RTM + GTD = OA5

I've been using Remember the Milk (RTM) for a couple years to manage all sorts of work and personal tasks with varying degrees of success. And lately, I've also been digging a bit more deeply into the Getting Things Done (GTD) "action management" methodology/philosophy, working on applying its principles to gain control over the myriad tasks that swirl around at work and at home each day. So it seemed like a nice fit to use RTM as my "trusted system" to keep track of the things I need to be doing.

Along the way, I've come across a couple really good blog posts from people who have used RTM as a robust GTD tool:

• RTM Blog: Advanced GTD with Remember The Milk - Using tags and smart lists to organize tasks across projects, contexts and locations
• Super-Charge Remember The Milk - A three-part series that expands on, and IMO refines, the framework set out in the first post above

And the "OA5" thing? That's from what I think is one of the finest business/management books ever: The Dilbert Principle. OA5 stands for "Out at 5[o'clock]" where the idea is that long-term productivity is an inverse function of late hours spent at the office, which, in turn is directly proportional to the amount time spent in unproductive meetings and other non-essential functions during the workday, when you could be Getting Things Done.