Wrangling Your Stuff

Brent Snook

Using GTD and The Pomodoro Technique

Who am I?

• Brent Snook

• I make software

• brent@fuglylogic.com

• brentsnook

Stuff

Getting Things Done

The Pomodoro Technique

Capture

Capture

Capture

Open Loops

Open Loops

Open Loops

Open Loops

Buckets

Buckets

Schedule

Capture

Schedule

ScheduleCapture

The Queue

The Queue

The Queue

Execute

ScheduleCapture

Execute

ScheduleCapture Execute

Focus

Focus

Complete Tasks One Pomodoro at a Time

Finish tax return

Complete Tasks One Pomodoro at a Time

Finish tax return

Complete Tasks One Pomodoro at a Time

X X XFinish tax return

Complete Tasks One Pomodoro at a Time

X X XFinish tax return

Complete Tasks One Pomodoro at a Time

X X X X XFinish tax return

Complete Tasks One Pomodoro at a Time

X XFinish tax return

Improve

ScheduleCapture Execute

Improve

ScheduleCapture Execute Improve

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just starting> 6hrs of meetings

worked from home

Reflection

Task

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Activity Coverage

GTD

ScheduleCapture Execute Improve

Pomodoro

My Personal Context

My Work Context

Story 254 - Send Meeting SummaryXSuccess X X XXFailure: No minutes

Failure: No attendees

My TODOXReview report X XXAnswer emailsXMisc. admin

Resources

• Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/fuglylogic/

• GTD - http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity/dp/0142000280

• Pomodoro Technique - http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/

• Pomodoro Technique Illustrated - http://pragprog.com/titles/snfocus/pomodoro-technique-illustrated

• Runway - http://www.runwayapp.com

• OSX Timer - http://pomodoro.ugolandini.com/

Images• Tomato (Darren Hester) http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenhester/3907495255/

• List - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrote/2120667505/

• Vacuum cleaner - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gray_vacuum_cleaner.svg

• Twitter - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twitter_logo.svg

• Envelope - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mail-envelope.png

• Chat bubbles - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chat_bubbles.svg

• Funnel - http://www.clker.com/clipart-26749.html

• Phone - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phone-apple-iphone.svg

• Coffee - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vector_cup_of_coffee.svg

• Apple - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_bitten.svg

• Cloud - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cartoon_cloud.svg