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Getting Things Done with Tracks

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 30, 2007

“I broke down and read Getting Things Done (GTD) in February
(after letting the book sit unopened on the couch for a month).
When I finished, I was determined to adopt the popular
organizational method. I searched for a solid software tool to
track projects and next actions, and found dozens of
desktop-oriented applications to choose from. One of the GTD axioms
is to collect all of your tasks, projects, and lists in one place;
since I regularly use four PCs and laptops and a mobile phone,
finding a GTD-aware tool that would run as a Web app was paramount.
I settled on Tracks; it is open source, easy to use, and accessible
from anywhere.

“Tracks is a Ruby on Rails application. It comes bundled with
the standalone Web server WEBrick so it can run as a locally
accessed desktop application, but that is not mandatory…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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