Full On Capture
If there is a weakness in my practice of GTD, a chink in the armor if you will, it’s in the collect workflow, or capture.
Most often, I’m great with email, paper, and thoughts in my head. I’ve always got something on hand to write things down—my Field Notes, Moleskine or iPod Touch. When small tasks or random notes achieve recognition in the tangled mess that is my caffeine dependent consciousness, I write it down.
But those few times when I don’t have something to write on or what’s going on in my head is too big to write down, I need another tool to capture that perceived ‘brilliance’. For example, I went for a run on Monday. My runs are usually around 10-15 Kms, so I have a good bit of time to think. And of course, there are times when I’ve written a fairly good blog post by the time I’m done. It would be great to have a tool where I could capture all the key points that are formed during this time.
My first thought here is to use Jott. But support for Jott in Canada is still a bit weak. And because I live in a rural setting (read: middle of nowhere), from what I understand, it could be costly to use anyways.
So I’m looking for help. Do any of you know of a good web app that might fit this need? Something I can access from my cell phone at any time. Or how about recording devices. Are there really good personal voice recorders TWR readers might recommend?
If you’ve got any tips, drop me a line. Thanks in advance.
