[TxMt] GTD vs GTD2 vs GTDalt?

[Mike Mellor]

On Oct 16, 2006, at 12:57 PM, Alan Schmitt wrote:

> On 16 oct. 06, at 21:50, Adam Potthast wrote:
>
>> You can read about the original GTD bundle here:
>> http://panalaska.org/geek/?p=43
>> and here:
>> http://www.panalaska.org/GTD_Stuff/GTD_Intro_Revised.html (though  
>> note that exclusions.gtd should be excluded.gtd)
>>
>> And the new version of the bundle here:
>> http://panalaska.org/geek/?p=49
>>
>> with states described here:
>> http://patrickrhone.com/journal/archives/2006/05/175.html
>
> Thank you for the links. I read the most recent ones, but I don't  
> think I've seen the "Revised" link before.

I've been working on the bundle a lot lately, thanks to a lot of  
great feedback from folks like Adam, so I had to update the blog a  
little.  The big question will be whether to merge the two GTD  
bundles, or rename GTD2 to something more distinct and keep both going.

>
>> What I like about the bundle is its really nice views of the  
>> information, organized by context, then by project.  The file  
>> structure, while not really allowing for sub-projects, is  
>> appealing to me too with every project having its own file -- it  
>> can basically be displayed on screen or in Geektool without any  
>> editing.
>
> This is nice.

Thanks.  I take no credit for this - the functionality comes from the  
TODO bundle, which got me interested in a GTD bundle.

>
>> One thing that it is missing is Quicksilver-inbox-type processing,  
>> but I submitted a script to Mike that does this and he seemed  
>> really interested in pursuing it.
>
> I find this is a really important feature for me. In fact, unless  
> I'm doing my weekly review, I've found that QuickSilver is the only  
> way I input things in my kGTD inbox. (I also extensively use the  
> "Append to file" QS action with a very simple text based tickler  
> that I run on may machine.) If one could declare a simple text file  
> as an inbox with this GTD bundle, this could be a simple way to  
> have integration with QuickSilver.

Adam did a great job with this QS action.  I plan to add it in to the  
bundle as soon as I get some time.  I think the two areas that still  
need work are hotkey context expansion, using user defined contexts;  
and finding a simple way to deal with projects (or not).  I don't  
want a solution that is more complicated than the problem.

>
>> I don't know of a way of converting between kGTD and GTD/2, but  
>> the Geektool export should create a nice file for exporting to a  
>> Palm.
>
> Probably, what I need is a simple text file, that I can then  
> automatically synchronize using Missing Sync.

The nice thing about the GTD bundles, like most things in TextMate,  
is that it is just a bunch of text files.  Also, the GeekTool export  
command writes the active tasks view to a single text file.

>
>> I'm sure Mike can give you more up-to-date thinking on where the  
>> bundle is going and what will be included in the future.
>
> Thank you for your explanations.

Adam makes it sound like I have a plan, and I do to a small extent.   
I want to add the QS action.  I'd like to automate the export to  
GeekTool feature.  There are probably a few more things that I'm  
forgetting (I need to work on my GTD Bundle project file!).  However,  
my goal with the GTD bundle(s) was to create a simple tool for GTD  
task management in TextMate - something that would be easy to use and  
easy to manage.  I'm always looking for feedback on ways to improve  
on it!  Please let me know what you think after you've tried it!   
Thanks.

Mike



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