{"id":1775,"date":"2009-07-07T13:42:35","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T21:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2009-07-07T13:42:35","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T21:42:35","slug":"driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the tools David Allen uses on his PC is <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.davidco.com\/store\/other.php?\" target=\"_blank\">ActiveWords<\/a>, a tool often described as &#8220;solving a problem you didn&#8217;t know you had.&#8221;\u00a0 It essentially streamlines the navigation and common tasks we do all day long; send emails, go to web sites, create new tasks, insert text, open files and more.\u00a0 Recently, David recorded a podcast with Buzz Bruggeman, the developer of ActiveWords, to explore this tool in more detail for our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/category\/gtd-toolbox\/\" target=\"_blank\">GTD Toolbox<\/a> series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidco.com\/podcasts\/play\/28.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LISTEN NOW&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those of you on Mac, you have a similar function through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/downloads\/macosx\/productivity_tools\/quicksilver.html\" target=\"_blank\">QuickSilver<\/a>.\u00a0 If you want to reach Buzz about ActiveWords or any of the other products he mentions, you can reach him at <a href=\"mailto:buzz@activewords.com\">buzz@activewords.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the tools David Allen uses on his PC is ActiveWords, a tool often described as &#8220;solving a problem you didn&#8217;t know you had.&#8221;\u00a0 It essentially streamlines the navigation and common tasks we do all day long; send emails, go to web sites, create new tasks, insert text, open files and more.\u00a0 Recently, David &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[284,462,581,582,583],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.4 (Yoast SEO v22.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords  - Getting Things Done\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the tools David Allen uses on his PC is ActiveWords, a tool often described as &#8220;solving a problem you didn&#8217;t know you had.&#8221;\u00a0 It essentially streamlines the navigation and common tasks we do all day long; send emails, go to web sites, create new tasks, insert text, open files and more.\u00a0 Recently, David &hellip; Continue reading &quot;Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Getting Things Done\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gettingthingsdone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-07-07T21:42:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"GTD Times Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gtdtimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gtdtimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GTD Times Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"GTD Times Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52d8dfa5db8d4e8792586794625c12a4\"},\"headline\":\"Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-07-07T21:42:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-07-07T21:42:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/\"},\"wordCount\":126,\"commentCount\":20,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Tools\",\"podcast\",\"ActiveWords\",\"Buzz Bruggeman\",\"Quicksilver\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/\",\"name\":\"Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords - Getting Things Done\u00ae\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-07-07T21:42:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-07-07T21:42:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/\",\"name\":\"Getting Things Done\u00ae\",\"description\":\"David Allen&#039;s GTD\u00ae Methodology\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Getting Things Done\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gtd-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gtd-logo.png\",\"width\":370,\"height\":338,\"caption\":\"Getting Things Done\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gettingthingsdone\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gtdtimes\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gtdtimes\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/2328651\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52d8dfa5db8d4e8792586794625c12a4\",\"name\":\"GTD Times Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7e6cca53b54e1192e3459333751eb5c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7e6cca53b54e1192e3459333751eb5c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GTD Times Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/author\/webadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords  - Getting Things Done\u00ae","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords","og_description":"One of the tools David Allen uses on his PC is ActiveWords, a tool often described as &#8220;solving a problem you didn&#8217;t know you had.&#8221;\u00a0 It essentially streamlines the navigation and common tasks we do all day long; send emails, go to web sites, create new tasks, insert text, open files and more.\u00a0 Recently, David &hellip; Continue reading \"Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords\"","og_url":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/","og_site_name":"Getting Things Done\u00ae","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gettingthingsdone\/","article_published_time":"2009-07-07T21:42:35+00:00","author":"GTD Times Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gtdtimes","twitter_site":"@gtdtimes","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"GTD Times Staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/"},"author":{"name":"GTD Times Staff","@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52d8dfa5db8d4e8792586794625c12a4"},"headline":"Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords","datePublished":"2009-07-07T21:42:35+00:00","dateModified":"2009-07-07T21:42:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/"},"wordCount":126,"commentCount":20,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["Tools","podcast","ActiveWords","Buzz Bruggeman","Quicksilver"],"articleSection":["Featured"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/","url":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/","name":"Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords - Getting Things Done\u00ae","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-07-07T21:42:35+00:00","dateModified":"2009-07-07T21:42:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/07\/driving-in-the-fast-lane-with-activewords\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Driving in the fast lane with ActiveWords"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/","name":"Getting Things Done\u00ae","description":"David Allen&#039;s GTD\u00ae Methodology","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#organization","name":"Getting Things Done","url":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gtd-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gtd-logo.png","width":370,"height":338,"caption":"Getting Things Done"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gettingthingsdone\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/gtdtimes","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gtdtimes\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/2328651\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#\/schema\/person\/52d8dfa5db8d4e8792586794625c12a4","name":"GTD Times Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7e6cca53b54e1192e3459333751eb5c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7e6cca53b54e1192e3459333751eb5c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"GTD Times Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/author\/webadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}