Ubiquitous capture

I don’t know if other people have had the same problems with Windows Vista as I have, but since I got my new PC in December it’s been nothing but trouble.

The latest was at the weekend in Dublin when it started crashing with the BSoD or Blue Screen of Death, which is infamous in Windows. But when I got back to Ennis I tried to fix the boot from my reinstall DVD. But it didn’t work, and when I called the helpdesk I was told to reinstall windows. So all day yesterday was taken up with that, and I’m still not able to use my wireless connection. It’s been a nightmare.

Anyway, all of this reminded me of the importance of Ubiquitous Capture which is a very important step of Getting Things Done or GTD. It basically means a method of capturing every little idea, prior to putting them into a trusted system, so none of those good ideas are lost.

Over the last number of days without my PC and being unable to work, I was reminded of the importance of ubiquitous capture. There are good articles about it. Think Smarter By Capturing Your Ideas by David Allen, the inventor of the GTD system. Tips for GTD’s Ubiquitous Capture by Leo Babauta over at Zenhabits, and Provide context for better ubiquitous capture at 43 Folders.

While off computer, I capture everything on my Pocketmod, a simple booklet made of one folded sheet of paper.

All I need to do today is process everything I captured over the past five days.

Photo by: Leonard Low