Ike Washington
2/23/2008 2:29 pm
dlmesser wrote:
I understand why you've given up Palm. I've been lucky I think - the hardware has worked well for me; no problems with my Tungsten E2 after three, four years or so. I've raved about it to friends - the power of a platform which has (had?) so many independent developers pouring out free or cheap software. But no joy for those who've taken up my recommendation, just several junked machines.
I've tweaked the Natara forum setup quite a bit. Very easy to do with Bonsai. Realise this isn't useful to you post palm - but, really, Bonsai is great to use, the first application which gets GTD working for me.
Just comparing and contrasting your system with mine:
I don't really write on paper. Occasionally I print off relevant GTD extracts from Bonsai, add project notes and use Fineprint to create a one page paper pda. Any paper marks get added to Bonsai at the end of the week during my weekly review.
As well as GTD proper, I have a parallel short to-do setup.
If I'm at my laptop, I add short to-dos using Notezilla: http://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/1540 . If I'm using my pda, I add short to-dos using Memoleaf. These get meshed together when I carry out a Hotsync.
On my palm, the to-dos show up in Memoleaf, taking the data from the built-in Memo app, and in DateBk6 which allows a split page in the calendar's day view - taking the same data from the built-in Memo app.
I'm happy with this pc/palm setup. But worry about what I'm going to do when my palm stops working, when, say, I'm forced to use a smart phone.
Ike
I have given up on the Palm platform, after three devices and
dozens of programs over the years. Much as I liked it, I can't afford to keep having
devices die on me like my last two did.
I understand why you've given up Palm. I've been lucky I think - the hardware has worked well for me; no problems with my Tungsten E2 after three, four years or so. I've raved about it to friends - the power of a platform which has (had?) so many independent developers pouring out free or cheap software. But no joy for those who've taken up my recommendation, just several junked machines.
Your first link led me to a setup on the Natara
forum that's very close to what I'm trying to set up.
I've tweaked the Natara forum setup quite a bit. Very easy to do with Bonsai. Realise this isn't useful to you post palm - but, really, Bonsai is great to use, the first application which gets GTD working for me.
I'm using a pocket Moleskin Cahier notebook
for capturing longer writing, then I want to transfer anything appropriate into some
desktop software, then from there to PocketPC. I also capture short to-dos and list
items directly on the PDA's ListPro or Tasks, or in desktop ListPro. My search is to
combine these two types of capture into one planning tool and model.
Just comparing and contrasting your system with mine:
I don't really write on paper. Occasionally I print off relevant GTD extracts from Bonsai, add project notes and use Fineprint to create a one page paper pda. Any paper marks get added to Bonsai at the end of the week during my weekly review.
As well as GTD proper, I have a parallel short to-do setup.
If I'm at my laptop, I add short to-dos using Notezilla: http://www.outlinersoftware.com/messages/viewm/1540 . If I'm using my pda, I add short to-dos using Memoleaf. These get meshed together when I carry out a Hotsync.
On my palm, the to-dos show up in Memoleaf, taking the data from the built-in Memo app, and in DateBk6 which allows a split page in the calendar's day view - taking the same data from the built-in Memo app.
I'm happy with this pc/palm setup. But worry about what I'm going to do when my palm stops working, when, say, I'm forced to use a smart phone.
Ike