Comments on: It’s shipped! And, an interview with David Allen http://www.47hats.com/2009/07/its-shipped-and-an-interview-with-david-allen/ Helping microISVs and startups succeed. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:55:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Haider http://www.47hats.com/2009/07/its-shipped-and-an-interview-with-david-allen/comment-page-1/#comment-31122 Haider Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:38:36 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=1427#comment-31122 Hi Bob, It's arrived! I got the book a couple of days ago and the first chapter I turned to was the Getting It Done chapter. While I love GTD and totally admire David Allen and appreciate all the work he's done to make the world a better place, I really believe that his ideas can be presented in a much, MUCH simpler way! I think the original GTD book wasn't as well structured as it could have been. I only understood a few sentences here and there in Ready for Anything. And in his interview with you, he doesn't express his ideas very clearly. At one point he says: "I don’t know if that answered your question." And you reply: "I think it did." It seems he lost you too! :P I really don't mean to attack David. I don't think stress-free productivity can be achieved without heeding his words. But I also have to point out that his words aren't always as clear as they can be. If GTD wasn't so dear to me I wouldn't have bothered to leave this comment. Looking forward to reading the rest of your book! Hi Bob,

It’s arrived!

I got the book a couple of days ago and the first chapter I turned to was the Getting It Done chapter.

While I love GTD and totally admire David Allen and appreciate all the work he’s done to make the world a better place, I really believe that his ideas can be presented in a much, MUCH simpler way!

I think the original GTD book wasn’t as well structured as it could have been. I only understood a few sentences here and there in Ready for Anything. And in his interview with you, he doesn’t express his ideas very clearly. At one point he says: “I don’t know if that answered your question.”

And you reply: “I think it did.”

It seems he lost you too! :P

I really don’t mean to attack David. I don’t think stress-free productivity can be achieved without heeding his words. But I also have to point out that his words aren’t always as clear as they can be. If GTD wasn’t so dear to me I wouldn’t have bothered to leave this comment.

Looking forward to reading the rest of your book!

]]> By: Bob Walsh http://www.47hats.com/2009/07/its-shipped-and-an-interview-with-david-allen/comment-page-1/#comment-30778 Bob Walsh Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:13:17 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=1427#comment-30778 Hi Feedbo - It probably won't be - I don't have a relationship with Audible and I'd need David's okay to post the actual audio... Hi Feedbo – It probably won’t be – I don’t have a relationship with Audible and I’d need David’s okay to post the actual audio…

]]> By: Feedbo http://www.47hats.com/2009/07/its-shipped-and-an-interview-with-david-allen/comment-page-1/#comment-30774 Feedbo Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:33:11 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=1427#comment-30774 Will absolutely be checking this out... any word yet when it will be up on Audible? Will absolutely be checking this out… any word yet when it will be up on Audible?

]]> By: Bob Walsh http://www.47hats.com/2009/07/its-shipped-and-an-interview-with-david-allen/comment-page-1/#comment-30727 Bob Walsh Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:58:51 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=1427#comment-30727 Here's what I got back from my editor at Apress: "That is true. We’re working on a solution, but we’re not there yet. ( It’s actually more to do with Amazon’s rendering engine than us but it is our responsibility to work around it.)" Here’s what I got back from my editor at Apress:
“That is true. We’re working on a solution, but we’re not there yet. ( It’s actually more to do with Amazon’s rendering engine than us but it is our responsibility to work around it.)”

]]> By: Jason http://www.47hats.com/2009/07/its-shipped-and-an-interview-with-david-allen/comment-page-1/#comment-30726 Jason Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:52:53 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=1427#comment-30726 I'm also curious to know if there is a Kindle friendly version. I’m also curious to know if there is a Kindle friendly version.

]]> By: Bob Walsh http://www.47hats.com/2009/07/its-shipped-and-an-interview-with-david-allen/comment-page-1/#comment-30722 Bob Walsh Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:39:46 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=1427#comment-30722 Hi Greg - have forwarded you comment to Apress to doublecheck what I'd been told. Should have an answer Monday or so. Hi Greg – have forwarded you comment to Apress to doublecheck what I’d been told. Should have an answer Monday or so.

]]> By: Greg http://www.47hats.com/2009/07/its-shipped-and-an-interview-with-david-allen/comment-page-1/#comment-30721 Greg Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:32:32 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=1427#comment-30721 According to the Apress e-book FAQs (and verified by my own attempt to open a different Apress pdf on my Kindle), pdfs downloaded from Apress do not work on Kindle. The only Apress e-books that work on Kindle are the ones that you buy through Amazon and, as of yet, I do not see your book available in Kindle format on Amazon. According to the Apress e-book FAQs (and verified by my own attempt to open a different Apress pdf on my Kindle), pdfs downloaded from Apress do not work on Kindle. The only Apress e-books that work on Kindle are the ones that you buy through Amazon and, as of yet, I do not see your book available in Kindle format on Amazon.

]]> By: Web Startup Success Guide | Alseek:The Academic Search Engine http://www.47hats.com/2009/07/its-shipped-and-an-interview-with-david-allen/comment-page-1/#comment-30692 Web Startup Success Guide | Alseek:The Academic Search Engine Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:45:02 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=1427#comment-30692 [...] Startup Success Guide Congratulations to Bob Walsh on publishing his Web Startup Success Guide (to which I wrote the foreword). His interview with GTD Guru David Allen, which is chapter 8, [...] [...] Startup Success Guide Congratulations to Bob Walsh on publishing his Web Startup Success Guide (to which I wrote the foreword). His interview with GTD Guru David Allen, which is chapter 8, [...]

]]> By: Jackson http://www.47hats.com/2009/07/its-shipped-and-an-interview-with-david-allen/comment-page-1/#comment-30686 Jackson Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:19:39 +0000 http://www.47hats.com/?p=1427#comment-30686 Congrats! I'll definitely be checking it out :) Congrats! I’ll definitely be checking it out :)

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