I follow GTD (Things) to organise my working life, making sure I have a list of the things I need to do. The list is updated and re-prioritised regularly. This method relieves me of a shit load of work related stress, as I don’t have to keep everything buzzing around in my head.
I use the Pomodoro Technique (Focus Booster) during the day at work, to make sure I’m productive and efficiently working through the gazillian items in my GTD list.
One of my favourite things about GTD is the 2 minute rule; if you can do it in 2 minutes, do it straight away, but if not, jot it down quickly without prioritising and get back to what you were doing.
At work, I encourage my development team to note any bugs while developing that they may not fix on the spot, so that nothing is forgotten and we know how much work we still have, post beta.
It has just dawned on me this is GTD for developers! So, this my new GTD for developers rule: if you can fix the issue within 5 minutes (a little extra time is required when it comes to development) do so, if not, note it down so that you can come back to it later based on priorities.
Do you find the tagging system in Things sufficient for GTD contexts etc? I gave up on it and moved to The Hit List
Yeah, I’m not a GTD purist. But I think the tagging system is pretty suitable for GTD contexts. I just tag things @phone, @email, @blog, etc and when I have a few spare minutes out on the road with an opportunity to chase up phone calls, I just hit the @phone tag. So yeah, while it basic I like its simplicity.
The Hit List looks pretty cool. Reminds me of Actiontastic only better. I might check it out. It doesn’t seem to have an iPhone version though, that would be a must for me.