Comments on: Project Jackets and GTD

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By: Superman

Superman — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:29:03 +0000

Haha, that is funny. If you want my advice: A fast computer is sometimes all that is needed to get things done. I got a new hard drive after my other one had apparently slowed to a crawl and I’m getting WAY more done this week than before. Weird.

By: ward andrews

ward andrews — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:23:43 +0000

right..you know it’s funny, there’s even a new firefox extension for the GTD crowd where it guilts you if you are browsing too long..because, the assumption is if you are browsing too long you are not ‘getting things done’ – i just think there’s a point where it’s on you not on the system to take care of things.

By: Superman

Superman — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 17:08:48 +0000

Ward: Yeah, that’s actually one of the things I was thinking about. That is one reason I’ve only implemented project jackets. And honestly, it was more out of reaction to seeing someone else have success with the project jacket idea.

By: ward andrews

ward andrews — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:47:59 +0000

i think you can get caught up in trying to follow GTD in an absolute way. i love this book but don;t forget to be flexible and adapt it to your working style.

By: Superman

Superman — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:14:35 +0000

Yay! That was a good one Ben.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 16:25:08 +0000

I’ve found burlap potato sacks to be large enough to handle most project-related items. Of course, they don’t file easily, but you can hang them in your closet like shirts. Closets are just like big filing cabinets!

By: Superman

Superman — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:41:43 +0000

Good comments everyone. The envelopes I’m using are a bit bigger, so sometimes if I have a whole lot of stuff I create a second folder with just project stuff. If you keep your projects separate usually you won’t get tons of stuff. But on several cases I’ve had to make more than one folder.

I’d recommend that if you constantly need more room that you find a way to use bins, or bigger envelopes, or something to organize the stuff. Good question.

By: mark rush

mark rush — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:28:56 +0000

how do you store all of the collateral for each project, we get masses of binders, folders, brochures and cd’s sent to us, a simple jacket doesnt carry enough storage – we use these big blue folders.

By: Superman

Superman — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:46:18 +0000

Haha, good one, Andrew.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 03:19:40 +0000

Wow, Chris. That’s really impressive.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:34:48 +0000

Actually, I’ve been using project jackets for a few years now. The only difference in mine is that I took my specs form and my 9 x 12 envelopes to Kinkos and had the envelopes printed with the blank form. That way, I don’t have to be so careful in my filing of them.

Even have project numbers (I believe you posted on that subject not long ago) for the folders. My project numbers are based off the dewey decimal system and SIC codes. Probably a bit complicated for web design alone, but I do a lot of multimedia development, so it helps when dealing with multiple disciplines.