Comments on: PoIC: An Amazing Analog Organization System

By: Leolit

Leolit — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:46:18 +0000

Why “mad genius”? :) GTD means “write everything”, here we just use cards. But PoIC has its own ideology, like “no search” and “no classify”. It is not arbitrary – so, if you are “tired to shuffle through it” then you probably just use it in wrong way, not understanding its principles :)

By: engtech

engtech — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:55:22 +0000

I’m going to have to try this

By: sarasota

sarasota — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:59:52 +0000

I started using this system for a while. it got old quick. Switched to iGTD.

By: Joel Haasnoot

Joel Haasnoot — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:20:26 +0000

Hmm, am I the only one to remember the Windows 3.1(1) bundled app ‘Card File’? Actually, I have played with Windows 1.0 and 2.0 and both had that app I seem to remember – never found much use for it – instead I remodeled Shoebox to be my everything and nothing apps…
(Oh, and if you’re wondering, I’m from 1989 – not old at all, just have a long geek career, at an organization that stored too much old stuff…)

By: Leo Babauta

Leo Babauta — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:31:41 +0000

Actually, this system has been around for awhile, and made the rounds of GTD blogs last year. It’s appealing, and I’ve tried a similar system of index cards, but it’s a little too complicated and cumbersome over the long run. Works great for a week or two, but it gets to be work after awhile.

Moleskine pocket notebook has been working for me for awhile now. Simple and effective.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:34:23 +0000

I feel exactly the same way. After reading Hawk’s Web site, I bought piles of index cards, and I’m always wishing I could figure out a good way to use them. Unfortunately, when I actually tried to put his system into practice it didn’t work so well for me. I got tired of shuffling through the cards all the time to find something. I’m sure I’ll get back to it someday…