TUAW is reporting that “Outpost“, an application still under development, will make Basecamp even more useful by supporting management of the application via your iPhone. Details are still fairly sparse at this time and it looks like we’ll have to wait a few more weeks to really see what the folks building Outpost are doing with their UI as even the images on their website state that they are under development and subject to change.

A lot of people are pretty excited about this developing software.  Basecamp, by 37 signals is a very popular application, and many folks that follow the GTD productivity strategy have found that Basecamp is one of the most efficient and effective tools for helping to keep track of commitments, projects and the next actions that they entail.

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Editors Note:  Erratum.  This article had a number of errors that have been corrected from the original version.

Applebriefs‘ Jeff Kabbe has done a spectacular job authoring a very detailed review of the GTD task management application Omnifocus. Mac owners have probably seen other applications developed by Omni Group, particuarly OmniOutliner  which comes preinstalled on many machines from Apple.  The company has also developed  OmniGraffle,  OmniPlan and roughly half a dozen other useful applications.    His review is so comprehensive that it makes no sense for me to do anything except refer you to his blog where you can read it for yourself.

Meanwhile, the guys folks at Omni Group  have made a splash of their own by giving folks a preview of their soon to be released iPhone application. In addition to supporting live sync - supposedly even capable of background syncing tasks to Apple’s new MobileMe service and being FREE to registered users of the desktop version of Omnifocus, the iPhone version is also location aware and thus can automatically identify various contexts and provide you with task details that are contextually appropriate.

As you might imagine there’s quite a lot of excitement about this forthcoming application.  Omni Group says that it will be released about the same time as the new 3G iPhone goes on sale.  You can learn about more about the soon-to-be-released application in the comments on the Omni Group blog

Lastly, there’s a small bit of news for GTDtimes..   Evan Carmichael maintains a list of the 50 top Productivity Blogs.  When the updated list was released recently I was dismayed to see that GTDtimes was not listed.  I suspected that this might be due to the fact that we only launched in March of this year and that with so many good productivity resources Evan might not have even come across GTDtimes yet.

I figured that I had nothing to lose by writing him a note to introduce ourselves and Evan surprised me by adding GTDtimes to his list as a special mention just below the top eight sites listed in the GTD Category.  I thought it was incredibly cool of Evan to take the time to do this - most folks running popular sites probably wouldn’t have been so readily accommodating.

Incidentally, Evan’s Top 50 list is a rich productivity resource and his site is packed with useful content for entrepreneurs, GTD’ers, and really anyone that wants to be more productive, more successful and more balanced in their approach to work and life.  I highly reccomend you check it out  (and mention that GTDtimes sent you).

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Since we missed our normal Sunday videos this past week, I thought I’d share with you this quick video about GlueyNotes; a list management application that has been built primarily for your iPhone. You can set up your lists - which include projects, next actions, and even nested next actions (tasks and sub tasks, and even sub, sub tasks), as well as notes, links and contexts.

GlueyNotes is lightweight, fast and formatted specifically for your iPhone. It also appears to me like it would lend itself to individual creativity and customization.

Here’s the video:

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If you’ve got an iPhone (or if you simply want to make yourself jealous of people that do have one) you have to check out O’Reilly’s new publication, iPhone Hacks…

I know that there are a lot of people that have been using the iPhone for GTD. Personally, I didn’t expect the iPhone to be nearly as exceptional as I’ve found it to be - in fact, my low expectations were probably the worst call I’ve ever made in terms of a technology prediction. While it is true that the iPhone leaves something to be desired in terms of actual content creation (the N95 and N82 *review pending on my other site) are the undisputed kings in that arena, the iPhone is simply a game changer when it comes to mobile content consumption, whether it’s browsing the web, listening to music, watching video or reading email, the iPhone has set a new standard in functionality, ease of use and sheer gee whiz when it comes to the portable However, there is a lot more to the iPhone than most people realize. From the thousands of applications available for a jailbroken iPhone to the web applications open to everyone, the total volume of applications that have been developed (not to mention those about to be released using the iPhone SDK) is testimony to the degree of interest and excitement with which this device has been met by the developer world.

That said, there’s still a big gap between hard core geeks comfortable with hacking (and risking damage to) a $400 dollar device and the average person who would just like to do a few additional things with his or her phone. This is the niche that I see O’Reilly’s product filling. Not only is the online publication (soon to be followed with a book from what they say) full of helpful hints (did you know that simply how you hold your iPhone can make a 100% difference in Edge performance?) but the information can take the mystery out of jailbreaking your device, explain how to use installer.app and generally make it possible for all but the most irremediably tech-tarded among us to do just about anything we want to do with this device.

O’Reilly is offering a free thirty day trial (no credit card required) and after that it’s $5.99 per month. I read the first two chapters and in spite of being a hard core gadget junkie, I found out a few things that I myself didn’t know (including the tip above). I heartily recommend checking this out - it may just be the publication of the year.

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Gizmodo says it’s so…

Say what you will, the iPhone has changed more about the mobile space inside of a year than the Nokia N-Series, All Samsung devices, and the Motorola Razr combined have in the last five.

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Is it possible to use your iPhone for GTD using only iPhone native applications? A clever presentation by iPhone Organized proves that it’s not only doable, but simple and efficient. In fact, with some very minor modifications, it seems to me that this approach could actually work on a large number of mobile phones. Here’s the video so you can see for yourself. Enjoy:

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