Living the David Allen program — “Big” news coming from Google tonight

April 7, 2008 By

Dang, keeping email inbox clean is impossible. At least it’s impossible if you want to have any time to blog. More than 200 emails answered today. Plus I took a little trip to Adobe, did two conference calls, and now am headed over to pick up Mike Arrington so we can head to Google.

What’s the David Allen program? To keep your inbox totally clean. I started the morning out with a totally clean inbox and am failing to keep it clean. Answer one, two come in. It’s time to get ActiveWords back so I can script some of my answers and get faster again.

Anyway, there’s some big news coming tonight from Google. At least it’s big if you’re a developer. TechCrunch will blog it and I’ll video it at about 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time on my Qik channel. Check in there often and you will be able to join us live.

Over on my FriendFeed you’ll see that I’ve actually been quite active on the Internet. I read more than 2,200 feed items in Google Reader today and shared a few of the best ones. Plus I’ve been active on Twitter and other places.

Earlier today I was over at Adobe and got a preview of the new Video Player that they’ll be bringing out “soon.” We cover all sorts of topics about video. If you are a video producer you’ll want to check this interview out.

Tomorrow I’ll be speaking at the Media Relations Summit, then onto Israel where I’ll be reporting from next week.

Translation: slower-than-usual-blogging will continue. Add my FriendFeed account to your aggregator and you’ll be kept up to date.

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  • Steve

    If you think the David Allen Program is about keeping your inbox clean, then the whole concept of GTD went over your head

  • Steve

    If you think the David Allen Program is about keeping your inbox clean, then the whole concept of GTD went over your head

  • http://nobosh.com/ nobosh.com

    Here’s hoping tonight’s Google announcement is a surprise in one way or another.

  • http://nobosh.com nobosh.com

    Here’s hoping tonight’s Google announcement is a surprise in one way or another.

  • Paul

    Screw Friendfeed I’ll be reading only your blog thank you.

  • Paul

    Screw Friendfeed I’ll be reading only your blog thank you.

  • http://blog.yuvisense.net Yuvi Panda

    BigTable anyone?

  • http://blog.yuvisense.net Yuvi

    BigTable anyone?

  • Paul

    OK Scoble I give in a little…say I wanted to try out this new awesome twitter thing since Qik crashed and I was kind of getting in to things…is there a way to easily see stuff related to you/campfire/you get the idea?

    (Please don’t tell me Friendfeed or I’ll have to eat my words :) )

  • Paul

    OK Scoble I give in a little…say I wanted to try out this new awesome twitter thing since Qik crashed and I was kind of getting in to things…is there a way to easily see stuff related to you/campfire/you get the idea?

    (Please don’t tell me Friendfeed or I’ll have to eat my words :) )

  • http://www.sikantis.net/ sikantis

    I liked to read your post today. It’s right you answer one email and get two. But like this we all are in contact with each other, the world gets smaller.

  • http://www.sikantis.net sikantis

    I liked to read your post today. It’s right you answer one email and get two. But like this we all are in contact with each other, the world gets smaller.

  • http://craigrentmeester.typepad.com/ Craig

    Scoble,

    You never cease to amaze. Keep up the great work. Even though you’ve been blogging less lately, I think your quality of content has risen over the past month, both here and elsewhere.

  • http://craigrentmeester.typepad.com Craig

    Scoble,

    You never cease to amaze. Keep up the great work. Even though you’ve been blogging less lately, I think your quality of content has risen over the past month, both here and elsewhere.

  • shawnpetriw

    @Steve:
    I think it would have been more accurate for Scoble to reference Merlin Mann’s Inbox Zero rather than David Allen. I’m sure Robert gets GTD, however.

  • shawnpetriw

    @Steve:
    I think it would have been more accurate for Scoble to reference Merlin Mann’s Inbox Zero rather than David Allen. I’m sure Robert gets GTD, however.

  • myeverydayobjects

    You email in box is just part of it…Keeping your head free of clutter..writing things down and actioning them them..maybe you could consider an assistant from your man in India to help you cope with your workload.

  • myeverydayobjects

    You email in box is just part of it…Keeping your head free of clutter..writing things down and actioning them them..maybe you could consider an assistant from your man in India to help you cope with your workload.

  • Bob

    @4 “I’m sure Robert gets GTD, however.” You’re probably right. I find he rarely complains about a full inbox, being behind on getting his videos done, and not having time for other things.

  • Bob

    @4 “I’m sure Robert gets GTD, however.” You’re probably right. I find he rarely complains about a full inbox, being behind on getting his videos done, and not having time for other things.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Steve: I know that keeping a clean inbox isn’t even 10% of Getting Things Done, but you’ll never find someone who is living the GTD way who has a cluttered inbox.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Steve: I know that keeping a clean inbox isn’t even 10% of Getting Things Done, but you’ll never find someone who is living the GTD way who has a cluttered inbox.

  • http://hauntingthunder.wordpress.com/ Neuromancer

    Dave Allen?

    so you going to be doing your videos sitting on a bar stool smoking and sipping whisky :-)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Allen_(comedian)

  • http://hauntingthunder.wordpress.com/ Neuromancer

    Dave Allen?

    so you going to be doing your videos sitting on a bar stool smoking and sipping whisky :-)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Allen_(comedian)

  • Andy

    Have you tried GTDInbox (http://gtdinbox.com)? Not sure if you’re a Gmail/Firefox user but it’s a (free) addon that very neatly applies GTD and organization principles to your inbox to make it vastly easier to manage. The author is heavy in development and adding new functionality rapidly.

  • Andy

    Have you tried GTDInbox (http://gtdinbox.com)? Not sure if you’re a Gmail/Firefox user but it’s a (free) addon that very neatly applies GTD and organization principles to your inbox to make it vastly easier to manage. The author is heavy in development and adding new functionality rapidly.

  • http://www.taptu.com/blog Vero

    Is keeping on top of it all really the answer, though? Answer one, two come in, answer those two and they’ll multiply again!

    There’s going to come a point where overinformation is going to cause us all to crack and go loopy. Or has Robert already passed that point? ;)

    My favourite GTD bucket: The recycling bin.

  • http://www.taptu.com/blog Vero

    Is keeping on top of it all really the answer, though? Answer one, two come in, answer those two and they’ll multiply again!

    There’s going to come a point where overinformation is going to cause us all to crack and go loopy. Or has Robert already passed that point? ;)

    My favourite GTD bucket: The recycling bin.

  • http://www.changeforge.com/ Ken (ChangeForge)

    So if you can’t keep your e-mail inbox clean does David Allen have a confessional to help absolve you of the guilt?

    Even though I’m slightly joking here, I know I have a hard time living a GTD-life ;-) … I honestly don’t know how you keep things straight in your head.

    Fun read and I enjoyed the sparse comments.

  • http://www.changeforge.com Ken (ChangeForge)

    So if you can’t keep your e-mail inbox clean does David Allen have a confessional to help absolve you of the guilt?

    Even though I’m slightly joking here, I know I have a hard time living a GTD-life ;-) … I honestly don’t know how you keep things straight in your head.

    Fun read and I enjoyed the sparse comments.