading →

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