Gtd App With Multiple Contexts Mac And IPad

The cross platform nature of OneNote suits me really well since I have an Android, Mac and iPad and am constantly switching between each.

Setup OneNote OneNote organizes content in Notebooks, Sections and Pages.

A single Notebook labeled GTD Multiple Sections as follows Collection Project List Next Actions Someday or Maybe Checklists Each of those has one or more pages within each section.

I also link out to Dropbox folders for things I have stored digitally.

It saves a few seconds every time I need those items.

Collection The Collection section consists of a single page labeled Inbox.

Getting Stuff into the Inbox I wanted a way to get things into a single inbox in no matter where I am or what Im doing.

What I settled on is building out some workflows using the service Zapier and the OneNote API.

Zapier connects applications to each other via their application programming interfaces (APIs).

With Zapier and the OneNote API I could easily append items on a page.

Email Getting stuff into my inbox via Email is handled using the New inbound Email trigger and the One Note action within Zapier.

Create a new Zap Set the Trigger to New inbound Email This will create a unique email address that you can use to send content into Zapier.

Now, connect it to OneNote Add a OneNote action to Zapier Select the Append Note action, it might be listed under less common options Give Zapier permission to access your OneNote account Setup the template that maps the email content to OneNote Set the note book to the name of your GTD notebook Set the Section to Collection Set the PageNote to Inbox Set the Content Type to Text Set the Content to the email subject line.

I actually append the text Handle email before the subject so it shows up in the Inbox in a nicer form.

I then add the Zapier email address to my address book so its available everywhere.

When I receive an email that I need to take action on I just forward it to my inbox.

Google Assistant I want to be able to use the Take a note function on my Android to append a note to my inbox.

Unfortunately, while OneNote supports Take a note it can only create a new page.

Instead, I rely on using Trello as an intermediary with Zapier.

I have a Zap setup that will Append a Trello card to my Inbox whenever a new card is created on a board.

You can follow a process similar to the one above but replace the New Inbound Email trigger with a New Card in Trello trigger.

Alfred Alfred is a killer productivity app that lets you work more efficiently by giving you the ability to control actions on your Mac with the keyboard.

Gtd App For Mac With Multiple Contexts