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Fri, 05 Mar 2004
OSAF == David Allen Applications Foundation?
Scoble has joined the long list of people who have discovered the David Allen method. Or perhaps I should say philosophy, since it's not so much about a method as a set of principles along with behavioral patterns that you can use to implement those principles. I found Allen a few years ago via Fast Company Magazine, and then got his book. Since then I"ve been trying to adapt his principles to reduce my mental clutter, a side effect of which is being more organized. Julie picked up on it a few months ago (thanks John Porcaro), and found it beneficial.
Allen's ideas have been very influential at OSAF, and if you look through the wiki pages, you'll see that (here's an example).
If Scoble gets David Allen to start a blog, them I'm gonna have to go over to Redmond and buy the man a beer.
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Well, I gave him the tour of RSS during lunch today and gave him my best "you gotta do a blog" pitch. I hope he starts one. Not cause you'd owe me a beer. :-)
Posted by Robert Scoble at Fri Mar 5 22:47:51 2004
Posted by Robert Scoble at Fri Mar 5 22:47:51 2004
I read David Allen's book, and tried it out.
When I used his technique at an Insurance Agency, it worked wonderfully. My desk was always clear. My projects were all completed. Everything was easy.
However, attempting to use his techniques on my own time, at home, was a complete disaster.
In particular, the "someday/maybe" list, and "someday/maybe" list management, became terribly overwhelming. (This is a common complaint, judging from looking at his message boards.)
I also noticed that my life was transformed into taking care of lots of little details, that I really didn't care about, (being "responsible,") but that I had little time for the things that I really did care about.
The argument has traditionally gone: "If you do things responsibly, you'll have more time for the things that you really care about, not less." I have found that this is not really the case. For me to work on something that I really care about, it seems to require that I fudge on details that I don't really care about.
Posted by Lion Kimbro at Sat Mar 6 15:35:11 2004
When I used his technique at an Insurance Agency, it worked wonderfully. My desk was always clear. My projects were all completed. Everything was easy.
However, attempting to use his techniques on my own time, at home, was a complete disaster.
In particular, the "someday/maybe" list, and "someday/maybe" list management, became terribly overwhelming. (This is a common complaint, judging from looking at his message boards.)
I also noticed that my life was transformed into taking care of lots of little details, that I really didn't care about, (being "responsible,") but that I had little time for the things that I really did care about.
The argument has traditionally gone: "If you do things responsibly, you'll have more time for the things that you really care about, not less." I have found that this is not really the case. For me to work on something that I really care about, it seems to require that I fudge on details that I don't really care about.
Posted by Lion Kimbro at Sat Mar 6 15:35:11 2004
David Allen showed me a new way to live today said Robert Scoble this week. The author of Getting Things Done has changed the lives of many others too, including Ted and me. David Allen has even impacted our...
Posted by Trackback from Seedlings & Sprouts at Sat Mar 6 15:41:01 2004
Posted by Trackback from Seedlings & Sprouts at Sat Mar 6 15:41:01 2004
Robert,
When the feed goes up, we'll set a beer date...
Posted by Ted Leung at Sun Mar 7 11:45:57 2004
When the feed goes up, we'll set a beer date...
Posted by Ted Leung at Sun Mar 7 11:45:57 2004
Lion,
I haven't experienced your problem in these sense that the system is unusable. I do think that some kind of list management is necessary -- I've been using OmniOutliner to keep the someday/maybe lists, and that seems to work pretty well, although it could work better.
I saw your "How to Make a Complete Map of Every Thought You Think" (via Trevor F. Smith's blog), but haven't had a chance to read it through. Perhaps you can give me a demo of it at SeaPIG this week.
Posted by Ted Leung at Sun Mar 7 11:49:32 2004
I haven't experienced your problem in these sense that the system is unusable. I do think that some kind of list management is necessary -- I've been using OmniOutliner to keep the someday/maybe lists, and that seems to work pretty well, although it could work better.
I saw your "How to Make a Complete Map of Every Thought You Think" (via Trevor F. Smith's blog), but haven't had a chance to read it through. Perhaps you can give me a demo of it at SeaPIG this week.
Posted by Ted Leung at Sun Mar 7 11:49:32 2004
It's up. Go to <a href="http://david.davidco.com" title="David Allen's Blog">David Allen's Blog</a>
Posted by Tanny O'Haley at Wed Mar 17 21:43:13 2004
Posted by Tanny O'Haley at Wed Mar 17 21:43:13 2004
Tanny,
Thanks for the comment -- Julie beat you by a few hours...
Posted by Ted Leung at Wed Mar 17 22:31:43 2004
Thanks for the comment -- Julie beat you by a few hours...
Posted by Ted Leung at Wed Mar 17 22:31:43 2004
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