Category Archives: GTD

GTD for Legal: The Weekly Review and Wrap-Up

By Larry Port on July 17, 2009

We hoped you enjoyed our discussion this week of Getting Things Done for Lawyers!  Each day this week, we explored different aspects of GTD, hosted on prominent Legal Blogs.  Below are the links:
Day 1: Commencing GTD Week – Getting Things Done for Lawyers
Day 2: How and Why a Lawyer Should Implement a GTD System
Day 3: [...]

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GTD for Legal: Do it, defer it, and delegate it; the two minute rule; and organizing your practice

By Larry Port on July 16, 2009

As part of our weeklong legal efficiency-fest, we’re discussing the Getting Things Done productivity system in the context of a law firm.  Each day this week, we’ll write guest posts at prominent legal blogs exploring the system in more detail.
Today we’re very excited for a new guest blog experience at Lawyerist, a very progressive source [...]

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GTD For Legal: Capturing and Transforming “Stuff” into Next Action Items

By Larry Port on July 15, 2009

As part of our weeklong legal efficiency-fest, we’re discussing the Getting Things Done productivity system in the context of a law firm.  Each day this week, we’ll write guest posts at prominent legal blogs exploring the system in more detail.
Today, our friend and social media Obi Wan Grant Griffiths is hosting our post on Legal [...]

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Tasks are Here! And How to Implement a Legal Getting Things Done System

By Larry Port on July 14, 2009

Today, Rocket Matter is very pleased to announce the roll-out of a major product upgrade: tasks!
A total rewrite of our existing to-do lists, tasks help attorneys take their productivity to new levels.
With the new task functionality, you’re able to integrate tags (a more powerful form of keywords), into your tasks so you can more easily [...]

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Getting Things Done For Lawyers – Commencing GTD Legal Week

By Larry Port on July 13, 2009

I come from the software industry, where David Allen’s Getting Things Done system of “stress-free productivity” is quite popular.  Software types are continually looking for that extra edge in efficiency. GTD related techie blogs such as LifeHacker and 43Folders evolved into major destinations for the productivity obsessed.
As we first started studying law offices when creating Rocket Matter, I [...]

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GTD for the Law Office Using Rocket Matter – An Intro

By Larry Port on October 17, 2008

We’re big GTDers. I met David Allen at my last job and got organized with a hipster PDA and perfectly labeled file folders. But now, I use Rocket Matter for my GTD system.
It seems odd that I might use an online legal practice management and time and billing solution for my GTD system.
When [...]

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Legal GTD: Mind maps in the law practice

By Larry Port on April 17, 2008

Recently I wrote about my love for mind maps and specifically, the web-based product MindMeister for online collaboration.
The topic of mind maps has been explored recently on the SOLOSEZ listserv. Nerino Petro, PMA for the State Bar for Wisconsin, offered some great advice and tidbits:
“I’ve found it to be helpful when in meetings with [...]

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