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New Developments: Testers Wanted
Monday, December 22, 2008 at 14:43 Ok, this is what you’ve all been waiting for!
I’m asking for volunteers to beta test my new Autofocus time management system. Click here to see all past (and future) postings on the subject.
To volunteer, all you have to do is this: enter your email address in the “Sign Up for my Email Newsletter” box in the right-hand margin, and then on the page that comes up tick the box marked “Beta Testing” and press the Submit button. (If you are already a newsletter subscriber you won’t see the tick boxes, but just press the Submit button and you will be sent an email which will allow you to sign on). If you are receiving this message through an RSS feed, you will need to follow the link to the website in order to do this.
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Reader Comments (43)
I've just started a new job so this is great timing for me. I love the idea of having an autofocus mechanisim, and of something that can cope with a lot of tasks. Looking forward to being a guinea pig!
Thanks
Ben
WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP This sounds like grand fun. This reminds me of the excitement I felt when I got my first science experiments kit as a young child!
gsdsmiles
*blush* I forgot to ask if we're supposed to TOTALLY ABANDON our current system we currently use or use this new method in tandem with what we are currently doing. With my leaky brain, I don't dare to infer anything! LOL!
gsdsmiles
Congrats! You'll have data/evaluations up the ying yang! LOL!
gsdsmiles
Basically it'll be up to you. I'm interested in how people actually react to the new system, which includes whether they combine it with something else, or even give up almost immediately. You'll get full instructions anyway on how to conduct the trial.
Fun! Fun! Fun!
gsdsmiles
This is great timing for me too. I recently became "between jobs" and my life is totally disorganized. I was getting ready to get serious with DIT again since it's the best system I know to get my act together.
I'm ready to dig in - if I can't break your system, nobody can!
I tweeted about this as MyklK - so you should be getting a flood of test subjects, but you can handle it ;)
I signed up for Beta testing your new system. I can't wait to start on this. Please let me know if you do not see me on the list of testers.
Best wishes,
-David
One thing I struggle with, and not sure the new system will cover, is the 'project management' side. Figuring out which projects to follow and when in my life to do them. Once I have an active project, I can go through the tasks fairly well. But I have issues with life goal planning. MS Project seems overkill for this and not sure which tools can be used for this. Excel seems ok, but it's not perfect since I have to run multiple systems.
Thanks for your hard work and sharing with the community!
I signed up. Enjoy your holidays and I look forward to the system when it comes. It will be interesting, as the timing will be with the start of the new quarter. ("Interesting" is possibly an understatement.)
As a side note, never underestimate the power of a week of snow days to catch up on things... but I don't think that's a sustainable system long term!
And hey 'Les" - Are you by any chance in Seattle?? You being a naturopathic student and having a week of snow makes me think that. I live right by Bastyr.
With the week of snow (highly unusual here) and staying home, I've gotten a ton of backlog done, in between fort building sessions.
Yes, you are on the list, but you should have had a confirmatory email. If you haven't, it might mean that emails from my news-sheet service aren't getting through to you. As that is what I will be using to send out the instructions and follow-ups, you will need to try and find out what the problem is.
I did receive the confirmatory email, so all is well! I am ready to go with testing your new system -- and am excited about it!
-David
http://www.peaceofmindorganizing.com/blog/wanna-test-a-brand-new-time-management-system
Happy holidays.
How excited am I? VERY! I've been trying to pin down what it is about DIT and GTD (boo hiss) that make me hop on an off the wagon more than a reforming alcoholic. I'm a Project Manager with a huge number of responsibilities/tasks and a graveyard of time management systems. I can't wait to take part! Happy Christmas Mark, and to my fellow productivity people! (If anyone wants to contact me directly, feel free to email me).
Simon
Thanks very much for putting this on your blog (and for the nice words too!)
To receive the details you will need to sign on in accordance with the instructions in the posting.
I just signed up for the beta testing.
I don't want to dampen the enthusiasm here. However, I hope that the new system remains as simple as DIT or becomes even simpler. I was a GTD user and one of the main attractions of DIT was its simplicity.
Anyway, I'm waiting, as others, for the 5th of January when I can see what this new system is all about.
Happy New Year to everyone!
It's a bit simpler than DIT!
Great effort, just getting the fears of getting back to work after the break and this has really uplifted me. Signed up and looking forward to putting it to the test.
- Christian
I have added you manually.
I'm really struggling to find how to get on the tester list - when I try join it tells me i am already subscribed but received nothing
When I get round to it.
I've been reading a lot of stuff on time management and improving productivity and experimenting with various applications over the last couple of years and I've actually started writing a book on the subject :-)
I personally find the site www.idoitontime.com pretty useful in scheduling reminders; even more so because of SMS alerts which you receive even when you are not at your desk. Its fantastic!
I look forward to testing your software and will revert with whatever feedback I have!
There is no software. It is a paper and pen system.
I checked and you are signed up correctly. If you haven't received the instructions within a day, then check your spam filter.
http://www.dootv.com