Episode 2 - Mind Like Water: How to Get Things Done

joe@joefiorini.com (Joe Fiorini & Josh Walsh) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:59:00 -0800

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A few years ago David Allen published a technique that allows today’s workers to organize our work and allow us to focus on our tasks while we’re working, and forget about them when we’re not. This technique, called Getting Things Done, has gained some popularity amongst management, but is useful at any level. In this episode Josh & Joe review the steps to Getting Things Done: getting tasks out of your head and into a trusted system, keeping them organized, and getting your email inbox under control. If you have ever struggled with too much to do and not enough time to do it, this episode is for you!

Update: Josh mentions in the show his favorite GTD app is Things. Since we recorded this show OmniGroup released a whitepaper titled OmniFocus, GTD, and You in conjunction with David Allen. They explain how to use their product, OmniFocus to follow the GTD technique. After reading this paper, Josh decided to try OmniFocus. He has now made the switch 100% from Things and is very happy with it. At the moment, Joe is still using Things.

Links:

Things for Mac: http://culturedcode.com/things/
Things for iPhone: http://culturedcode.com/things/iphone/
OmniFocus: http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus/
OmniFocus, GTD, and You: http://www.omnigroup.com/ftp/pub/software/MacOSX/Extras/OmniFocus/GTDandOmniFocus.pdf
Thinking Rock: http://www.trgtd.com.au/
Inbox Zero Video: http://inboxzero.com/video/
112 Getting Things Done apps: http://www.priacta.com/Articles/Comparison_of_GTD_Software.php

Have any questions about the GTD process or Inbox Zero? Maybe you have a different technique you like. Call us and leave a comment at 440.941.CAVE (2283)! We will respond to voicemail comments on the show starting with the next episode.

You can also hit us up on Twitter at: @joefiorini & @joshwalsh.

Thanks for listening!

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Episode 1 - The Apple of our Eyes - Our favorite iPhone & Mac applications

joe@joefiorini.com (Joe Fiorini & Josh Walsh) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:52:45 -0700

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Today’s show is all about our favorite applications. As two Apple fanboys, iPhone and mac apps get most of the attention.

Here’s the apps we mentioned on the show, and where you can learn more about them.

iPhone Apps

iRingPro – http://www.iringpro.com/
CarCare – http://karlbecker.com/carcare/
ByLine – http://www.phantomfish.com/byline.html
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=6628568379
Instapaper – http://www.instapaper.com/iphone
Pomodoro Timer – http://navel-labs.com/
MovieBrain – http://www.148apps.com/reviews/movie-brain/

iPhone Games

Pocket God – http://pocketgod.blogspot.com/
Doodle Jump – http://www.gamezebo.com/features/iphone/iphone-doodle-jump

(Doodle Jump update 1.2.1 brings a secret “easter egg” created in
collaboration with Pocket God. If you set your name to one of the
default Pocket God pygmy names (“Ooga”, “Klik”, “Klak”, etc.) the
original Doodler character will be replaced with a jumping, coconut
throwing, pygmy from Pocket God!)

Mac Apps (and their iPhone companions)

Evernote – http://www.evernote.com
Tweetie – http://www.atebits.com
Things – http://www.culturedcode.com
The Hit List – http://www.potionfactory.com/thehitlist/
Skitch – http://www.skitch.com
Keyboard Maestro – http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/
Fluid – http://fluidapp.com/
Caffeine –http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/caffeine.html

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