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GTD Times: The GTD Outlook Add-In

I recently spoke with Dean Hering of Netcentrics about the Getting Things Done Outlook Add-In. We had a fun chat about how the product came to be and what it does these days for GTD'ers on Outlook. Listen now.



Right before the podcast, I Tweeted that I'd be speaking with him and I asked Dean some of the questions some of you sent to me (such as getting tech support, Office 10 release, how it interfaces with Toodledo and more.)

Member Exclusive: Book Club Idea

I was re-reading the GTD book this morning and I swear I read things that I'd never seen before. It's amazing how that book seems to have Harry Potter-like invisibility cloak that reveals new information!

It got me thinking that while many Connect members have likely read the book, multiple ti...

Member Exclusive: Which Model ScanSnap?

With all the glowing reviews of the Fujitsu ScanSnap all over the web, I am close to being convinced that this might actually work for me. The main reason for digitizing my paper is so that I can tag it and find it!

If you have a ScanSnap, would you tell me which model you have and why? I have ...

GTD Times: Regret: A Powerful Motivator

I recently discovered that the musical I'd been working on for the past several years was no longer going to be viable.  Not because it wasn't a good story, or even a good idea.  It's because someone beat me to it.

I was surfing the web and discovered that not only had someone written a similar play, they had named it almost exactly the same and it was a smash hit!  Talk about a body blow.  I'd spent the last few years working on it sporadically, and now it was never going to see the light of d

Member Exclusive: Clear Context Software

I am interested if there are any users of Clear Context in the GTD community. If so, would any of you consider yourselves 'power users?' I have been using the Clear Context software for about a month or so after a recommendation from a colleague. I am interested in other people's experiences and ...

Member Exclusive: Garvin Mesa Paonia, CO 29 Aug

oK So no one here will manage to come...

But a major project I've been working on for the last several months will reach it's end point this Saturday.

We are one of 4 places hosting Garvin Mesa day on 29 Aug.

All 3 local wineries and ourselves are doing farm tours, meat, cheese and wine s...

GTD Times: Toning up your thinking muscles

In our recent Productive Living newsletter, David Allen talks about "Toning up your thinking muscles."  Here's a letter from Frederick Ross, a graduate fellow at The Rockefeller University who shared his perspective on the brain as a muscle.

I'm something between a theoretical physicist, mathematician, and theoretical biologist by profession, so I've had to be on very intimate terms with my thinking apparatus for many years.

The conscious, symbol manipulating part of our brain is very much like

Member Exclusive: Laptop Recommendations?

I am laptop shopping. Any recommendations?

Member Exclusive: In Conversation: Meghan Wilker

Well! I must say I found this "In Conversation" the most interesting yet! What a smart and amazing woman! I've also already found her on Twitter.

Lots of great nuggets here. Women especially SHOULD NOT MISS THIS ONE!

Member Exclusive: In Conversation With Meghan Wilker

David chats with Meghan Wilker, a tech whiz, mother of two and GTD enthusiast. Listen as Meghan shares how she uses GTD in her work and family life.