Paper or Electronic? Not That Simple...

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If you haven't already, check out this Lifehacker list of the top five Getting Things Done applications. Obviously I'm for number five, but I like number one and would use it if I went back to an all computer based system (and you can put it right on your Google calendar). The commenters of course start bickering over which is best but if you actually read David Allen's book, he never pushes one method over another. It's whatever works for you. I find that a little of both works for me. I use Gmail, of course, and their Gcal which I print out, punch and carry in my Circa Notebook. I call Jott.com when I'm out and it shoots me email reminders. For everything else I use index cards and my Circa.

I like this person and some of her ideas (Diigo is awesome), but if the whole reason you are using electronic media is to save some trees, then please watch this impressive slideshow. At least paper can be recycled.

Again, I'm not advocating for one method. I like both. But we must remember that every decision we make is more complicated than we think.