Trying the iPad once again

by Steve on May 1, 2013

It’s been quite a while since I last posted here regularly, but there’s been several reasons. I changed jobs, got some stationery case orders, went on a vacation, and started running again. It’s always amazing to me how time can fly!

So at my new employer using technology isn’t quite the problem it was at the last, and this new freedom has me trying to do GTD on the iPad again. It’s been about 2 days, and already I’m having second thoughts.

I really, really want it to work. Seriously, I do. However the old problems remain:

  • Omnifocus still doesn’t do reporting.
  • Adding an item electronically takes more time than adding it to a paper list.
  • I can’t seem to find a way to separate home and work lists.
  • I end up having to carry the iPad everywhere, or ‘typing’ on my iPhone when away from my desk.
  • No Windows version of Omnifocus, or anything really close.

I might get David Allen’s guide to implementing GTD using Outlook and Reminders, and see if I can make that work, but I have a feeling I will end up on paper again.

If only Evernote provided the converted text when it converts handwriting on incoming notes.

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Noodler’s Old Manhattan Black is it!

by Steve on April 5, 2013

I have not, by far, tried all of the fountain pen inks out there. If you look at the selection from just the pen manufacturers, not to mention the specialty suppliers, there are more inks than you can shake a pen at.

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This is no way to treat a notebook!

April 1, 2013

We were driving down a country lane in northern Florida when I suddenly realized I’d make a horrible mistake. “Stop the car!” I said. “I left my notebook on the roof!” My wife, Susan, slowed the car and I hopped out. As I feared, the notebook was nowhere to be found. So we turned around [...]

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A gift of a secret journal

February 18, 2013

My new coach, Sharon Lerman, made a suggestion to me at our last session. She told me what her husband, David, had done for his daughters when they were young, and suggested I do the same. David kept a secret journal for each of his daughters. It was filled with stories of all the times [...]

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