{"id":168,"date":"2008-09-10T13:27:30","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T20:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bradbushnell.com\/?p=168"},"modified":"2008-09-10T13:27:30","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T20:27:30","slug":"gmail-value-chain-another-little-gem-whakate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bradbushnell.com\/?p=168","title":{"rendered":"Gmail Value Chain:  Another little gem &#8211; Whakate."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another little gem brought to you by the Gmail Value Chain. . . <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whakate.com\/about\/\">Whakate.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0It posits itself as a community and project focused on the designing of one&#8217;s life. \u00a0Positioning itself against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidco.com\/\">David Allen<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity\/dp\/0142000280\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1221050901&amp;sr=8-1\">Getting Things Done.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175\" style=\"width: 207px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.bradbushnell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/d_1191.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-175\" title=\"David Allen - GTD Book Cover\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bradbushnell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/d_1191-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"GTD Book Cover\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GTD - A Classic!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I am a huge fan of David Allen and my copy of GTD is very worn. \u00a0Maybe that is the point of Whakate when they say that GTD is too complex a system. \u00a0I have read David&#8217;s book, will tell you that I value it, and yet really have little to show in my external daily life that I give it so much regard.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to acknowledge with David Allen&#8217;s system, and this is huge . . .<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He gives very detailed information on how to implement everything along with the reasons why he is making certain decisions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The value is that you have both a system, already mapped out, as well as the foundational principles to modify it towards your need. \u00a0I can&#8217;t tell you the number of times people have described an end state but can&#8217;t explain on how to get there. \u00a0His approach may not be the best system for <em>all<\/em>\u00a0people. . . but it&#8217;s at least well defined and teachable.<\/p>\n<p>I will never forget the resonating words of a Marine handing out boots as I was being processed through the recruit depot in San Diego; when presented with my indecision about my boot size, he exclaimed without missing a beat. . .\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Private, let me give you a word of advice which will serve you well. . . It&#8217;s far better to go in a bad direction, then no direction at all.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whakate.com\/\">Whakate<\/a>, check out David Allen&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en-us&amp;q=David+Allen+books&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\">books<\/a>, decide for yourself, but most importantly. . . <strong>make a decision<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another little gem brought to you by the Gmail Value Chain. . . Whakate.\u00a0\u00a0It posits itself as a community and project focused on the designing of one&#8217;s life. \u00a0Positioning itself against David Allen&#8216;s Getting Things Done. \u00a0 I am a huge fan of David Allen and my copy of GTD is very worn. \u00a0Maybe that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-career-advice","8":"category-on-the-net","9":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradbushnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradbushnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradbushnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradbushnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradbushnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradbushnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradbushnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradbushnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradbushnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}