Cranking widgets: To stimulate, activate, or produce. Something considered typical or representative. One of the big things that David Allen covered in GTD was the distinction between simple, mindless tasks that required little thought or focus, and those complicated projects where copious amounts of planning and thought are required, and which can send you into [...]

My GTD Dictionary series is one of the most popular on the site and over the last few weeks I’ve been expanding it. My intention has always been to cover as many productivity related words so that anybody who was confused about particular terms could quickly look them up, rather than having to browse around [...]

Someday/maybe: At an indefinite time in the future. A possibility or uncertainty. Someday/maybe covers a list of tasks that you intend to reassess in the future, but have no immediate intentions to act on them because they are currently outside the scope of your day-to-day life. They include interests like learning a new language, buying [...]

Effective: Producing or capable of producing an intended result. Doing something adequately to accomplish a purpose. Effectiveness is all about doing the right things. While what projects and tasks one can class as appropriate to do will vary between situations and individuals, the general rule of thumb is to determine how much value the task [...]

Efficiency: Producing effectively with a minimum of waste, expense, or effort. Ability to accomplish a job with a minimum expenditure of time. Efficiency and productivity (in its traditional sense) have a key similarity. They both involve doing work in the most economical way possible and as a result there are numerous tips, practices and suggestions [...]