Well, this Saturday almost went by without me doing any for-profit work. It did go by without me doing any for-profit programming work. What that means is a) I did do for-profit work, but not programming; and b) I did do programming, but not for-profit programming.
The not-for-profit programming work I did wasn’t extensive. I wrote a quick and dirty survey form for the church; the long-range planning comittee is trying to get an idea of what people in the congregation think needs to be done to improve our existing facilities. It may have taken me an hour and a half, if that much
On the for-profit end of the spectrum, what I did was continue to work on getting myself back into a good “Getting Things Done” rhythm … by forcing myself to learn a new GTD application I downloaded last week.
The application in question is iGTD. When I downloaded it a few days ago, it was at version 1.2.2. However, I went back to the web site to see what I could find in the way of documentation (more on that later) and was thrilled to discover that version 1.3 had been released today.
I haven’t done much with it so far except start entering tasks and processing them, but it seems like it’s on the right track. It’s definitely faster than Midnight Inbox … which isn’t much of an accomplishment, but hey … it does count.
Since giving up on Midnight Inbox in frustration a few months ago, I’ve been using OmniOutliner (without the Kinkless mod) to keep up with my task list. It’s basic, but all it does is allow me to group my tasks hierarchically. I don’t have any “inbox” or context-type functionality.
Yeah, I tried Kinkless, but I just can’t get used to it. Perhaps when Omni’s OmniFocus is done, it will be slick and worthwhile … but they’ve yet to produce a public beta yet (though all indications are that one will be coming soon).
For what it’s worth, Midnight Beep is promising an update to Inbox in the very near future … as in days, from what I’ve read. I’d love to use it, since the interface makes me drool … but I can’t abide (to use an old North Carolina expression synonymous with “can’t stand”) the glacial slowness and weird quirks of the current version.
iGTD does a number of things well … maintaining contexts and projects, letting you set priorities, etc. There is a nifty QuickSilver plugin that allows me to easily add items to my inbox with a few short keystrokes. For each item, I can add extensive notes to help me remember what I’m doing. I can drag and drop stuff into the program. It integrates with iCal, which is super-nifty.
The down sides … documentation is lacking. As in … there ain’t any, outside of some tips and tricks, and a limited discussion of features on the web site. It would be nice … but hey, it’s a free project, so you get what you pay for. And, in this case … you really get a lot, even despite the missing documentation. Also, when you process items in the inbox, there doesn’t seem to be any way to select a project to place them in, although the pane you’re working in seems to indicate that such a feature exists. Other than those things … it’s been smooth sailing so far!
Here’s a screenshot of iGTD, just for good measure:
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