On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:51 AM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > I cannot remember seeing this thread in Silk when it first happened. > > I stumbled upon this corpse when I was searching for something else. > > That said, I had a followup question. > >
> > What do Silk listers think about blogs like Life hacker or a GTD-focused > tip-sharing mailing list? Is they in the same genre? Or a different one? > > S. Are you asking about the efficacy of say GTD or a mailing list dealing with GTD? GTD is an interesting concept but what I found is that most mailing lists get bogged down in implementation and tweaks and not about the philosophy. When i first read the book, I was quite gung ho but the only notable success story that I have from my experiment with GTD was to repair a vacuum cleaner that has been out of action for a couple of years. Anyway there are some good concepts* to be learnt and it is best not to get bogged down into reading about it. Life hacker is mildly interesting and once in a blue moon gives you something you can actually use. The useful section is the one on downloads, browser addons etc. Deepak * - Differentiate between a project and next action. (This is the most useful learning in my opinion) - Take an immediate decision on what has to be done on something which is in your in-box (Act, schedule, delete , file) - Ensure that every project has a next action
