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darrencrawford.com : Getting Things Done In Gmail

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:49:03 +0000

It won't auto-archive. But turn keyboard shortcuts on. What I do when running thru the inbox is using the keyboard (j & k move up and down the inbox), I star the emails (using the s key the appropriate number of times) then when I have finished that, I choose ALL EMAILS and then press 'e' to archive (or the archive button). Now my inbox is empty and the necessary emails are starred appropriately. Hope that helps. -DC

darrencrawford.com : Getting Things Done In Gmail

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:02:29 +0000

That is awesome Rebekah. I've ditched any type of email program in favor of using this system completely (since we use Google Apps email at work too). Maybe some day we will get a labs option to tag emails automatically with a different star. That would really help out in your case. Automatic triage. Hope all is well. -DC

darrencrawford.com : Getting Things Done In Gmail

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:01:19 +0000

@cricketbird, I've not tried to have it auto-assign the correct star. If I star from my Android phone, it assigns the YELLOW STAR. If I assign from within GMAIL.com, then it assigns the Purple Question mark (instead of the yellow star). Those two are exactly the same thing - just seems the mobile clients can only do one type of star since the 'super stars' apps are in gmail labs. There might be a script or something that could assign different stars to emails. But frankly, I use the Star/Question to be my tag for emails I want to look at - things I need to read or review. I want to be able to quickly tag all the emails that I need to think more about, then I can check all and archive with just a couple key strokes. Hope that helps. If not, please elaborate on your question. Cheers, Darren

darrencrawford.com : My Simple GTD & Evernote Combo

Fri, 8 Jan 2010 22:58:45 +0000

Hi David - if you take a look at the earlier reply from 3 days ago that should help.

darrencrawford.com : My Simple GTD & Evernote Combo

Tue, 5 Jan 2010 00:19:11 +0000

Hi Mike - I use the @ symbol in front for a sorting tool. Evernote will sort special symbols ahead of alphanumeric characters. I have used the '.' to push PROJECTS to the top of the list. If I had used @PROJECTS it would've sorted it to the middle of the other @tags and gotten "lost" amongst the other contexts. @ symbolizes my context's or places that I am. @COMPUTER, @HOME etc... This allows me to search for action items based on "where I am". That way I won't be looking up @COMPUTER when I am at the store and need to be running @ERRANDS :) Plus when you read it, it sounds like @COMPUTER is when I am "At Computer". Hope that helps.

JeffKirvin.net : Evernote for GTD, simplified

Sun, 3 Jan 2010 15:02:08 +0000

The power of tags in evernote is, what I think, the feature that really gives it a powerful GTD application. Very similiar to my original posting - I use additional notebooks once tagged, but I have since added in more powerful tag and search features. Cheers! Darren Crawford http://darrencrawford.com/my-simple-gtd-evernote-...

darrencrawford.com : My Simple GTD & Evernote Combo

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:13:04 +0000

Suzannah - that is good stuff. Once I learned about that trick in gmail I abandoned the extra mailbox idea. �Works like a charm! �Take care!

-Darren

darrencrawford.com : My Simple GTD & Evernote Combo

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:42:22 +0000

Certainly. Please let me know when you post - love to read it.

Ben Lang, Entrepreneur : Twitter for Entrepreneurs

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:54:37 +0000

Agree. You have to provide a value to be considered valuable. If you are just "randomly" @replying people that you don't even follow and telling them to click some random link to make millions you are just proving that you "don't get it".

Ben Lang, Entrepreneur : Top 10 Must Have Plug-ins for a Wordpress Blog

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:48:58 +0000

I came across a list the other day of some "PLUGINS THAT ROCK". Hopefully they will be of some value. I don't think the hyperlinks work, but feel free to hit me up on twitter (http://twitter.com/darrencrawford) if you can't find them online. Audit Trail – Track your members and what pages they visit inside your membership site. BM Custom Login – This helps you create a custom login window. FAQ-Tastic – Place a list of FAQ’s on your site. WP-Polls – Survey your members and get them involved! Featured Content Gallery – Fancy way to display the top items in your membership Comment Redirect – Redirect people who leave a comment for the first time to a special page. Email Commenters – Build an email list of commenters on a particular post. Amazon S3 – Host your files with Amazon. WP Print – Make your posts and pages printable. All in One SEO – Optimize your membership for the search engines. Google Sitemap – Make your membership site “Google friendly”. Google Analytics – Analyze the traffic coming to your site. KB Countdown – Create countdown reminders for your members. Page Link Manager – Control what pages appear in your navigation bar. Redirection – Create simple redirection links to certain places in your membership. PodPress – Broadcast your audio files. Comment Actions (Paid Plugin) – Let people join your email list when they leave comments.

