GettingThingsDone

A book by David Allen. Very useful.

An introduction to Getting Things Done (geared to nerds :-)

http://merlin.blogs.com/43folders/2004/09/getting_started.html

Slashdot review:

http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/14/1941233&tid;=187

The book itself:

My personal system:

WillSargent 5/11/05

Haven't read the book, but here's a line from a review:

Allen advocates the 3-D model, where the Ds stand for "Do it," "Delegate it," "Defer it" and advises all projects and small tasks to be processed in that order.

Myself, the first step is another D--Drop it. Or sometimes, Deny it. That is, don't take on tasks in the first place that aren't worth doing, and if someone tries to push it on you, deny it, that is, never put your hands on it. Sounds, from the reviews, as if it's a good book for people who don't know how to get things done. I'm pretty good at that, myself, so I'm going to drop it now, and not read the book. But thanks for the tip, Will. It's a good one. - JerryWeinberg 2005.02.15

WorthDoing or drop it.

Now there's a thought. DonGray 2005.05.15

"Drop it" is in the book (which I'm currently reading) even though it's not in the review Jerry quoted. From a back cover bullet point: "Apply the 'do it, delegate it, defer it, drop it' rule to get your in-box to empty". I thought I was pretty good at getting things done, but the book has some good ideas which I'll be implementing, though I don't agree with everything I've read so far. AdrianSegar 2005.05.16

Updated: Monday, May 16, 2005