I am looking for a new GTD software system. I have been looking hard and it's incredible how crowded the market is, and yet none of the products seems to have it all.
The big sticking point for me is "Areas of Focus". It seems like every app seeds this with "work" and "home", but David's book is very clear that this is the 20,000 foot level, and there are typically 7-10 Areas in each realm of home and work.
Home and work are still needed in an app, because when I'm off-duty from work I don't want to think about it, and when I'm at work I'm paid to do work and it's inappropriate to be worrying about or futzing with my home tasks. Home and work are more like super-contexts than super-areas.
OK, so the important thing is that when I'm doing a review, I want to look at each of my Areas of Focus and make sure it contains the right projects to meet my responsibilities in that Area.
I'm a bit dizzy from looking at task manager apps, but pretty much none of them do this, even though most of them claim to implement GTD. I just don't get what's wrong here. I feel like all the apps are doing runway and 10,000ft and for reviews you are totally on your own.
Some of the apps have tags, but you still have to work pretty hard to get a view where all the tasks and projects are sorted by the tags in a way that would be helpful during a review.
Does anyone's favorite app do a good job with this? I'm looking for a Windows or Web app with an Android version.
Thanks in advance!
Jason
The big sticking point for me is "Areas of Focus". It seems like every app seeds this with "work" and "home", but David's book is very clear that this is the 20,000 foot level, and there are typically 7-10 Areas in each realm of home and work.
Home and work are still needed in an app, because when I'm off-duty from work I don't want to think about it, and when I'm at work I'm paid to do work and it's inappropriate to be worrying about or futzing with my home tasks. Home and work are more like super-contexts than super-areas.
OK, so the important thing is that when I'm doing a review, I want to look at each of my Areas of Focus and make sure it contains the right projects to meet my responsibilities in that Area.
I'm a bit dizzy from looking at task manager apps, but pretty much none of them do this, even though most of them claim to implement GTD. I just don't get what's wrong here. I feel like all the apps are doing runway and 10,000ft and for reviews you are totally on your own.
Some of the apps have tags, but you still have to work pretty hard to get a view where all the tasks and projects are sorted by the tags in a way that would be helpful during a review.
Does anyone's favorite app do a good job with this? I'm looking for a Windows or Web app with an Android version.
Thanks in advance!
Jason