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GTD = Get Things Done

(Online Productivity Tools

Get Real)

PF Anderson,

Emerging Technologies Librarian,

Health Sciences Libraries,

pfa@umich.edu

© 2008 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.

GTD

• “Get Things Done” tools

– To do

– Task management

• Special tasks

– Time management

– Project management

– People management

GTD - Reading

• Instapaper:

http://www.inst

apaper.com/

GTD - DIY ToDo List

• Del.icio.us links tagged with 2do or todo

GTD - Meetings

• MeetOMatic:

http://www.meetomatic.com/

GTD - Meetings

• Doodle: http://www.doodle.ch

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GTD: Joe’s Goals

• Joe’s Goals: http://www.joesgoals.com/

GTD: 30 Boxes

• 30 Boxes:

http://30b

oxes.com/

GTD: Remember the Milk

• Task management, share or

collaborate

• Integrates with Google Calendar,

Twitter, iPhone/iPod, Gmail,

Blackberry

GTD: Remember the Milk

• Twitter page

• Twitter accessible by web, software,

Gmail, phone, and more.

• “Add tasks and send commands by

direct message. I can send reminders,

too.”

GTD: Voo2do

• Voo2do: http://www.voo2do.com

GTD: Vitalist

• http://www.vitalist.com/

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GTD: TODOIST

• Calendar

• Project management

• Integration

GTD: TODOIST

• Integration

– Gmail

– Mobile access

– Widgets, plugins

GTD: TODOIST

• Gmail integration

GTD: RescueTime

• http://www.rescuetime.com

GTD: GTD Agenda

• GTDAgenda:

http://www.gtdagenda.com

GTD: Hiveminder

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GTD: Sproutliner

• http://www.sproutliner.com

GTD: Zoho Planner

• To-dos

• Reminders

• Annotations

GTD: Zoho Planner

• Shareable

• Reminders

GTD: Nozbe

• Nozbe: http://nozbe.com

GTD: Nozbe

• Features

– List managemenet

– Porject management

– Document storage

– Mobile access

– Reminders

– Collaboration

GTD: Nozbe

• Costs

– Corporate: up to $147/month

– Person: up to $14.95/month

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GTD: Nozbe

• Structure:

– Actions

– Projects

– Contexts

GTD: Nozbe

• How To Overview

GTD: TaskAnyone

• “Email a task. We’ll follow up until they

follow through.”

• Reminders

• Project management

• Monitor progress

• Email or web

GTD: OmniFocus

• OmniFocus:

http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/

omnifocus/

GTD: OmniFocus

• OmniFocus Costs

GTD: BackPack

• Team management

• Group calendar

• Announcements, to-dos, online

accessible and editing

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GTD: BackPack

• Sign up for free, Not free to use

GTD: ToodleDo

• ToodleDo: http://www.toodledo.com

GTD: Comparisons

• ToodleDo: Feature Comparison:

http://www.toodledo.com/info/compare.p

hp

GTD: GTD Reviews

• http://www.whatsthenextaction.com/gtd/

archive/2007/01/14/5_gtd_systems_i_st

opped_using_

Want more? Kidney Notes

• Kidney Notes: Useful Tools for

Blogging, Medicine, and Getting Things

Done:

http://www.kidneynotes.com/2006/06/

useful-tools-for-blogging-medicine-

and.html

Want more? Mindmap of GTD

• The Efficient MD: Mindmap of Getting

Things Done:

http://efficientmd.blogspot.com/2007/06/

updated-mindmap-flowchart-of-

getting.html

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Want more? EfficientMD

• The Efficient MD:

http://www.efficientmd.com

Want more? Internet Duct Tape

• Internet Duct Tape: Distraction Free

GTD:

http://internetducttape.com/2007/10/05/

distraction-free-gtd-32-todolist-apps/

Want more? OEDB List

• OEDB: e-Learning Reloaded: Top 50

Web 2.0 Tools for Info Junkies,

Researchers & Students:

http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-

learning/e-learning-reloaded:-top-50-

web-2.0-tools-for-info-junkies,-

researchers-&-students

Want more? Links

• GTD:

– http://del.icio.us/tag/gtd

• Related links:

– http://del.icio.us/tag/organization+tools

– http://del.icio.us/tag/productivity+tools

– http://del.icio.us/tag/lifehacks

Contact

• Patricia F. Anderson

• Emerging Technologies Librarian

• Health Sciences Libraries

• University of Michigan

• pfa@umich.edu