I also use it to save links for various projects - websites of products I may need to buy, reviews of same, etc.
On Jan 4, 5:25 pm, Mat <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted > > > text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
