David Allen's Physical In-basket

[OlivieroRossi]

Hi,

does someone know where I can purchase David Allens physical in-basket? I live in germany and haven't seen anything similar yet. They are those black open boxes you see in his home office in amsterdam.

Since his office is in Amsterdam I guess he just bought them there. I tried to figure out what they are called there, but no success. In Germany we just have those paper-inbaskets, where its annyoing to put other stuff besides paper in it. I somestimes shoot small clips with my camera, or record stuff with my mobile voice recorder, so its would be nice if they would also fit in those kind of in-baskets.

Even checked the biggest office supply store in the netherlands, staples.nl, still no success. Anyone have a clue?

Here is where you can see it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ULWQ_tnM8&index=8&list=FL4m5_o7Byep1kNWFR_dluWw

 

[Folke]

Is it really of any importance whether it is one or several in-baskets, as long as you know what and where they are? I have a number of different in-baskets, physical and digital, and I go through them all. You might say they are just different "compartments" of my "overall virtual inbox". I even have a checklist of which such inboxes I have.

 

[Longstreet]

I think it is perfectly okay to want an inbox like David Allen's on his video. It looks really cool and I would like to know where he got it as well. Everyone has different tastes on their setup.

 

[Oogiem]

David Allen Company used to sell them but I believe they no longer carry them. The real important thing is to get a larger size than your standard paper and one that opens from the side not the end. It makes it a lot easier to put in larger stuff. You might look for scrapbook paper or craft paper inboxes as they are usually larger to handle the larger sizes of those papers.

 

[Folke]

Yes, I agree it does looks very cool. I have two such three-level trays with the corresponding functionality, but not nearly as cool looking. And then I have several other kinds of inboxes as well.

 

[mcogilvie]

I had nice large metal mesh baskets but I had to replace them with smaller plastic baskets because the metal mesh interfered with wifi reception, being between my laptop and the router.

 

[kelstarrising]

Hi,

does someone know where I can purchase David Allens physical in-basket? I live in germany and haven't seen anything similar yet. They are those black open boxes you see in his home office in amsterdam.

Since his office is in Amsterdam I guess he just bought them there. I tried to figure out what they are called there, but no success. In Germany we just have those paper-inbaskets, where its annyoing to put other stuff besides paper in it. I somestimes shoot small clips with my camera, or record stuff with my mobile voice recorder, so its would be nice if they would also fit in those kind of in-baskets.

Even checked the biggest office supply store in the netherlands, staples.nl, still no success. Anyone have a clue?

Here is where you can see it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ULWQ_tnM8&index=8&list=FL4m5_o7Byep1kNWFR_dluWw

Hello. This was part of the David Allen Fedon Collection and were offered for a limited time. They are no longer stocked by the David Allen Company Store. You should be able to find the equivalent here in A4 size here: https://www.fedon.com/en/business-accessories-set-vaschetta-8374.html

Hope that helps!

 

[jlchan37]

Thanks, Kelly. Those inboxes from Fedon are beautiful but very expensive. I found a large inbox by SteelMaster, on Amazon, for about 1/3 the price of the Fedon inbox.

 

[kelstarrising]

Thanks, Kelly. Those inboxes from Fedon are beautiful but very expensive. I found a large inbox by SteelMaster, on Amazon, for about 1/3 the price of the Fedon inbox.

Great! Glad you found something that will work well for you.

 

[jlchan37]

Thanks, Kelly. The ugly inboxes will work for now but I'll add being able to afford the beautiful ones from the Fedon collection to my list of financial goals.

Also, I got started with GTD Connect about 3 weeks ago, and I can't believe how much value you guys are offering for $48/month. I've listened to some of your webinars 3-4 times and get more out of them with each re-play.

Thanks for providing the great content. Best, Janna

 

[jdavidcarr]

Wow, USD $118 for a single inbox tray! That's insane!