My very good friend Frank Meeuwsen of “What’s the Next Action Blog” fame and now one of the chief editors of Lifehacking.nl blog (the biggest community of “Lifehackers” in the Netherlands, aka Holland) did a great interview with David Allen before the GTD Summit in San Francisco. Enjoy:

The intro by Frank is in Dutch, but the rest is in English, so no worries.

I came back from the GTD Summit in San Francisco and the Productive Magazine #2 is not ready yet due to some technical problems we’ve been experiencing… and I’m really sorry for that.

As I hate being late or overdue with things and we’re long overdue with #2, I decided to do some cleaning and design the Productive Magazine Editorial Processes over again and make sure we can deliver each issue of the magazine on a regular basis.

Shorter but regular (monthly as the ultimate goal)

I’ve heard voices over at the Summit that they’d rather read a shorter magazine but on a regular basis than a longer one every few months. I definitely share this opinion and let me tell you, I think we’ll be on the right track with PM #3. The next issue will be due sometime in May and hopefully #4 and next ones will be as regular as ever and issued every month.

Productive Magazine Team is growing!

One the side note - our Productive Magazine Team is growing - apart from Me and my assistant Delfina, Lori Anderson and Dustin Wax (of Lifehack.org fame) have volunteered to participate and let me prepare each issue for you. If you also would like to volunteer and help me out, make sure to contact me.

How did I design the processes for the Productive Magazine #3 and beyond?

While I can’t reveal all the details yet (I’ll have to test them and really see what works and what doesn’t) I’ll be happy to let you know in the future posts about the process, for now just have a look at the Mind Map I did in the Freemind app on my Mac:

Please let me know in the comments, what you liked, didn’t like and would love to see in the future issues of the Productive Magazine and which format would be the best for you?

P.S. The issue #2 is almost finished and should be out any day now. Again, sorry for the delay!

I would like you to join me in San Francisco between March 11-13 (in a week!) for the GTDsummit organized by David Allen, the “father” of Getting Things Done.

Meet me and Nozbe during the first GTD Summit

There have been very few times when the improved productivity of organizations and the people within them has been so critical, or when own personal focus and control been so challenged as today. As we have to think about “doing more with less” and working “smarter not harder,” the use of productivity methods that really work has never been so crucial.

This coming March 11-13, I will be joining best selling author and executive coach David Allen at the GTD Summit in San Francisco. David is the author of “Getting Things Done”, often referred to as “GTD”, which has sold more than one million copies in a hundred countries.

The GTD methodology is in high demand. It is being replicated in more than a hundred software applications, buzzed about in hundreds of blogs, and incorporated into the professional development curricula of dozens of global corporations. I am inviting you to learn and apply what David Allen, other business leaders and I have to say about “Getting Things Done” in challenging times.

I think you’ll find something at the Summit that will inspire, motivate, and advance your ability to stay focused and clear in a potentially overwhelming and uncertain world. You’ll be able to network, explore more options, and get “out of the weeds” with some elevated perspectives.

35% discount admission fee for Productive Magazine readers!

As part of my network of friends I’ve been authorized to extend to you a special discount of 35% (more than $800) off the Summit fee.

To register just contact us and we’ll send you the discount code

I will be joining David as a panelist during the summit and also Nozbe will be joining the David Allen Company as a Sponsor and Exhibitor – make sure to stop by our booth!

Nozbe Booth – meet me in person, watch a presentation of Nozbe 2.0 beta and receive a gift from Nozbe!

I hope that you will join us and I’ll see you there!

Michael Sliwinski

Editor, Productive! Magazine
Founder, Nozbe – Simply Get Things Done!

P.S. One more thing – as a panelist and speaker, David let me invite three friends at a very very hefty discount – if you want one – contact me – only the first three people will be given this opportunity.