Thread: Getting Things Done (GTD)

For iPhone, you should look into Things for iPhone, as well as the companion product for the Mac, Things.

Well integrated. Excellent design - there's essentially just two controls:

'+' add task
and 'done'

What I really need is a bit of software that combines a 'To Do' list with a function that actually does all of the work on the list for me.

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

For iPhone, you should look into Things for iPhone, as well as the companion product for the Mac, Things.

Well integrated. Excellent design - there's essentially just two controls:

'+' add task
and 'done'

As I mentioned I looked at the apps and its just as easy for me to forget to open the app and have a look at a list of stuff to do as it is to forget it in the first place, I need nagging to remember some stuff and for me this is a much better way.

That looks pretty useful. Lets hope I can get it to work!

Right, the Mac way. Im adding a disclaimer to this which is

Geektool is made for Panther and Tiger, not specifically for Leopard. GeekTool does/will work under Leopard but it has its quirks.

If you want a crack at it go to

http://http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/

Download and install it.

Ive done a screencast of how I got the file to display the same as the Windows screenshot here. View in fullscreen for a better picture.

Viddler.com - Geek Tool GTD - Uploaded by melvbot

As I said this works better for me, I'll show you why in the next screencast.

You might prefer one of the programs for Mac instead.

I use Quicksilver for as many things as possible, it cuts out a lot of navigating through files and folders saving me loads of time for other more important stuff like surfing TD.

In the plugins section of Quicksilver there is a Text Manipulation module which when installed allows you to add text to a file from within Quicksilver, saving you having to open the text editor/document.


Viddler.com - GeekTool To Do & Quicksilver - Uploaded by melvbot

When you add or remove text just by openeing the document things dont get refreshed automatically so until I find out how to do it automatically heres how I do it.

Viddler.com - Geek Tool Quirks - Uploaded by melvbot

This is why its easier to use Quicksilver to add items, you dont have to manually refresh it.

Im learning this as I go along so bear with me. To get the file to refresh automatically you need to use the "shell" option instead of "file"

You can delete the first entry and start with a new one.

First you need the full location of the todo.txt file, to find this go to the todo.txt file, right click it and open it with a browser. This will give you the full path of the file and should look like this in the URL bar

Code:

file:///Users/yourusername/Documents/todo.txt

Open GeekTool and choose "shell" and select the command button if not already hi-lighted.





In the text box copy/paste the file path from the browser URL bar with this command in front of it and a space so it looks like this

Code:

curl file:///Users/yourusername/Documents/todo.txt

Above this text box is a small box with "refresh" this is the time in seconds it will refresh by so 60 is 1 minute.

Change the font colour and size if needed the same as before, now when you add or delete anything to the todo.txt file and save it, it will update at the specified interval in the "refresh" box. Cool !

Be prepared for more waffle about GeekTool as Ive now found a new toy to play with.

I use this : Post-it® Software Notes Lite Version 3.1.1.1073

it's just a virtual post it note that sits on your desktop. Easy to use and does the job. I think it has alarms and things as well but I never use them.

I might be throwing off the shackles of employment and going it alone. Me being me, I need something to organise stuff quickly as I tend to think of something, forget it then remember the same thing the next day when I can take any action on it.

I went looking for an app for my iPhone and stumbled across this

reQall: What's reQall

Not just for the iPhone, its for just about anyone who cares to use it.

The trick part is this, you can add events by voice, ooh I thought nothing fancy there, until I said "Payday, November the 6th" and it put the reminder/note thingy in the app on November the 6th. Voice recognition has come a long way over the years and so far this has coped with my iffy accent quite well, only the odd mistake or it cant quite understand what I said. It types text from your voice note so in my Events bit on the 6th November it also has "payday, Friday 6th November" on the list.

Ive got a new toy (for a bit)