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Currently, I'm working on my 24hbc project rmindr.com and I know that even if I've launched an early alpha version to the public, it is far from ready, since I can't use it the way I want to yet.

My whole purpose for creating a GTD tool was that I felt a need for this type of service my self. Other services like Remember The Milk and just didn't do it for me. My main inspiration has been the excellent program Things which is perfect and do it just right, with a few things (no pun indended) that I'm missing.

The most important step for Getting Things Done is that there is absolutely no friction when collecting an idea. There is a reason why most computer geeks still have a pen and paper right next to their computer as it is a really fast way to get stuff out of your head. My approach to solving this problem is to offer as many fast and simple methods as possible for collecting ideas. I started implementing the one I thought was most useful - collecting by SMS, since I've at times been sending an SMS to my self to remind me of something.

The problem in everyday life with many different collection methods is that all those collected ideas end up in a bunch of different places or at best in one of many inboxes you might have. Having one inbox with everything is in my case the key to success. Well that is if I empty it of course, and even more importantly, actually do the stuff that was in the inbox. Because emptying the inbox is a good start but only half way there.

A key factor for me starting to use the system is that I create a system that is complete and that my brain really trusts is a better storage area for ideas rather than the brain itself. We'll see what happens. Firstly I must get rmindr to the next level where I can start trusting at least parts of the system, and then keep on working on it until I'm all the way there.

For me it was an absolute relief just to have somewhere to unload my brain of ideas when I first starting using GTD. In my case I used Things and mostly my Someday/Maybe list which by now is very long. I've implemented Inbox Zero with my email which works great for me even if I don't get super amounts of email (around 50 per day) but my inbox is empty now and is every night.

How would you like to collect ideas? I want to create a small app for OS X and Vista and others that run in the background and listens to a shortcut and opens a collect box from what ever application you are in. When clicking save, the message will be stored in your rmindr inbox. So if you are good at Cocoa or .Net and want to use my soon coming API, feel free to contact me here.

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Ok, he really take things to a whole new level. Talk about having an organized desk. Look at this video for some tips on how to implement your own system. That's really what this is all about - implementing your own system. Your mind have to be confident that things will not be forgotten once they're put into your system. With my new service productivity tool I want to give you an opportunity to build a system that you can trust.

One of my biggest problems implementing GTD has been that I have so many different inboxes, and it has been difficult to carry around all the different lists that need to be used. That was the reason I built rmindr.com - it gives me one global inbox that I always can access, and through RSS always access my lists from any phone or other device with an RSS reader.