This morning I decided to put all my to-do items (which have been scattered on eight index cards, my notebook, and a plethora of post-its on my desk at home) into my Backpack. Since free accounts only come with five pages (but I think I’ll upgrade soon), I put most of my to-dos on the home page. I then created a page for my blogging/website to-dos (posts I want to write, modifications to make, etc.), one for school (with my spring and fall schedules and everything I have to do before the end of the semester), one for work (split into the various projects I’m working on, with notes on each at the bottom of the page), one for Beyond, and one for all the other projects I’m working on.
And it’s working! It’s so fun to work with that I want to do more, so I can check more things off. There’s a project at work that’s been dragging along, but putting my to-dos (GTD next actions, basically) in made it so much easier to actually do them. And I made good progress.
The other nice thing is that now whenever I’m bored or don’t know what to do next, I can look at my list from wherever I am (at work, in a class with computers, etc.) and choose something appropriate for my context. And if I need additional information, I can add it as notes at the bottom. I love this! :)
I also checked out Campfire and Basecamp, both of which are quite cool. Campfire’s great for group chats (though right now I don’t really see myself using it very much), and Basecamp’s great for managing projects (again, I probably won’t use it very much, since I’m not a business or in a situation like that).
[tags]Backpack, 37signals, productivity, GTD, Campfire, Basecamp[/tags]