[cyp]

Originally Posted by bridgecrosser

I have 481 Tasks on my 4150 iPAQ.

8O

I only have 70. Man I'm not living my life to the fullest!
I am also using David Allen's GTD method in tracking my tasks. Just wondering how you have more than 400 tasks in hand. Do you mind sharing?

[cyp]

Originally Posted by bridgecrosser

I have 481 Tasks on my 4150 iPAQ.

8O

I only have 70. Man I'm not living my life to the fullest!
I am also using David Allen's GTD method in tracking my tasks. Just wondering how you have more than 400 tasks in hand. Do you mind sharing?

[jkendrick]

Originally Posted by bridgecrosser

I have 481 Tasks on my 4150 iPAQ. Without David Allen's system, it would be nearly impossibe for me to manage and execute them to completion. Allen has really nailed this and I highly recommend his books to anyone interested in making sense of all the "stuff" you have to do at work and in your personal life. And by the way, Pocket Informant really works nicely with Allen's system.

One word for you- DELEGATE.

[BobWitt]

I also use catagories, but I take it a little further, beyond tasks to information communication and follow-up...

If a subject comes up that I should review at my Staff, at an other weekly meeting and with someone (say Joe) - I will add each (Staff, Joe and meeting) as a catagory...

So when I'm sitting with Joe, I filter for Joe, at Staff the same... Once I have reviewed with Joe I do an ("insert date" - reviewed with Joe) and remove him from the Catagory. Once the last catagory is gone - I mark it complete (with the last date and note)... Now I know when I reviewed what with whom...

It helps me coordinate a lot of information with a lot of people, not just keep my "To Do" list...

Bob Witt

[Andrew]

This was a really nice article, thanks for taking the time to put it up. It seems quite a simple, obvious thing when you look at it, so you cant understand why you werent doing it or thinking of it sooner. Its definitely gave me a few ideas how I can better organise and streamline my task list.

Great article.

Andrew

[bvkeen]

Originally Posted by baralong

Thanks for the link. I've just read your site and it's great. You render nicely for the PPC as well. I've made it a mobile favourite so I ca sync it to my PPC. It'll take a bit of digesting but it's well worth it.

I'm glad the site is useful to you. I wish I could figure out what to add to it to help in note-taking, as that's the one area I still struggle with. But, I'm glad to see this discussion on tasks as I think the average person has a horrible time managing tasks.

Take care

[Rob Alexander]

Originally Posted by jkendrick

Nice article. I use Taskline for making tasks into appointments with complete control. Once they are appointments they sync nice with the PPC, too. Very nice program for Outlook users on the desktop.

http://www.taskline.info/

jkendrick, you're my hero of the day! Way back in the early days of Windows 3.x, but before Outlook, I used a time management program that did exactly this. You entered your appointments and your lists of tasks and it fit the tasks around your appointments based on your time available and the priority of the tasks. It was brilliant! But then everyone went to Outlook and I had to adapt to the system, so I lost that program and have often thought how great it would be if I could do that inside of Outlook (i.e. not manually). And here it is, exactly what I've been pining for all these years! (And it's so cheap with the educational discount.) Thanks for mentioning it!

[jkendrick]

Originally Posted by Rob Alexander

And here it is, exactly what I've been pining for all these years! (And it's so cheap with the educational discount.) Thanks for mentioning it!

Sweet!

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by jkendrick

Sweet!

I missed this link. Pretty neat - I'll have to play with this.

--janak

[ignar]

Originally Posted by Rob Alexander

And here it is, exactly what I've been pining for all these years! (And it's so cheap with the educational discount.) Thanks for mentioning it!

Thanks for mentioning education discount! I didn't notice there is a discount available and was considering buying it for a full price. With the discount it's a no brainer. Thanks Rob and jkendrick!

[Wudy]

I've been a long-time PDA user and have struggled often on how to use this amazing tool as a productive part of my life. Articles and ideas such as these provide tangible, results-oriented suggestions. One of the things that I think got lost somewhere between the simplicity of the first palm pilot and the multimedia sales pitch for the latest handhelds is the premise of using these devices as productivity tools, not just to satisfy the ADD in all of us.

As my first post (and the weight that that carries <grin>) I vote for more articles like this one.