Comments on: GTD and Google Desktop, Part 1: Outlook

By: Productivity Hacks

Productivity Hacks — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 02:59:48 +0000

GTD and Google Desktop

Bob walsh over at To-Done has a great little two part article (Part 1, Part 2) on how to use the new Google Desktop to help with your GTD operations with Microsoft Outlook by using the new Google Searchbar feature….

By: TomorrowConnecting.biz

TomorrowConnecting.biz — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 15:22:43 +0000

Google Desktop hints

Kudos to Lifehacker for pointing me to Bob Walsh’s recent informative contribution to the To-Done: Working to Live blog, entitled GTD and Google Desktop (GTD = Getting Things Done).
The post takes a look at how with Google Desktop:
* Most …

By: Andrei

Andrei — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 04:53:00 +0000

I tried GD before and did not like it. I use Copernic Desktop Search.
It is a separate program, with its own interface and all. What I extremely like about Copernic is “search as you type”. There are no buttons to press and it is easy to correct query looking at the results.
Check it out at http://www.copernic.com/

By: Bob Walsh

Bob Walsh — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 21:54:49 +0000

Nicole,

I’m not bragging, I’m crying! After 20 plus years of doing IT, I’m 100 percent sold on not working to you drop for yourself let alone some company! Please also note, that comment was in my bio, not the blog I wrote.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:06:54 +0000

Nicole — I see what you mean. And agree that people need to use that vacation time. ;0) In fact, I think I’ve written about that before. Still, one of the reasons why I added authors to the site is to introduce another point of view, so I can’t argue too much.

By: Nicole Sullivan

Nicole Sullivan — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:07:10 +0000

trying to remember what the words “time off” and “vacation” mean.

It irks me to see an author, on a site about working to live, essentially bragging about not taking his vacations. I am not trying to be offensive, I just believe that as long as we are proud of our servitude it is unlikely to change.

Thank you for the tips on Google Search.

By: Bob Walsh

Bob Walsh — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:38:46 +0000

John – just drag an email to the icon of the calendar.

Gordon – X1 is not the engine behind Google Desktop, but it is the engine for Yahoo Desktop Search.

The two main differences I’ve seen (having previously used X1/yahoo search) are Google is far more likely to find what you want and is much faster.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 04:31:13 +0000

I’ve been using X1 for quite a while now – I understand its the basic engine behind GD. Does anyone have any thoughts on how the two compare? Does DG have more features that X1? XI will NOT search either Tasks or Notes – both of which I use heavily (more than email).

By: John Kauke

John Kauke — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 04:04:19 +0000

Where can I learn about Outlook’s email into appointment feature?

By: Bob Walsh

Bob Walsh — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:28:34 +0000

No it does not – as far as I can see.