Episode #202: 5 GTD App Design Principles

Creator of the second-best productivity tool for GTD, Eric Mack is grounded in GTD and knowledge management. David Allen and John Forrister recently talked with Eric about his five principles of productivity software design, in the hope that it might inspire future designers to incorporate some of these principles into their applications.

Eric is also doing a survey on workstyles and key frustrations. We encourage the GTD community to take his survey. We did, and found it helpful to us in understanding how we work, what we can do to improve, and more.

Key Frustrations and Work Styles Survey

Eric Mack Company

eProductivity

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1 Comment

  1. Dear David Allen, you mentioned in the podcast that in 2019 you showed roundabout 17 screenshots (written by hand) of your ideal GTD app. I have downloaded those a few years ago but cannot find them anymore. I’d like to show your ideas for the ideal app to a Dutch community called ‘Digitale Fitheid’ (digital fitness), where we try to share knowledge that make our lives easier when it comes to the use of digital tools. The URL is https://www.digitalefitheid.nl/
    Would you be so kind and share with me your 17 screenshots? Thank you very much.
    Best regards, Hans

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