{"id":427,"date":"2008-08-12T03:43:11","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2008\/08\/12\/quick-lotus-notes-tips-for-gtd\/"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:33:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:33:46","slug":"quick-lotus-notes-tips-for-gtd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2008\/08\/quick-lotus-notes-tips-for-gtd\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Lotus Notes Tips for GTD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor<\/em>&#8216;s <em>Note:\u00a0 Most of the people at The David Allen Company are on Lotus Notes.\u00a0 As a result a considerable body of knowledge has been developed around using Notes for GTD.\u00a0 When you see the Quick Lotus Notes for GTD headline or the Lotus Notes for GTD tag, you can be sure that you&#8217;re about to get some battle tested GTD techniques from the vanguard of GTD&#8217;ers.\u00a0 If you have questions about the techniques presented here, please post them to the comments and I&#8217;ll see what I can do about getting you some answers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You have the ability to organize your Lotus Notes workspace and databases.\u00a0 You probably each have about 6 Workspace Pages on the top of Notes. 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