Solo Practice

TCB VIA GTD

By Michael R. Grossman

(Translation: taking care of business via getting things done)

One of the things I miss about my former Windows Mobile smartphone is the today screen. I found it comforting, first thing in the morning, to view all of my appointments and tasks, neatly filed within relevant categories, on one screen with the ability to edit as needed. Although there are somewhat similar apps that exist for installation on a jailbroken iPhone, I haven't wanted to go that route quite yet. I'm optimistic that something stable and useful will arise once the iPhone is open to native third-party applications.

For now I'll rely upon Today, a Mac desktop application that displays appointments and tasks on one convenient window, linked with iCal. And since I use iCal and other Mac applications within my practice management workflow, Today will become a regular and useful tool within my daily grind. Appoinments and tasks can be added and edited, somewhat, from the Today window without opening iCal. It takes up limited screen real estate and, perhaps best of all, costs only $15. I find that quite reasonable for a GTD system that will help me remember to call a particular client, pick up my cleaning, or even blog about something mildly noteworthy.

Full post as published by Practical Lawyering on May 14, 2008 (boomark / email).