Using Things for Home and Outlook for Work

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waxwing

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New GTD user here. I purchased Things for my iPod Touch and also my home Mac. It is working well for me for my personal activities. (http://culturedcode.com) However, at work I use a Windows PC and Outlook 2007. I don't use Outlook at all at home since I switched to Mac a year ago.

I'm curious to hear of best practices related to managing two different systems - one for work and one for home. Not ideal, but I'm sure others have had the same problem. Really trying to avoid too much paper. I carry my Touch with me most of the time so if a task pops into my mind related to home, I jot it down immediately. I'll also add work related items to the Inbox in Things if I'm not at my work computer.

Any ideas or suggestions?

- John
 
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mickmel

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This is the beauty of the various web-based solutions (Toodledo, Nozbe, Vitalist, etc). They work on any PC, and most have good apps and/or sites for iPhone/Touch.

The downside that you'd have to completely retool your efforts, but it may be worth it.
 
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waxwing;63238 said:
I'll also add work related items to the Inbox in Things if I'm not at my work computer.
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Have you tried emailing work items from Things (Touch version) into Outlook to get them into the right system asap?
 
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waxwing

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Great idea. This will work when I'm at home since I'll have Internet access. While at work, I can't connect to our wireless network with my Touch but I can manually transfer from the Touch into Outlook.

I really haven't used Outlook much for GTD and I'm currently reviewing the whitepaper on the subject. I'm a fair advanced user with categories and automated rules so I think I'll catch on quickly to modifying it for GTD.

It would be nice, however, to tie the systems together. Thanks for the ideas.
 
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RuthMcT

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I keep my two systems separate. If I think of something at work for my home system I either write it in the back page of my notebook, to go into the in-tray when I get home, or more effectively I send an e-mail to my home e-mail address.

Ruth
 
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