Comments on: Mail and iGTD Screencast http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/ up to the minute updates Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:06:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: How To Be Productive:Limit Access To Your Eyeballs « Geeks Guide To Productivity http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-35198 How To Be Productive:Limit Access To Your Eyeballs « Geeks Guide To Productivity Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:11:14 +0000 http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-35198 [...] Mail and iGTD Screencast — Circle Six Blog [...] […] Mail and iGTD Screencast — Circle Six Blog […]

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]]> By: anssi http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-13728 anssi Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:41:29 +0000 http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-13728 Thank you for your great advices with information management. I've had problems with too much info too weak management system for ages and this is worth trying out. Can you confirm that e-mail links from iGTD really don't work unless I have MailTags installed, even though the links to the e-mails are shown in iGTD without MailTags istalled to my computer? Thank you for your great advices with information management. I’ve had problems with too much info too weak management system for ages and this is worth trying out.

Can you confirm that e-mail links from iGTD really don’t work unless I have MailTags installed, even though the links to the e-mails are shown in iGTD without MailTags istalled to my computer?

]]> By: Lyle Johnson http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-12943 Lyle Johnson Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:47:06 +0000 http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-12943 Ah, OK. I started using both MailTags and iGTD around the same time, and I guess I had never picked up on the fact that it was MailTags that made those links possible -- I was assuming that that was possible with "plain old Mail.app" as well. I'm glad you're blogging about your experiences with these tools. Even though I'm already a convert, I think a lot of Mac users will benefit from learning about this stuff. Ah, OK. I started using both MailTags and iGTD around the same time, and I guess I had never picked up on the fact that it was MailTags that made those links possible — I was assuming that that was possible with “plain old Mail.app” as well.

I’m glad you’re blogging about your experiences with these tools. Even though I’m already a convert, I think a lot of Mac users will benefit from learning about this stuff.

]]> By: Srinivas http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-12925 Srinivas Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:49:27 +0000 http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-12925 You're right Brett. The link back to the original email does work through MailTags, as you can see from the bottom of the following page: http://bargiel.home.pl/iGTD/help/usingtasks/adding/fkey/index.html. You’re right Brett. The link back to the original email does work through MailTags, as you can see from the bottom of the following page:

http://bargiel.home.pl/iGTD/help/usingtasks/adding/fkey/index.html.

]]> By: brett http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-12916 brett Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:13:36 +0000 http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-12916 I listed Mailtags because it's been my assumption that the link back to the original message in iGTD functions through Mailtags. I may be wrong on that point, but I've never bothered uninstalling Mailtags to find out... I listed Mailtags because it’s been my assumption that the link back to the original message in iGTD functions through Mailtags. I may be wrong on that point, but I’ve never bothered uninstalling Mailtags to find out…

]]> By: Lyle Johnson http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-12915 Lyle Johnson Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:02:01 +0000 http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-12915 Maybe I need to re-watch the screencast, but I didn't pick up how MailTags really figured into the workflow. Regardless, though, it was a good demonstration of the link between Mail.app and iGTD. I also like the smart folder for Unread messages -- I'm going to add that now! Maybe I need to re-watch the screencast, but I didn’t pick up how MailTags really figured into the workflow. Regardless, though, it was a good demonstration of the link between Mail.app and iGTD. I also like the smart folder for Unread messages — I’m going to add that now!

]]> By: brett http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-12871 brett Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:57:26 +0000 http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-12871 @Rafael: The only German I know I learned from watching German movies with subtitles. I used to have a shirt that said "was haben meine Eltern falsch getan?" My parents gave it to me, but it was a while before I figured out what it said ;). Anyway, I just deleted all of my previous smart folders (similar to yours) about 2 weeks ago. I realized that I was archiving everything twice and it was far simpler to streamline and use just iGTD, since that's where all of the tasks would end up anyway, and the links back to the emails were automatically preserved. I even use iGTD in lieu of Yojimbo for most file archiving now, placing the files in an appropriate storage location and then making an archive item with a link to the file. I'm working on a utility that will streamline that process as well. Feel free to reproduce/evolve the screencast in any way you see fit. It's far from complete, so any additions are welcome! @Rafael: The only German I know I learned from watching German movies with subtitles. I used to have a shirt that said “was haben meine Eltern falsch getan?” My parents gave it to me, but it was a while before I figured out what it said ;).

Anyway, I just deleted all of my previous smart folders (similar to yours) about 2 weeks ago. I realized that I was archiving everything twice and it was far simpler to streamline and use just iGTD, since that’s where all of the tasks would end up anyway, and the links back to the emails were automatically preserved. I even use iGTD in lieu of Yojimbo for most file archiving now, placing the files in an appropriate storage location and then making an archive item with a link to the file. I’m working on a utility that will streamline that process as well.

Feel free to reproduce/evolve the screencast in any way you see fit. It’s far from complete, so any additions are welcome!

]]> By: Rafael Bugajewski http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-12865 Rafael Bugajewski Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:35:21 +0000 http://blog.circlesixdesign.com/2007/07/22/mail-and-igtd-screencast/#comment-12865 Thanks for the response and for the screencast (yeah, I forgot it). I tried out your solution and it works pretty fine. Until now I had a more complicated system with four smart folders in every app (todo, deferred, waiting and archive). This was crappy and too much overhead. Now I migrated the whole stuff into iGTD (because I completely forgot how much applications iGTD "knows") and now I've everything at one central point. I think I will make another screencast based on yours (if this no problem for you?) It would be in german, so you wouldn't understand that much, I think ;) And the "show only unread messages" trick is the killer! Thanks for the response and for the screencast (yeah, I forgot it).

I tried out your solution and it works pretty fine. Until now I had a more complicated system with four smart folders in every app (todo, deferred, waiting and archive). This was crappy and too much overhead. Now I migrated the whole stuff into iGTD (because I completely forgot how much applications iGTD “knows”) and now I’ve everything at one central point.

I think I will make another screencast based on yours (if this no problem for you?) It would be in german, so you wouldn’t understand that much, I think ;)

And the “show only unread messages” trick is the killer!

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