New to Dynalist

[Peter_Van_Harmelen]

Hello, I don’t really have a specific question so maybe this isn’t appropriate here. I’ve known about Dynalist for a while and am now going to try it out and see how it can fit into my workflow.

I am a long-time GTD practitioner but looking to simplify my system that has just become to complicated. I seem to really like outliner style programs and have tried GTDNext and WorkFlowy but each has limiting limitations, (if you will) for me. I want to be able to email into the program and it has to work well on mobile. Dynalist seems to fit that bill.

I was also pleasantly surprised that Dynalist has Canadian roots. Being Canadian (in Nova Scotia) this makes a difference to me. So that was cool. Also was happy to find a name from the past @ruud whose Evernote GTD setup I once used for a long time. So that was cool, too.

Peter

[Erica]

Welcome to the community, Peter! Hope everything goes well. Stay safe!

[Kenneth_Aar]

Mellom.

There are Lots of GTDers here .

Take a look at these two posts:

Setting up GTD on Dynalist

"Probably the most universal how-to question for GTD neophytes is this: How do I keep track of all the things that you’re recommending I keep out of my head? What’s the best tool? The answer is pretty simple: however you most effectively can create and review lists. You will need a good filing system, an inbox and a ubiquitous capture tool, a box for stuff to read, and maybe a tickler file; but for the most part, all you need are lists. But you’ll need several. And they need to be complete. And…

Tag structure for Dynalist (GTD , Zettelkasten and SecondBrain )

Hi. I have experimented lately with a better tag structure for Dynalist that both incorporates GTD (Getting things done) and Second brain or Zettelkasten(Personal CRM, Personal wiki, Thought incubator). I think these techniques will be useful to anyone who don’t want their tags to devolve into a mess. For GTD I like to make clearly defined edges and I want my tasks not to get lost among my other tags. I also find that using the tags inline as verbs works better for my brain as it forces me to …

[Michael_Potter]

I had no idea that Dynalist has Canadian roots. How cool?

Take off to the Great White North (I’m here in Michigan)!

[Peter_Van_Harmelen]

Thanks @Kenneth_Aar, I will check these out.

Peter

[Peter_Van_Harmelen]

Went to school in Michigan and met my wife there. We are both Calvin grads (Grand Rapids)

Peter

[Alan]

No way, me too! Calvin grad from Ontario

[Stephen_Dewitt]

Hi and welcome,

I wrote a post about GTD with dynalist here too: My latest GTD setup in dynalist

Dynalist is great for GTD but your system can become overcomplicated like you say as there’s so much freedom You’ll see right at the end in that post someone asked me for an update to this and I outlined my slightly modified simpler system which I’m still using

If you want to be decently productive on mobile check out quick dynalist too for widgets and quick send to anywhere

Good luck!

Stephen

[Peter_Van_Harmelen]

Thanks @Stephen_Dewitt. I’ll check it out. Once I’m up and running, I can share my setup here

peter

[Peter_Van_Harmelen]

@Alan Small world, isn’t it? I’m originally from Ontario (Oshawa)
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