Comments on: Are You Digital or Analog?

By: Larry Hendrick

Larry Hendrick — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:39:46 +0000

Matt, it seems you’ve solved the hardest part, finding something that works for you. I’ve never gotten the blend to work, preferring to go digital. My Palm Tungsten T5 is never out of arms reach, so it’s easy to jot those quick notes.

What messenger bag did you buy? I’ve been looking and reading, but can’t decide exactly what I want.

By: Matt Hoelscher

Matt Hoelscher — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:25:10 +0000

I’m a Hybrid. The key is notetaking. Nothing handheld and digital is capable of taking notes at a meeting, a phone call, or your boss popping in the office saying I need “XYZ”. I love my Franklin planner for notes, goals, and to-do list. I also end up booking appointments in it as well because it so fast to see the big picutre of my month, week, and day. Once a week I sync my written calander of appointments with my digital world of outlook and SalesLogix CRM. All my name address and phone is digital and I mix in my appointments. That then syncs to my HTM WM 6.0 phone. Now I can stay in contact and still take fast notes on paper.

Going one step further I decided to by a messanger bag for my gadets (Ipod, Garmin Nuvi, and camera. I just made sure it was just big in enough for a few files and my planner. Now all my toys play nice together.

By: Larry Hendrick

Larry Hendrick — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:18:43 +0000

gtd-php, I didn’t remember that. I have suffered from the same problem many times, especially on the exercise front. More there than on the GTD side. Organizing seems easy, and getting better takes practice, but exercising, that’s work.

By: Dave J.

Dave J. — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:14:44 +0000

It was actually GTD-PHP. It works okay, but the problem is GIGO.

Its kind of like signing up for a gym membership, buying new workout clothes, and then deciding all the walking you did today means you don’t need to work out today. And the next day…

By: Larry Hendrick

Larry Hendrick — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:59:58 +0000

Early on, I realized little pieces of paper get lost and usually don’t have enough information to make them useful a day or two later. 555-555-5555 jon doesn’t help me with my productivity when I have to spend an hour researching who jon is.
Also, as I recall Dave, you were installing kinklessGTD (or a variant) on a server some time back. I take it that the experiment is not going well?

By: Dave J.

Dave J. — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:42:56 +0000

Um, this is actually a great topic. I’m attracted to being digital, like how organized it makes things. But I don’t keep the tools up to date and find myself relying on handwritten lists or printouts. Which leaves me unsure of where I am organizing myself.

If I were in a position where being organized is essential, perhaps I would have to resolve this. But I should be better organized anyway. Sigh.

By: Meandering Passage » Blog Archive » Digital or Analog, which are you?

Meandering Passage » Blog Archive » Digital or Analog, which are you? — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:05:54 +0000

[...] I’ve used a number of productivity aids/tools though the years and along with technology progression I’ve scaled from a plain calendar, to a Day Planner, through a couple different smaller PDA’s, to my current Palm Tungsten C. Each of these tools were useful but at the time I didn’t give any meaningful thoughts beyond there capabilities. Larry Hendrick at Motivation on the Run recently wrote a post “Are You Digital or Analog?” where he reached an interesting conclusion. Something I have discovered over the last few years … some people are digital in their thinking and actions, and some are analog. I can’t imagine going back to analog, and the Redhead can’t dream of going digital. Others I have talked with are in one camp or the other. Some will never give up the Franklin-Covey Planner (with the embossed leather cover, and custom printed pages), and others (the digitals) think they are nuts. [...]

By: Larry Hendrick

Larry Hendrick — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:22:08 +0000

Thanks, and I know where the charger is.

By: The Redhead

The Redhead — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:13:29 +0000

He’s not kidding. If you were brave enough to look in my purse, you’d find an index card wallet, a tattered spiral notebook, sticky notes, and a dozen assorted pens and pencils. Larry gave me his beloved Palm Vx (when he upgraded to the Tungsten T5), but it kept doing dead on me. How annoying is that! Now where did I leave that charger?