Outlook

Following up on my previous post, where I described the framework for how I manage work using Outlook, this post focuses on the technology behind it. I use Outlook Tasks to record all actionable items. I built an Outlook C# VSTO add-in to capture the work. When I am processing my email and find something I need to do, I select that email and click the Add Tasks button in the Outlook ribbon. ...

I wrote that headline to bother my brother, who despises Outlook. This post is not really about Outlook, although it is central to the topic. I really want to write about how I manage work and as a response to Ian Bogost’s article in the Atlantic about the terribleness of email. I adopted David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) process and refined it for many years. I use Outlook as my inbox, with tasks as the central, actionable record. ...