GTD
This category deals with all things Getting Things Done.
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Submitted by kwoodward on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 10:41
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[P]Notebook (Entering Information)
- notebook notation entry
-- take notes with the following
notation (in Journal or Notebook):
--- '*' - important items, tasking,
things to do (requiring
scheduling in Journal)
--- '#' - delegation to others
--- '!' - issues (requireing further
analysis and scheduling in Journal)
--- '?' - questions to ponder,
remember, docs to read, material
to research/lookup, etc.
- when starting to enter notebook info
make sure to notate a ->notebook_page/
notebook_volume_number in the Journal.
- note time that the notebook entry was
started. |
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Submitted by kwoodward on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 09:31
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[P]Notebook (Indexing)
- Notebook Startup:
-- Add initial Contents entries: Journal,
General, Requirements, Design, Code,
Test, Notes, Issues, Analysis,
Meetings/Telecons/Email, and others
as necessary.
-- Put project name on outside, assign
volume number, place volume number
on front and on edge of notebook.
- Adding New Index:
-- When adding index (first index
always in same volume) determine
new page number for index (try for
something easily divisible by 5).
-- In contents add "->page#" to
content entry.
-- On index page add underlined
content entry name, "<-|0" with a |
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Submitted by kwoodward on Mon, 04/05/2010 - 14:00
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When I start putting things together for a meeting I generally perform the note book update procedure. There are a number of things that need to be accomplished: (1) first I ensure a title and the date exist on the notes page, (2) then I assigned the name and dates to the index, (3) then I point to the page that was going to take notes in the index, and (4) I put a back index marker to the index on the page where I will be taking minutes. This process ensures me that I will always have an index containing a list of all the meetings, telecoms, and e-mails that I might have forgotten during the time that I am on the project.
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Submitted by kwoodward on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 23:33
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There are several things that I need to change in terms of being able to use an iPhone. In the first place, I am only just starting to become familiar with some of the programs and applications on this phone. I have just recently discovered the Daily Tracker app on the iPhone which I am using to do journaling and keeping track of information that I normally would use in the daytime. It seems that every time I come up with a good process that works, something else comes out on the market and changes my mind. The reason that I checked Pocket Informant, was that I have seen an awful lot of articles written on blogs concerning it. This would lead me to believe, that I would be successful as well as they would in using it. So in terms of using apps on the iPhone, I am limiting my choices to pocket informant, and the app daily tracker. The nice thing about pocket informant, is that it interfaces very well with Google calendar and toodledo, the to do list website. I have started becoming very adept at going to this to do list website and updating information in a getting things done manner.
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Submitted by kwoodward on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 12:24
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I have played around with Getting Things Done in the past. I have also written a number of processes that I have used over the years which contain some of the elements of GTD. In whatever I do with this system it needs to be:
(1) mindless - I need to have a habit developed in which I do things as a matter of course without having to think about what I am doing. An example of this is how I do a notebook. I have been putting notes in a notebook all of my engineering life and I worked out a way of indexing my notebook so that I could find things. The indexing is a mindless activity which I quickly made into a habit and when I sit down to a meeting, or take notes on my own as I am thinking about something, I automatically do things which allow me to find the information later. I need that kind of mindless activity in GTD in order to really use it to its potential. |
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Submitted by kwoodward on Wed, 03/24/2010 - 14:31
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I need to work on how I am going to do getting to done. My thoughts are that I need to write down procedures for implementing my GTD. I guess in this case I should probably start with figuring out how to go about doing daily activities; what I do in the morning, what I do at noon, and what I do when I leave to go home. In the morning I need to know what things have changed from the day before in terms of planned activities. In the evening before I leave to go home, I need to figure out what things need to be accomplished the following day, and also in the evening. During the day, priorities change, and I need to make sure that I keep abreast of all of activities that need to be accomplished both now and in the future. This of course is added to the fact that I'm an engineer, and I need to maintain some semblance of control over the amount of information that comes across my desk. This would include things like keeping up a notebook, I'll putting extraneous papers and proper folders, and also keeping detail within binders which are in easy reach. But all in all, I think I will start with modifying existing procedures that I laid out for myself some time ago.
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Submitted by kwoodward on Mon, 03/22/2010 - 09:05
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Part of what needs to be done on the iPhone to use Getting Things Done is to define Contexts for the Pocket Informant App. I have looked at several sites and have decided to adapt to their list, along with my own, and that is what I will change to on the iPhone. Note: in some of these contexts, I am using some word for word descriptions which are found at the Sojourn of the Mind blog at http://blog.yuryweb.com/gtd/setting-up-categories/ - These are highly tailored to what I do.
@Church – [Not in GTD Book] – This category I created because I need to refer to lesson preparations that I do for the Wolverton class and items regarding church in general. This would include missionary emphasis and support work for same. Quite a bit of what I do during the week on my own time revolves around this. |
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