Comments on: GTD + Basecamp = ???

By: Project management and workflow with Basecamp | Social Signal

Project management and workflow with Basecamp | Social Signal — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:01:26 +0000

[...] Sinreich blogged her thoughts on Basecamp plus GTD, which includes creating virtual “people” who represent different contexts, so she can assign her [...]

By: How I Mix Basecamp and GTD at LifeDev

How I Mix Basecamp and GTD at LifeDev — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:16:43 +0000

[...] Unfortunately, there isn’t much written about how to fuse Basecamp with GTD principles. The only article I could really find devoted to it stated that “Basecamp is not set up for GTD-style organization”. I beg to differ. Because Basecamp is so flexible, you can make it do just about whatever you want. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that Basecamp is almost ideal for GTD setups. You just have to use a little creativity. [...]

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:18:29 +0000

I’ve been using a subset of computer oriented contexts, namely @emailing, @googling, @coding, @writing, @design and @debugging

Then I schedule blocks of time to deal with those contexts, and I find I’m in the proper frame of mind to deal with them and I get a better flow.

I seem to get a more consistent flow when dealing with similar tasks for a number of projects rather than dealing with different kinds of tasks for a single project.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:44:30 +0000

Thanks Denny and others for all the great suggestions!

Well after doing this for about a month, I can say that GTD is not doing it for me. I still think the main problem is that David Allen’s “contexts” are just not relevant to me. Also GTD lacks any system for prioritization. Just because I’m near a phone doesn’t mean that making phone calls is how I should be spending my time right now.

I am still using Basecamp, but I’m interested in some of the tools that Brian has uncovered in his own quest for organization, such as http://sproutliner.com and http://tiddlywiki.com .

By: denny

denny — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:54:47 +0000

i’m on dial up so i don’t use web based project management… however, i did create my own solution that i i’ve made available for free download. one version requires filemaker pro 7, the other is a stand-alone, runtime solution that runs without filemaker pro. both can be found here.

i’m always looking for ways to improve it so if anyone checks it out and has an opinion on how it might be improved please get in touch!

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:11:21 +0000

Thought about looking at jotspot ?

By: Errol Casey

Errol Casey — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:37:58 +0000

Information Week just had a discussion of GTD in an email alert:

Here is a reference to the blog entry metioned:

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2005/08/getting_things.html

By: Anton Zuiker

Anton Zuiker — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:34:43 +0000

Ruby, good thread here. I’ve been using Backpack, and I like it, though I’m struggling, like you, to make it make me more efficient in my work. My problem is, as much as I like to make lists and coordinate projects, my brain is still the ultimate repository of all that I’m doing. I’d like a web-based tool to mirror that repository, but I’m loathe to stop challenging my grey matter.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:28:35 +0000

This thread is becoming the repository for all my GTD ideas!

Another problem I have is that the standard “contexts” (@OFFICE, @PHONE, etc.) don’t work for me. Almost everything I have to do requires being at my computer and/or online even making phone calls. It’s more a matter of which applications I need to have open, or which computer to be at.

Does anyone have an alternate set of contexts they can share?

By: Ruby

Ruby — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:04:33 +0000

BTW, anyone interested should go visit this post at Sonny Cloward’s blog. He pretty much wrestles with the same questions as I do, but answers them as well. Complete with flowchart! http://cvnp.typepad.com/blog/2005/06/toolbox_workflo.html

Also, I have been trying to figure out a way to integrate invoicing. If I track my hours in Basecamp, my clients can see it anytime, but then I have to copy each line item over into my invoicing database (that I built 5 years ago in Filemaker and still works great) to make and print an invoice. One blog recommends the very Basecamp-looking http://blinksale.com so I may check that out…

Oh and also http://www.dotproject.net looks like a cool way to do GTD.