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5 #+TITLE: Org for GTD and other Task managment systems
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17 Org-mode is flexible enough to implement many different ways of
18 organizing your projects. A frequently discusses scheme is [[http://www.davidco.com/][David
19 Allen's]] strategy for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTD][Getting Things Done]]. But it is clearly not the
20 only way to us Org-mode for planning. Here are a couple of links
21 related to this topic.
23 - [[http://johnwiegley.com][John Wiegley]] has written an excellent document describing his
24 way of using Org-mode as a [[http://www.newartisans.com/2007/08/using-org-mode-as-a-day-planner.html][day planner]]. See also some later
25 messages for enhancements of his setup:
26 [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/2963][emacs-orgmode-2962]], [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/3629][emacs-orgmode-3629]]
28 - [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/charles57/Creative/][Charles Cave]] has written an [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/orgmode.html][article/tutorial]] about the basic
29 elements of GTD and how he implements them in Org-mode. There
30 is also a [[http://www.legito.net/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto-fr.php][french translation]] of this document.
32 + More recently, Charles Cave has written another tutorial on
33 [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/gtd_workflow.html][his GTD workflow in org-mode]], which includes a nice section on
34 effort estimates and custom agenda commands for GTD.
36 - There have been several threads on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org related
37 to GTD, the most important ones are:
39 + [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/683][Another GTD question]], which contains a discussion about GTD
41 + In the same thread, there is a [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/715][post by Carsten]] summarizing
42 several options for implementing GTD in org-mode.
43 + [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/523][GTD, Projects and Next Actions in org-mode]] is a thread where
44 several people describe their personal setup.
45 + The [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/4915][SOMEDAY/MAYBE vs. low priorities]] thread contains a
46 discussion about priorities that is quite instructive.
47 + Here is a [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/4832/focus%3D4854][very instructive post]] by Pete Phillips explaining
48 why David Allen's book is the best place to start learning GTD
49 and that the Internet and Org-mode should only come into the
50 game later, when you start thinking about the implementation.
51 And since doing GTD the right way will give you lots of free
52 time, don't forget to listen to [[http://www.detox-jazz.co.uk/][Pete's music]]!
54 - Also on the web you can find information about how people are
55 setting up Org-mode to fit their habits. A few examples:
57 + This [[http://www.brool.com/?p=82][blog post]] shows a very simple and clear GTD setup.
59 - This tutorial on [[file:org-tutorials/org-custom-agenda-commands.org][custom agenda commands]] offers a few examples of
60 how to make GTD reviews easier using custom agenda searches.