What GTD products would you find useful?

[Philb]

Very interested to hear how people have set up Obsidian for GTD.

Phil

 

[PhillyBass]

Very interested to hear how people have set up Obsidian for GTD.

Phil

Hi Phil,

I found two methods described online, ( Method 1 ) and ( Method 2 ). I am in the process of trying to come up with the simplest method possible for myself, relying on the least amount of plugins, and sticking to the original DavidCo EverNote setup guide as much as possible.

 

[Oogiem]

Very interested to hear how people have set up Obsidian for GTD.

Phil

I use the tasks plug-in. I have tags for each context. I use templater plugin to create project notes that are classed as a project in either active, archive or on_hold states. I have a dashboard note that shows me al the tasks by contexts and I have one that shows me all projects. I can slice and dice my tasks in any way I see fit.

I am just now starting to implement sequential tasks in some of my repeating projects that re-occur every year but I have not decided if that way works for me.

 

[Mrs-Polifax]

Great thread! I especially like the idea of a new GTD Book by David Allen. This book would involve extensive research into the conditions of people's lives that make it impossible for them to implement a GTD system. The desired outcome of this research would be to learn from working extensively with these unfortunate people what has made this impossible, and to reverse these difficulties in practice, so that these people are finally able to implement a GTD system. The reversals would be documented in this book in a step by step way, so anyone could read this book, and do the practices in the book, and finally implement a GTD system. This book might be entitled:

GTD For The Rest of Us
A GTD Workbook For Those Who Need it Most

 

[david_popely]

DEFINITELY bring back the notetaker wallet please (and separately purchased refills of course).

Currently I'm using the small (A7?) Rhodia bloc tablets - perforated sheets are a must.

 

[lewis814]

GTD tools like task managers, digital calendars, and note-taking apps.

 

[PeterByrom]

A dual pocket notepad which is simply two notepads next to each other (perhaps it could fold in on itself). You’d open it up in a meeting and write regular notes in one pad, and then action-specific notes in the other. a securely attached pen would be the icing on the cake - both notepads and pen refillable.

 

[gtd solo-studente]

We are considering what new GTD products we may develop, and are very interested in your ideas. Is there some aspect of your GTD practice where a video or audio program, a PDF, or some other product would be supportive? Another way of asking that is, do you struggle with some part of implementing GTD where some product might remove that friction?

In our last team meeting we joked about making a David Allen bobblehead. Please know that we welcome all suggestions, no matter how crazy or humorous.

Mr. John, DAC / GTD Team,

Thinking a GTD monitor "Screensaver" for Projects and/or Next Actions might be a meritorious tool for GTDers

If 'adopted' . . . a "GTD Screensaver" could become ever so slightly sophisticated with other Contexts / List(s) with an easy 'pause' feature along with perhaps some random GTD quotes ?

Thank you very much

As you see GTD fit. . . .

 

[johanbertil]

The GTD Organizer not as a PDF but as a really nice high quality physical notebook/calendar. Can be different editions, one a bit cheaper and one real cool calf leather skin one that looks like a premium bible with golden letters on the cover.

The letters should say "What's your next action?" or even better "Mind like water" and on the last page David's face from the original 2001 book saying: "That project does not have a next action dude, add one please".

The last thing was a bit of joke (or half joke) but the rest was 100% serious.

 

[SteveN]

Curious as to what happened to this idea of a new GTD app? With the way LLMs can accelerate software development for qualified developers, it seems this would have gotten a lot easier, and I'd love to see what could be produced. No 'vibe coded' apps though...

 

[yolikax]

A few things come to me:

1. A guide, training, or book, around sharing the system with others. I have quite a few in my office that are always amazed at how organized and disciplined I am, and want to do the same. they are not quite ready for a coach, nor are they ready to read the book. But they need a primer, a way to get loosely involved in the system and realize there is something here.
2. I had mentioned this in another post and I know you saw the idea but more specifics on the engage side. I would love to read about real life stories and examples of how different disciplines handle different things
3. A modernized view on contexts. I, like so many others, are less contextual based now. Home, office, computer, mobile, all start to blend except for the physical aspects of it. I can do nearly anything on my ipad I can do on my computer.
4. Printed reference material. I like to keep a printed chart of the GTD process, natural planning model, etc. at my desk. Would be nice to have a nice set of printed material or digital material for that purpose.
5. I know this one will not happen as the complexity involved is crazy but I would LOVE to see an email client built around GTD methodolgy. That would be incredible.
6. As much as I love David Allen and GTD, not quite sure a David Allen bobblehead is going to make it to my desk or my colleagues will request a lot of explaining from me lol

I still have contexts as it says in the book. No, I won't make a context for "internet". But I have one for stuff I need to do at home. One for work (I don't need to BE at work, but those are work-context tasks that I don't want to see when not working). I have @errands for stuff I need to do outside. And a couple more.