Google Homepage as a GTD tool
Kelly Forrister is trying out Google’s tool offerings as a centralized GTD workcentre. Her article outlines the details but I thought I’d share some with you here.
First she customized her Goolge Homepage with the following tabs:
This is how she explains each of the tabs:
Actions - I added 6 Google "Gadgets" for To-Do’s. If you do a search in the Google Gadget Library, the one I like best is the one called "To-Do List" by Matt McCarthy. I chose this one because it seemed the easiest to add and complete tasks.
Mail - A gadget for Google mail goes under here.
Projects and Someday - I also used the To-Do List gadget to track Project and Someday/Maybe lists.
Notebook - A gadget for the Google Notebook. A great place for project notes, meeting notes, checklists and key reference.
Agendas - I found the "Sticky Note" gadget by Sophia B. useful for setting up Agenda lists for key people. You could also certainly use the To-Do List one for these or the Sticky Notes one for Actions, depending on which one you like better.
Calendar - a gadget for the Google Calendar.
Looks pretty promising to me. I’ve tried Google Notebook in the past and have been pretty impressed with it. You can share notebooks with others as well (which worked really well when I was doing a content audit of the Qumana websites). I wax and wane on using it. Right now I don’t have the Notebook plugin installed for IE. Might give it another try. Why not!
You know, there is a great lesson here. Find flexible, free tools that you can adapt to your needs. If that isn’t a great work pimp, I don’t know what is!
Tags: Google tools, Google homepage, GTD
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