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Product Description:
Integrates all of your files and programs into David Allen's GTD ("Getting Things Done") workflow without locking you into a particular program.
What's new in this version:
- Get Some Actionables Done script now shows asterisks next to location contexts with urgent deadlines for users of 10.4-10.5.
- Get Some Reading Done script now shows asterisks next to contexts with urgent deadlines for users of 10.4-10.5.
- Get Some Actionbles Done and Get Some Reading Done scripts work better under 10.4-10.5.
- Fixed bug in Daily Review script during label indexing for users of 10.4-10.5.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.6
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Can't get 142 to install AND can't get 143 to DL! - Version: 1.4.3, 11/4/2009 09:42AM PST
dhsanto
I DL’d (supposedly) 143, unzipped it and moved the resultant folder to the Desktop where I opened it. I then saw the file “Version History 1.4.2.rtf” and wondered if I’d gotten 142 instead of 143. I then 2clicked on “Ready-Set-Do! Installer” and away it went...
After a few moments, this notice appeared:
Finder got an error: Can't get item " " of folder "Ready-Set-Do! Folder" of folder Desktop of folder "username" of folder "Users" of startup disk.
After clicking the OK button, this notice appeared:
 A warning window completely void of any TEXT. On the left was a triangular yellow icon, with an centered exclamation-mark and a smaller Finder icon on top of it. The button that was there had absolutely no indication (text) as to what pressing it might do.
After clicking the “blank” button, the script stopped.
I then went through the “manual” installation STEP-BY-STEP and at some point, a notice informed me that I STILL had to run something(?) to get authorization, serial# or something important to get it all to work.
The above 2 notices came up again. I gave up!!!
review Ready-Set-Do 1.3 
- Version: 1.3, 6/22/2008 10:46AM PST
(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)
roberthoodphd_dotmac
Review of Ready-Set-Do version 1.3
David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” is a process: use a trusted place to put all incoming “stuff,” process your inbox daily and conduct a daily view of “actionables” or single-step tasks, and conduct a weekly review of actions and projects (multi-step tasks). Because GTD is a process, it involves adopting habits and practices. The result, says David Allen, is a “mind like water”--focused, creaftive, resilient, and ready for anything.
If you don’t yet have a “mind like water” or find your attention scattered, pulled in multiple directions, try GTD--read David Allen’s book “Getting Things Done,” or visit the website of Merlin Mann (evangelist for all things GTD, see www.43folders.com). Sharpening attention, and not being distracted are key benefits of GTD. But when an application shows me the list of 10 or 50 or 100 items, well *that* can be overwhelming and distracting (ever darted from one thing on a list to another?).
It is precisely because it helps you focus, that Ready-Set-Do (RSD) excels compared with other GTD applications. The “killer app” feature is that RSD walks you through the GTD process. By following the GTD process, over time you develop GTD habits and practices--even if you don’t get a mind like water, it’s a start. You step through one item at a time: what is it? is it actionable or not? if it is actionable, can you do it in less than two minutes--do it and then continue with RSD, indicating the item is complete. If you can’t complete in less than two minutes, the item gets filed as an actionable by context (with due date etc, or you can delegate, or postpone--lots of options). And so on. Instead of seeing a huge overwhelming list of things, RSD shows you just one thing at a time, and asks you for each: what is it and what you want to do with it? Similarly for weekly reviews and projects: it provides a structured review of each item. Focusing on one thing at a time makes it easy to pay attention and because you only see one thing at a time, you are less likely to be scattered or feel overwhelmed. (Although if you want a quick overview of your 10,000 things to do, that’s also possible--just open a finder window).
Version 1.3 makes doing all this easier and improves on previous versions. It’s fast. It is completely customizable. It has new brainstorm features. And lots more: you can use Apple’s Quicklook in Leopard, for example. It features all the aspects of other software implementations--an inbox, a way to assign actionable items to contexts, and ways to create projects and keep on top of them, reminders, all the rest. I think RSD implements some things better--like the way it lets you assign tasks to meetings with someone (like your boss). Then when it’s time for the meeting you can generate the agenda. It has great integration with Apple’s Mail application, letting you email yourself tasks, and letting you easily process incoming mail into your RSD inbox.
Your mileage may vary, but for me, the killer feature was that it lets you focus on doing just one thing at a time.
The developer is responsive, it's inexpensive, and I've never lost data. Your data is not locked in to this system, and doesn't require any XML expertise to get out--just use the Apple Finder to access your items.
David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” is a process: use a trusted place to put all incoming “stuff,” process your inbox daily and conduct a daily view of “actionables” or single-step tasks, and conduct a weekly review of actions and projects (multi-step tasks). Because GTD is a process, it involves adopting habits and practices. The result, says David Allen, is a “mind like water”--focused, creaftive, resilient, and ready for anything.
If you don’t yet have a “mind like water” or find your attention scattered, pulled in multiple directions, try GTD--read David Allen’s book “Getting Things Done,” or visit the website of Merlin Mann (evangelist for all things GTD, see www.43folders.com). Sharpening attention, and not being distracted are key benefits of GTD. But when an application shows me the list of 10 or 50 or 100 items, well *that* can be overwhelming and distracting (ever darted from one thing on a list to another?).
It is precisely because it helps you focus, that Ready-Set-Do (RSD) excels compared with other GTD applications. The “killer app” feature is that RSD walks you through the GTD process. By following the GTD process, over time you develop GTD habits and practices--even if you don’t get a mind like water, it’s a start. You step through one item at a time: what is it? is it actionable or not? if it is actionable, can you do it in less than two minutes--do it and then continue with RSD, indicating the item is complete. If you can’t complete in less than two minutes, the item gets filed as an actionable by context (with due date etc, or you can delegate, or postpone--lots of options). And so on. Instead of seeing a huge overwhelming list of things, RSD shows you just one thing at a time, and asks you for each: what is it and what you want to do with it? Similarly for weekly reviews and projects: it provides a structured review of each item. Focusing on one thing at a time makes it easy to pay attention and because you only see one thing at a time, you are less likely to be scattered or feel overwhelmed. (Although if you want a quick overview of your 10,000 things to do, that’s also possible--just open a finder window).
Version 1.3 makes doing all this easier and improves on previous versions. It’s fast. It is completely customizable. It has new brainstorm features. And lots more: you can use Apple’s Quicklook in Leopard, for example. It features all the aspects of other software implementations--an inbox, a way to assign actionable items to contexts, and ways to create projects and keep on top of them, reminders, all the rest. I think RSD implements some things better--like the way it lets you assign tasks to meetings with someone (like your boss). Then when it’s time for the meeting you can generate the agenda. It has great integration with Apple’s Mail application, letting you email yourself tasks, and letting you easily process incoming mail into your RSD inbox.
Your mileage may vary, but for me, the killer feature was that it lets you focus on doing just one thing at a time.
The developer is responsive, it's inexpensive, and I've never lost data. Your data is not locked in to this system, and doesn't require any XML expertise to get out--just use the Apple Finder to access your items.
