If you’ve ever tasted Inbox zero, you know there’s no going back. It’s a powerful reference point in mastering GTD.  The key is knowing how you did it, and how to repeat it on a regular basis. (Yes, it’s not just about getting it there once–anyone can do that with Ctrl+A, Delete. )  The answers are all in the GTD workflow diagram. Download a free copy here.

The good news with the GTD model is that the thought process is the same no matter how something comes in (email, paper etc.) But since email plagues so many people, we’ll use that for our example.

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Ever have your desk (or office or house) become your Inbox?  Paul Garth, Director of Technology for the David Allen Company, recently moved his office space. For a short while, his entire desk was his Inbox. We couldn’t resist taking before and after photos.  As David Allen says, GTD is not about never being out of control, it’s knowing how to get it back in control when you need to.

Before:

After:

Have any GTD photos you want to share? Send them along to editor@gtdtimes.com.

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Wayne Pepper, one of the senior staff at David Allen Company, uses a BlackBerry device in his implementation of GTD.  We thought you might like to hear some of his tips & tricks about using it effectively with his GTD system, including avoiding having it become a constant source of latest & loudest!

Listen to Wayne’s 15 minute podcast.

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The response to my blog post on the first Worldwide GTD “Tweekly” Review on Twitter has been amazing!  I’ll be leading whoever wants to join through the 11 steps of the GTD Weekly Review.  Some of you have asked me to change the time.  We’re going to keep it at the scheduled 10am California Pacific Time.  Sorry, I know for some of you that’s wee early.  So if I do another one, I will certainly take that into account.

Here are the particulars:

Thursday, May 28th - 10am - 11am Pacific Time (California) time. Find your local time.  Here’s a sample of local times:

• 11am Mountain time (Denver)
• 12pm Central time (Chicago)
• 1pm Eastern time (New York)
• 6pm UK time (London)
• 7pm Poland time (Warsaw)
• 2am Japan time (Tokyo)
• 3am Australia time (Sydney)

A few of you have asked how much of GTD should you know before joining the guided Tweekly Review. I would highly recommend understanding the essential Mastering Workflow principles of GTD:

• Collect
• Process
• Organize
• Review
• Do

The GTD book, is one of the best ways to learn those principles.  Part one (about 86 pages) will give you a great overview.  If you’ve been through a GTD class with us, review your workbook.  Short on time or just want a refresher of the best practices?  I would at least download these free articles from the DAC store:

• GTD Weekly Review
• 5 Phases of GTD: Mastering Workflow
• GTD Workflow Diagram

Here are three different ways to follow:

• Follow GTDCoachKelly on Twitter
• Search the hashtag “#Tweekly” on Twitter
• Follow the Twitterfountain on GTD Times.

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By far, one of the most popular implementations of GTD on a Mac, is with OmniFocus. It does an elegant job of GTD project and action management on the Mac and iPhone.  There’s a great write up from the “Mac Samurai”about his journey with GTD & OmniFocus. We thought you might find this useful.

(Yes, we know many of you like “Things” by Cultured Code too!)

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