{"id":5794,"date":"2012-03-05T21:22:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T05:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2012\/03\/05\/"},"modified":"2014-10-21T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T21:00:42","slug":"david-allen-what-i-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2012\/03\/david-allen-what-i-read\/","title":{"rendered":"David Allen: What I Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Atlantic&#8217;s Media Diet series asks well-known people how they deal with what seems like an overwheleming amount of stuff to read.  Here&#8217;s how David Allen responded when asked what he reads.<\/em>  <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h1>David Allen: What I Read<\/h1>\n<p><em>How do people deal with the   torrent of information pouring down on us all? What sources can&#8217;t they live without? We regularly reach out to prominent figures in media, entertainment, politics, the arts and the literary world, to hear their answers. This is drawn from a conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/gtdguy\">David Allen<\/a>, author of the New York Times bestseller <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity\/dp\/0142000280\">Getting Things Done<\/a> <em>and founder of David Allen Co.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have one of the more non-traditional schedules so the only thing I do regularly is wake up. And even that&#8217;s questionable. But the first thing I typically do is open my iPad to <em>The New York Times, <\/em>read an article or two on the front page and then check out the Dining &amp; Wine or Business Day section. <\/p>\n<p>For magazines, I just love <a href=\"http:\/\/theatlantic.com\/\"><em>The Atlantic<\/em><\/a>, and I&#8217;m not just saying that. I get the print edition and the digital version on my iPad and I often read each issue cover to cover. I also love <a href=\"http:\/\/theweek.com\/\"><em>The Week<\/em><\/a> in print because of its expansive and in-depth take on the week&#8217;s events. Every so often I&#8217;ll get through <a href=\"http:\/\/economist.com\/\"><em>The Economist<\/em><\/a> but that&#8217;s usually only when I&#8217;m in travel mode.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2012\/03\/atlantic1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5797\" title=\"atlantic\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2012\/03\/atlantic1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a><a title=\"David Allen: What I Read\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticwire.com\/business\/2012\/01\/david-allen-what-i-read\/47301\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to read the full article.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlantic&#8217;s Media Diet series asks well-known people how they deal with what seems like an overwheleming amount of stuff to read.  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