“Get everything out of your head. Make decisions about actions required on stuff when it shows up — not when it blows up. Organize reminders of your projects and the next actions on them in appropriate categories. Keep your system current, complete, and reviewed sufficiently to trust your intuitive choices about what you're doing (and not doing) at any time.” (Wikipedia, Getting Things Done)우리말로 하면, "소 잃고 외양간 고치지 않는 방법" 정도 아닐까 생각합니다. 인터넷에는 GTD의 열혈 추종자들로 가득한 느낌입니다. 이들은 PDA 대신 그림에 보이는 것처럼 종이를 묶어 이를 Hipster PDA (Wikipedia)라 합니다. 또 몰스킨 노트북 (Wikipedia)을 가지고 다닙니다. 서로 팁을 교환합니다. 이런 현상에 대하여 Wikipedia는 cult라 합니다.
Since the original publication of Getting Things Done in 2001, Allen's ideas have been popularized through the Internet, especially via blogs, and achieved something of a cult status particularly among IT workers. The GTD movement is associated with a 'back-to-basics' approach to personal management, and a rejection of over-engineered, high-tech solutions in favor of simple, inexpensive tools such as the Hipster PDA or even the Moleskine paper pad. Ironically, David Allen himself is a happy user of a Palm PDA, although in his FAQ he says he only uses the software it came with and records "events of the day" on paper to be processed later. (상동)Wired는 그 이유를 이렇게 설명합니다.
"Geeks are early adopters," Allen said. "They also love coherent, closed systems, which GTD represents.그리고, 43 Folders란 GTD 방법론 가운데 하나인데, 일년 12달 + 한달 31일의 각각에 대하여 폴더를 만들고 (12 + 31 = 43), 이를 기준으로 업무를 관리하는 시스템입니다. (여기 참고)
"Because GTD is system-neutral, it also gives geeks a great model for plugging in their favorite mobile toys. But GTD relates equally to paper or any other medium." (Wired, GTD: A New Cult for the Info Age)
원래는 다음의 interruption/distraction의 차이에 대한 글을 올리고, David Allen과의 인터뷰 팟캐스팅을 올리려 했었는데, 용량 제한때문에 안되네요. MP3는 여기에서 다운로드 받으세요.
I think it’s that jog between in-the-moment work and frequent review that really makes a system like GTD work. When (not if) interruptions arise, you trust the system to hold your work in situ, and then your reviews ensure you never miss a beat.
And, finally, although we didn’t get into it as much as I’d like, I really think it’s important to understand and distinguish between interruptions as opposed to distractions. In other words, there are those things that immediately need our attention in life (poopy babies, family emergencies, buildings on fire) versus those notifications, pings, and existential shovelware that we’ve chosen to accept (*waves at RSS feeds and AIM*). (43 Folders, David Allen on Interruptions)
