Hmm... I would say it is simply any material/info/notes that is, or potantially is, used as reference during the execution of your actions. Compiled information, if you will. And also, at least for me, general reference information such as the brand name of my vacuum cleaner for when purchasing new bags, or a wishlist for the girlfriend etc etc.
/Mat On 4 Jan, 21:51, misterlawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah. That makes sense, although I think it makes more sense for me when > applied to physical stuff (like mail or email). > > Thanks for the reply! > > -David > > On Jan 3, 7:43 pm, "Marcelo Andrade" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:47 PM, misterlawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Can somebody explain the purpose and use of references? Perhaps a real > > > world example? Thanks! > > > If you don't have read the book, it's highly > > recommended. > > > I'm far from being a GTD-expert, but I'll try > > to share my impressions. > > > In the collect phase, you must ask yourself > > "What is this? This is actionable?" for each > > item of your inbox stuff. After process the > > (non-actionable) items, they'll be classified > > in one of the following: > > > a) Trash. Items non-actionable that you don't > > really need anymore; > > > b) A thought or an idea for the future. A > > thing that you will not do in the present, but > > would like to reconsidering in the future; > > > c) A Reference. An item that you don't wanna > > trash because is important to support your > > activities in some manner but is not related > > directly with none of your projects. > > > Months ago I've tried to start an implementation > > of GTD and I made a big collect of all of my > > stuff. My annotations, books, some friend's > > business cards, and so on were items that I've > > retained for reference. > > > Best regards. > > > -- > > MARCELO DE F. ANDRADE (aka "eleKtron") > > Belem, PA, Amazonia, Brazil > > Linux User #221105 > > > [...@pará ~]# linkshttp://pa.slackwarebrasil.org/ > > > For Libby's backstory be told on > > Losthttp://www.petitiononline.com/libby423/petition.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GTD TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/GTD-TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
