Thrifty GTD: Lifehacker’s productivity top ten
Gina Trapani at Lifehacker has posted her top ten 
free or cheap productivity tools.
Pen and paper tops a list in no particular order. I get the hunch that these old-fashioned tools are making a come back in the productivity market. Mike Rohde’s Back to paper post caused quite a splash a month or so ago.
Other old favourites are there too—your phone, a filing cabinet and an inbox tray.
Software doesn’t miss out entirely; Quicksilver and TextExpander earn their spots.
Why are Top Ten lists so popular? Usually you know all the things on them already, but seeing them through someone else’s eyes often helps you to see them anew. Check it out.
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Tags: getting things done, gtd, lists, pen and paper, Retro GTD, top ten
July 21st, 2006 at 2:41 am
Hmmm….nothing to write…think of something…quick…
(light of inspiration flashes)
How about…I do a review…of a review. Hah! That’d be totally cool.
OK. And let me add a bit of philosophy at the end, those suckas will not know what hit them: “…but seeing them through someone else’s eyes often helps you to see them anew.”
July 21st, 2006 at 3:47 am
HW asks: “Why are Top Ten lists so popular?”
Can you say David Letterman?
July 21st, 2006 at 7:12 am
Is he someone famous?
July 23rd, 2006 at 2:06 am
To answer your own question, why not try the Internet and some of the wonderful seach engines available? For example, why not go to google.com and put “David Letterman” “Top Ten” (leave the double quotations in)?
July 24th, 2006 at 9:21 am
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