Fits Like a Productivity Glove

I"ve been trying out different software programs that implement the GTD (Getting Things Done) method of productivity. I started out using OmniOutliner with an overlay script called KinklessGTD. The problem was ubiquitous capture and processing. It was an admittedly flawed system, but the best one available. Like a fat man trying diets, I've tried every GTD solution out there. Some of them were so horrible that I deleted them after 10 minutes of playing around. Others showed promise, so I was forced to keep dual systems going (I never gave up on OmniOutliner). All the while, the folks at OmniGroup had said that they were working on a dedicated productivity and task management software. I got on their alpha/beta list and have been trying it for months. It's finally ready for release and so I encourage you to pick up OmniFocus. Right now this is a Mac-only software program, but if you're among the enlightened, you're already running on Apple. Here are the reasons I love OmniFocus. First is that it has been developed by a team of GTD devotees who "get" what implementing the system is about. Simply put, GTD (or any productivity method, for that matter) is essentially about three things: (1) Capture, (2) Processing, and (3) Action. If you accept, as I do, that humans are extremely good at stepping up to a widget machine and cranking out widgets, the most effective thing you can do to increase productivity is spend as much time as is practical at one machine cranking widgets before moving on to the next machine. Translating this to work stuff, place all your calls when you're best suited to do so and read/respond to emails when you're on the computer. Anyways, I digress. OmniFocus allows you to do ubiquitous capture anytime you're on the computer. You just hit a keystroke combination and BAM! you're inputting stuff into the program. You don't have to process it right away, just capture it when it comes and move on to your next task. OmniFocus also collect all the stuff you capture in a single inbox and is very user-friendly at Processing that into its contextually-sensitive parts. Finally, OmniFocus plays nice with iCal, Mail.app and other software to allow you to Act on the tasks when you're in the right setting to do so. I highly recommend OmniFocus and if you purchase it before January 8th, you'll get it at a serious discount. I've go no horse in the race, no connection to OmniGroup, but if you're someone looking for productivity software - OmniFocus is tops. VJM

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[Media Desk]

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[Tedd Fox]

So since you have started using OmniFocus for awhile, what do you think? ALSO What GTD sites do you recommend for learning the method?

[Tedd Fox]

So since you have started using OmniFocus for awhile, what do you think? ALSO What GTD sites do you recommend for learning the method?