Getting Things Done, the PHP app

I had a request for an update on the GTD-PHP web server application that I installed last month. First off, it has been updated and the SourceForge page has come alive. The update has not impacted the root database yet, which makes for an easy upgrade (but means no major feature changes). See the current demo to see it in action.

Overall the application is working fine. It falls short in a couple details, but I like its usability. If you read some of the feature-requests on the SourceForge site, you can get an idea of some of the issues. For example, I’ve added a letter prefix to each of my projects so they sort out as Home, Work, Personal, Church. I also added projects titled: “Someday/Maybe” and “Home Tasks” for holding ideas and misc. small project/NA. The one thing I’d really like to do is be able to flip an item from next-action to waiting-for and back. They have added a new page with the steps for doing a weekly review, which I must start using.

I’ve also finished reading the Getting Things Done book, so I have a better appreciation of the way the GTD-PHP application is set up. I don’t use the tool for every next-action, but it is a comfortable way to maintain an actual list of things to do, available whenever I need it. I feel organized and in control! My biggest personal concern is the trap David Allen warns about, which is listing ‘tasks’ and not ‘next-actions’.