Higher-altitude lists in Palm: Best practices?

Are there any best practices for maintaining higher-altitude
lists on the
Palm? I've tried single memos and multiple memos, but
haven't found
anything that seems to stick. I'm using a plain-vanilla
setup (with the
indulgence of Datebk 6), so I'd prefer to stick as closely
to this as
possible.

Thanks!

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Craig Maloney wrote:
> Are there any best practices for maintaining
higher-altitude lists on the
> Palm? I've tried single memos and multiple memos, but
haven't found
> anything that seems to stick. I'm using a plain-vanilla
setup (with the
> indulgence of Datebk 6), so I'd prefer to stick as
closely to this as
> possible.
>
> Thanks!

Well, I would suggest multiple notes (especially since it'd
give you
more room to brainstorm on a particular item if you felt the
urge),
perhaps with categories worked into the titles, such as
"Work: Get a
Promotion" or "Personal: Get Married" or
"Spiritual: Find My Purpose".
At that high an altitude, putting a category as the first
word of the
title makes organization easy enough, and you can certainly
get by with
the built-in apps.

Since you seem to indicate that's not working out too well
for you, I'm
going to suggest an additional app.  Sorry, but I can't see
a better
way using the built-in apps.

I find that processing and maintaining goals and
high-altitude lists
are easiest in an outline form.  The best outlining program
I've found
for the Palm is Bonsai (http://www.natara.com). 
It's simple, it's
stable, and it's useful for many different things.  And it's
got a
Windows desktop application too.  Others like ShadowPlan,
though I find
Bonsai a bit better.

If you're into mind-mapping, Inspiration is really good
(though a bit
pricey).  It too has a Windows client, but that's a separate
purchase.

Personally, I'd give Bonsai a spin and see what you think.

Erik


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I find mind maps much more visual than lists, and this is
particularly
useful for higher-altitude "big picture".

Depending on your taste, you can draw mind maps by hand or
create them
on computer (FreeMind for instance is free, opensource and
easy to use)
and then transfer them on your PDA as pictures.

The downside is that mind maps can't be edited on the Palm
unless
entering software and sync sophistication... But
higher-altitude maps
should not change much by definition: having them for
reference on the
PDA should be good enough in 99.9% of the time. If there is
a change to
be made... that's a next action  computer!

Happy GTD!
Ericlodi
http://web
.mac.com/ericlodi/iWeb/Orgameth/
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Craig Maloney wrote:
> Are there any best practices for maintaining
higher-altitude lists on the
> Palm?
....


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