Comments on: David Allen on the new frontier of computers

By: Ryan Heathers

Ryan Heathers — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:50:11 +0000

Ok, thumbnail on the video has been changed. Now David looks more thoughtful, and not so much like he’s preaching. :)

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:50:34 +0000

Hi David,
I know the tool! The tool that can really help to arrange any stuff. For the last few years I was looking for the right methodology for it, and when few weeks ago I ran into GTD I said WOW! I am sure that GTD is exactly what I was looking for, and I will setup it soon for use according to GTD.

The tool name is Atlassian JIRA, the issue tracking tool that is designed by IT people for themselves, in order to arrange huge numbers of projects and task and to collaborate on them. It is widely used in high-end IT developments, but the possibilities of the system go far beyond mere IT bug tracker, and it can be used to arrange almost any types of issues.

I will also drop in my blog few examples of GTD for JIRA in couple of days, and I am looking forward to hear the opinions of GTD community.

By: Davey Moyers

Davey Moyers — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:04:26 +0000

What I most interesting about this commentary by David is the concept of “freeing up” time for more productive pursuits through using the correct technology.
My problem with implementing any e-productive tech platform has been immersion. Finding the best way to implement the technology into a productive workflow, creating a “better practice” on how best to utilize the platform to its potential.
Any change creates a push-back tension. The question becomes, “do I have the discipline to stick with this platform and determine whether or not it will produce the desired results based on my workflow scenarios?”

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:48:05 +0000

Thanks! I’ll see if ICA (who posted this video to YouTube) can change that thumbnail. Thanks for the tip.

By: Photon

Photon — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:21:54 +0000

@Kelly: By the way, you can change the thumbnail of the video in YouTube’s video settings. First, visit the video’s URL. Then just click “Edit Video” on the top, scroll down a little bit and you’ll find “Video Thumbnail” tab. :)

I wonder what would David Allen think of http://www.smartytask.com/ and how they implemented GTD. Though, its a webapp.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:50:56 +0000

I honestly don’t know anyone that uses Lotus Notes because they want to. Only for legacy databases.

I do–David Allen. If you took eProductivity and Lotus Notes away from him he would not be a happy guy!

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:48:08 +0000

I honestly don’t know anyone that uses Lotus Notes because they want to. Only for legacy databases.

By: Kelly Forrister

Kelly Forrister — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:17:54 +0000

Hi Chris,

1. Linking Projects to Next Actions
2. Special email toolbar for processing email (e.g. create a Waiting For in To Do’s when you send an email–my favorite)
3. A built-in Weekly Review Coach

We’ve never been big time Outlook users. We’ve always been a Lotus Notes shop. We have a few staff that use Outlook personally (and OmniFocus, paper planners, some Linux tools too), but Lotus Notes is the standard for most.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:00:59 +0000

Hey Kelly- interesting vid! Presumably lots of GTD staff were big-time Outlook users but all or most now use eP. What are the 2-3 killer features that represent a quantum leap for those switchers?

Cheers,
Chris

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:56:22 +0000

I promise you it wasn’t intentional that DA looks like he’s preaching here! Just the way the video still froze.