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# yaGTD - Yet Another Getting Things Done
# A primitive Getting Things Done to-do list manager.
# Author: MiKael NAVARRO <klnavarro@gmail.com>.
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yaGTD - Yet Another Getting Things Done
**yaGTD** project is a very simple utility designed to make the management of your to-do list quick and easy.
I have several long-term projects at work, and I need reminders to spend time on the important things that aren't too urgent. When, in 2006, I read David Allen's personal-productivity book `Getting Things Done`_, I tried to apply this method on my personal projects; So, I needed a 'trusted system' ...
.. _Getting Things Done: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTD
But what another to-do list? There are hundreds of to-do lists on the web, some commercial, some free, some need on-line connection while other not, some are integrated into an email client and some web sites were built to manage your to-do list, but I was looking for something a little different.
.. _Gmail: ???.pdf
.. _Thunderbird: http://entropicprincipal.blogspot.com/2005/09/using-thunderbird-to-get-things-done
.. Tracks: rails???
.. GTDTiddlyWiki: http://shared.snapgrid.com/gtd_tiddlywiki.html
.. _GTDGmail: http://www.gtdgmail.com/
What I wanted was something lightweight and flexible, a simple way to carry and maintain my tasks around on a USB stick. The program needed to be capable of running on different platforms and must not depend on any data format or any web connection.
I tried several software for managing to-do lists, including the excellent iKog_ and pyGTD_ programs, but I found that the former was missing the notion of urgency and importance (preached by Stephen Covey into `Seven Habits of Highly Effective People`_), and the latter made it too laborious to maintain data.
.. _iKog: http://www.henspace.co.uk
.. _pyGTD: http://96db.com/pyGTD/
.. _Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671708635/areadersjournal
And so, after several months of occasional experimentation, I decided to write my own tool that includes the easy to use but powerful commmand line interface from iKog_ and the management of Covey concepts from pyGTD_.
To resume, if you are looking for fancy menus and windows, go away; But, if you are comfortable at the command line a simple plain text is an age-old but perfect method for tracking your stuff, and yaGTD can help you to manage efficiently this file.
PS: Read more about `why plain text makes sense`_.
.. _why plain text makes sense: http://todotxt.com/whytxt.php
Licence
yaGTD is a free software available under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence. Refer to the file COPYING (which should be included in this distribution) for the specific terms of this licence.
Requirements
Python 2.3 or later must be installed on your system.
Theorically must works on all platforms.
Usage
Simply run::
$ python gtd_cmd.py
then, see documentation for more details.
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MiKael NAVARRO