IGTD Update 1.4.2.1
June 1, 2007
Pagico
May 29, 2007
Looks interesting. A combined, notes, contacts, files, folders, iCal organiser.
IGTD version 1.4.0.1 available
May 17, 2007
IGTD
May 16, 2007
Being a naturally disorganised person I have tried all sorts of task list/to-do/diary/project management software. I am not however a natural GTD person. However, IGTD may be the answer to my prayers. This is what’s great about this little gem:
1. It’s free.
2. It’s very simple to use. Underpinning IGTD is the distinction between “contexts” ,”projects” and “tasks”. A context might be a label such a “home” or “work”. A “project” sits below a context and for me usually denotes a particular case. Tasks speak for themselves.
3. The inbox. For me just making sure I record what I have to do in the first place is problem. I can have something in my mind one minute, but if the phone goes I can lose it. Whilst many programs offer sophisticated tracking and task management, they often make the simple recording of a task more difficult than it should be. ITGD uses an inbox system which allows tasks to be created without too much hassle. This system works like a dream if you have the beyond-wonderful Quicksilver installed. If you do creating a task is as simple as hitting your quicksilver trigger, pressing “.”, typing your to-do out and then sending to IGTD, which in my case can be done by hitting “p”. Marvellous.
4 . Integration. IGTD integrates with Mail, Safari and more. Want to action a mail message? Simply pressing “fn” + “f6″ puts the message into your IGTD inbox.
5. Works with .Mac syncing.
This is an amazing little program. The developer, a young chap called Bartek, has nailed the fundamental issue: how to allow the user to record what needs to be done extremely rapidly in the first place.
Simplicity aside, IGTD has very sophisticated processing and reviewing features that allow tasks to be shaped once recorded: tasks can be delegated and made contingent on others.
Along with Quicksilver, IGTD is, for me essential. What’s quite amazing about IGTD is that the developer says that this is his first program. Can’t wait for more.
On more thing, it seems to me that GTD software is aimed at people who are already pretty good at GTD. This software seems to me to be one of the first that works for people who are not.
