<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I run a simple GTD system with Things (adding TODOs through Mail-ActOn and some Applescript tomfoolery that inserts a summary and a link to the original email). <div><br></div><div>I find it makes a big difference to my sense of panic about workload - although I do wonder whether the stuff to do simply expands to fill your capacity to manage it :-(<div><br></div><div>(I dont tend to use contexts for my GTD strategy, as it turns out there is only one context that makes any real sense, but one-touching emails, defining a couple of Areas, and prioritising for Today makes a big difference to me)</div><div><br></div><div>Dave</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On 15 Aug 2012, at 10:29, Leslie Carr <<a href="mailto:lac@ecs.soton.ac.uk">lac@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I just don't have the brain for that kind of highly structured organisational tool ( which will come as absolutely no surprise to anyone). I use Clear.app - if only it synced through the cloud.<br><br>Sent from my iPad<br><br>On 15 Aug 2012, at 08:27, "Luke Teacy" <<a href="mailto:wtlt@ecs.soton.ac.uk">wtlt@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I don't think you're the only one.<br><br>I know a few people that got annoyed with performance issues surrounding wifi sync, and got fed up waiting for the cloud.<br><br>I eventually took up the beta to avoid the wait, and performance is very good now.<br><br>On 15 Aug 2012, at 01:50, m.c. schraefel wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Personally i reluctantly abandoned Things in favour of omni focus.<br>but haven't looked back.<br><br>mc<br><br>On 13 Aug 2012, at 03:59, Luke Teacy wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">If you use this already, then you may be aware that the much improved 2.0 release has now made it out of beta.<br><br><a href="http://culturedcode.com/things/">http://culturedcode.com/things/</a><br><br>If you don't use this already, then you probably should... after reading: Getting Things Done by David Allen.<br><br>Main new feature: fast and efficient cloud sync with iOS versions.<br><br>cheers,<br><br>Luke<br><br><br><br></blockquote><br><br></blockquote><br><br></blockquote><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>