Comments on: The Joy of Freeing Up Mental RAM

By: Recouping Lost IQ Points from the Internets | Caffeinated Coder

Recouping Lost IQ Points from the Internets | Caffeinated Coder — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:25:14 +0000

[...] the GTD (Getting Things Done) arena, there is a concept of separating ‘Processing’ from ‘Doing’. [...]

By: The Blogging Hiatus: Next Stop Shark Jump? | Caffeinated Coder

The Blogging Hiatus: Next Stop Shark Jump? | Caffeinated Coder — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:52:30 +0000

[...] care of all of the other responsibilities in my life. Throughout my blogging hiatus, I have been religiously following the Getting Things Done approach to personal organization and task management and as a result I have eliminated several metric tons [...]

By: Mischa Kroon

Mischa Kroon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:25:36 +0000

Back to basics: Getting started (Todolists)…

Prelude When your getting ready to start doing the tasks at hand you will have to start organizing the…

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Sun, 18 May 2008 17:05:11 +0000

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By: 10 Practical Tips on Freeing up Mental RAM | Caffeinated Coder

10 Practical Tips on Freeing up Mental RAM | Caffeinated Coder — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:16:59 +0000

[...] my last post I mentioned that I had recently decided that it was time to overhaul my approach to managing tasks. [...]

By: Russell Ball

Russell Ball — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:25:55 +0000

@FerventCoder – I have also organized my email inbox with similar folders in the last few weeks. Thanks for reminding me about the Hanselman posts. I’m going to go back and reread them now that I have more context into understanding the inspiration behind them.

By: Russell Ball

Russell Ball — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:23:49 +0000

Hank – Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for the copyright reminder. I usually operate under the assumption that as long as I am attribute and promote the source (I’m encouraging people to buy his book), then I am not violating the spirit of the copyright protection. I assume they would see it as free advertising rather than intellectual property theft. However, I know that a lawyer would disagree with me, so I’ll put “email DavidCo.com with request to display image” on my Next Action list…:-).

By: Hank Thomason

Hank Thomason — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:09:01 +0000

I love the blatant copyright violation at the bottom of the diagram. Great post, really enjoyed it.

By: Fervent Coder

Fervent Coder — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:43:53 +0000

I have always said I suffer from CRS. Can’t remember sh-, uh stuff.
I have always carried/made use of some reminder system, whether a notebook or a PDA. At some point along the way I discovered Outlook and immediately liked it for the calendar, reminders, etc. Then when I could use Outlook and carry with me on my phone, I was in love with Microsoft Mobile.

When I first heard of Scott Hanselman putting GTD folders in his Outlook, I was immediately intrigued. That is, I used to leave everything I hadn’t processed yet in the inbox. Now I move things to folders @Action, @Blog, @Reply, @Snooze, @Someday, and @WaitingFor. That keeps my inbox clear. Also, I am a heavy user of rules and alerts to keep things out of my inbox.

Here are some links to that:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/.....eHose.aspx

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/.....Filer.aspx

By: Tejvan Pettinger

Tejvan Pettinger — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:23:10 +0000

It’s great to be able to free the mind. We come to realise most stress is self generated