Ben Lang, Entrepreneur : What it’s like being an entrepreneur?

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:35:18 +0000

Ben, looking at the schedule you keep and the success you have , I have to think that there is no excuse for any adult out there to say "I don't have time". It is definitely all about priorities and staying organized. Keep it up. Looking forward to seeing big things in your future. And thanks for the comments on my blog.

darrencrawford.com : Weird. Success starts before you do?

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:40:10 +0000

Matt, You make a good point. It reminds of some points that I am reading in "E-Myth Enterprise" by Michael Gerber where he states that: "Businesses only exist because people want them to"

darrencrawford.com : 4 Lessons I learned from THE DEPARTED.

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:18:05 +0000

beer indeed... beer indeed. no better time to DO than NOW.

darrencrawford.com : My Simple GTD & Evernote Combo

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:17:44 +0000

I might do two things... if I was setting up the project note and knew of some upcoming next actions, i might put that in the message body just as a tickler. If I knew the very next thing I needed as BUY NAILS then I would add that as a note and tag it as @ERRANDS. Basically, the message body is going to house some kind of actions that would be associated with the project, maybe not necessarily all next actions. Some of them could be two, three, four steps down the line. I wouldn't over-complicate things. Your brain is going to connect the dots, if you leave enough of a trail. For instance, I would probably title it: HOME DEPOT: Buy 1/4" Nails for broken garage door tag it @ERRANDS and then a week from now during my Weekly Review I will see it and remember exactly what it was for. I won't scratch my head and say "BUY NAILS"? What for? What size? What was I thinking!? Hope that helps! And thanks for the comments.

darrencrawford.com : My Simple GTD & Evernote Combo

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:58:51 +0000

Scott, no reminders. But I've heard about some changes to Evernote coming either directly from the Evernote team or from other people developing off their API.

darrencrawford.com : My Simple GTD & Evernote Combo

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:00:48 +0000

Colin, I tend to use Calendars for 3 distinct purposes: 1) Hard landscape events such as telephone conference calls, meetings etc. 2) Tasks that HAVE to be done today (ie: submit my expense report by 4pm today). These I set with an earlier reminder and usually set them time as FREE (in my Outlook Calendar). 3) Reminders of things or events going on (ie: wife has doctors appointment tomorrow, or a specific VIP is in town) As far as a Calendar in Evernote, truthfully this has not been too much of an issue for me since I spend most of my day in front of Outlook at work. Events that I want to remember on my "personal calendar" I will usually email myself and accept the invite on my blackberry. Evernote is really just my mobile, electronic capture tool. It is easier for me (and more environmentally-friendly) to email my evernote inbox a google reader story, action item (more personal than work-related) or snap a photo of something than to print it out. I am still a fan of junior legal size notepads that I have with me at all times to jot down a discrete action or reminder item that gets tossed into my physical inbox either at work or at home. But those items eventually make it into either Outlook (for work) or Evernote for personal. I have Outlook at home, but prefer not to use it for email since it is too slow to open ad hoc. Let me know if you have any more questions or if I can help in anyway. And thanks for the comment!

darrencrawford.com : My Simple GTD & Evernote Combo

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:33:07 +0000

Karen, this is a great tip. I learned something new today.

darrencrawford.com : My Simple GTD & Evernote Combo

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:23:23 +0000

@jonathan – I agree on setting it up as a contact. I have it setup that way on my Blackberry. But there were times I would be on a site and click the EMAIL ME THIS! button and would have to go find the evernote email address because I wasn’t sending it from my Outlook or Gmail. For me it is all about making it as simple as possible and not thinking too much.

darrencrawford.com : My Simple GTD & Evernote Combo

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:22:11 +0000

@Scott – I listened to the evernote podcast the other day about GTD. Podcast #2. They talked about making it even more GTD-friendly which would be great.

darrencrawford.com : My Simple GTD & Evernote Combo

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:21:50 +0000

@Jude – Thanks for the encouragement. I “researched” my setup from a David Allen article on setting up OUTLOOK 2007. I wanted the consistency between my work setup and my everyday life. I can’t find the link to the article, but if you would like it, @reply me on twitter or email me.