Earlier today David Allen took a few minutes to record the following special invitation.  In it he talks about the upcoming GTD Global Summit and shares with us why he thinks that this event is even more timely and will be more valuable as a result of the continuing financial crisis facing the US and the rest of the world.

From a personal perspective I would add that this event was partially the brainchild of my late friend, Marc Orchant.  Marc passionately believed that a gathering of people from around the world to share knowledge of GTD, to exchange ideas, swap tips and tricks and show off our coolest shiny toys would be invigorating, intellectually stimulating, and above all offer a very significant opportunity for self improvement.

I’m excited about the forthcoming event and hope that I’ll finally have the chance to meet many GTDtimes readers in person for the first time.  Of course I’ll be providing extensive coverage of the Summit here at GTDtimes (as well as announcing in advance some of the special presenters who will be joining us).

If you can only attend a single conference this year the GTD Global Summit will be the one that delivers the most lasting value and real world practical advice to help you become more productive, better balanced in your work and home life and ultimately more capable to weather the current turbulent economic times in which we’ve suddenly found ourselves.

One last note:  If you are an accredited member of the media and would like a press pass for this even, please send an inquiry to me at editor at GTDtimes dot com and I will get back to you with a response.  Please note that only accredited journalists from publications with a recognized name and meaningful circulation numbers wiill receive a complimentary pass as spaces for journalists are highly limited.

If you are a less accomplished writer looking to attend there may be some discounted slots available on a first come, first served basis at the discretion of the event management.

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Here’s to a healthy and happy New Year to everyone from all of us at GTDtimes. Here’s hoping your 2009 is healthy, productive, fun filled, stress free, and most of all that everything you set out to do Gets Done!

In the spirit of “Going Big” in 2009 here’s an amazing example of what believing in yourself can help you to accomplish. I just happened to be in Vegas and saw this amazing feat live. Prepare to hold your breath as Robbie Madison jumps 96 feet into the air to land atop L’Arc du Triomphe in front of Paris Casino here in Vegas, and then, in an even more death defying stunt, comes back the way he came…watch the video to see how things turned out!

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Did I Get Things Done, a great GTD blog that you should add to your aggregator if it’s not there already has put up a post today that I think you might find interesting.  It features two videos showing the office setup of GTD practitioner Jimmy Yukka.  If you’re in the process of setting up your workspace to be more GTD compliant this is probably something you will enjoy watching.  Check it out:

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I’ve got some big news for GTD enthusiasts and followers of David Allen’s Getting Things Done systematic approach to personal productivity.  David in conjunction with the David Allen Company have just launched a new YouTube Channel dedicated to Getting Things Done. This new YouTube Channel is a compilation of those videos that David or his staff feel are especially useful for helping people to put David’s GTD methodology into practice.

If you’re a regular YouTube viewer you may have seen some of these before but in any case this new channel consolidates these useful videos into one location making them easier to find and more accessible to the community.  Be sure to subscribe so that you get notifications as new videos are added and, if you’ve made any GTD videos of your own, be sure to let them know so that those too can be made a part of this new resource.

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Have you ever stopped to think about how many different places you now have to keep track of online?  Credit Card accounts, Banking, Stocks, PayPal, Ebay, MySpace, Flickr and the list goes on and on and on…  Entire business models have been based simply upon keeping track of your passwords for all these sites but what no one has done is create a one-stop interface that lets you keep tabs on all the sites I’ve mentioned above plus dozens more from a single URL and with just one log-in.  At least no one until now.

PageOnce is a start-up that does exactly what I’ve just described.  The initial sign-up process takes just a few steps and once you’ve verified your the owner of the email address you’ve registered the web application starts walking you through adding all your accounts a sector at a time until you have filled out a surprising amount of real estate that does a pretty exceptional job of summarizing your online life on one page with one log in.

I spent a few minutes this evening speaking with PageOnce founders Guy Goldstein, CEO and Ahikam Kaufman, COO about their new application and equally exciting, their about to be released iPhone application, iOnce which should be available via the iPhone application store later this week.   I got to take a look at their new iPhone application and it’s every bit as slick as their online version.  This is a well thought out, intuitive and very easy to use application - figuring out what to do is definitely not a challenge and in only a few minutes you’ve consolidated your online life into one place.

Of course the big question you have to be asking here is what about security… and to be sure that’s the first thing that crossed my mind - especially when you’ve got all this information accessible on a mobile phone.  What, I asked, if you lose your phone?

Guy explained to me that it’s not quite as potentially injurious as it might seem.  That’s because the application doesn’t actually provide full blown access to all these accounts, just a window into them so that you can see what is happening with each.

In other words, if you lose your phone your finances aren’t in immediate danger but those nude photos you were hiding in your flickr account might be the subject of some viewing you hadn’t intended.  More over you can contact PageOnce and disable access to your account in the event that it has been compromised - althought you’re probably going to want to notify your bank and credit card companies just in case someone wrote down account information.

During my talk with Guy and Ahikam, I actually realized that they have a couple of interesting opportunities related to security and fraud prevention.  First, I suggested that they should offer an upgraded service that provides wallet protection for a fee.  Since you’re registering all these accounts anyway, why not have PageOnce contact your credit card companies and other service providers if your wallet gets lost or stolen?  Or have PageOnce be a one-stop-notification service to update all your providers that you’ve got a new address?  I’d pay for such convenience and I’ll bet a lot of other people would too.

The other area where PageOnce may have a big opportunity is with the credit card companies providing anti-fraud services.  After all, by putting consumers in much closer contact with what is happening on each of their accounts, we’re a lot more likely to notice an unexpected charge and take quick action before a thief manages to rack up some really damaging charges.

This is one of those ideas where as soon as you see it you say to yourself why didn’t I think of this?  I know I did.  All I can say is that I’m glad that someone was finally smart enough to make my life a little easier - PageOnce - as far as I’m concerned it’s a winner that will help you and me both get a few more things done every day.

Here’s a look at the PageOnce interface once you’ve set up a few accounts:

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