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		<title>By: Mads</title>
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		<description>Hi Anand,

My take on any &#039;system&#039; that helps you get organized, is similar to Jeff Bezos&#039; take on the essential element of reading - &quot;you have to capture the essential element of a book, which is that it disappears when you get into the flow of the story. None of us when we&#039;re reading a book think about the ink and the glue and the stitching. All that fades away, and you get into the author&#039;s universe.&quot;
(This was from his interview with Walter Mossberg in All Things Digital - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121261272441346269.html?mod=2_1582_leftbox)

Similarly any system that helps you get organized should &#039;vanish&#039; in the process. If people spend time managing the time management system, then more likely they will not use that system.

I used an early version of RTM and i had to spend more time mastering it than managing my time. So, using basic principles of GTD i deviced my own system using Backpack and it works pretty well for me.

And I am sure you guys would have taken this (product becomes so easy to use that it vanishes into background) into account while designing your product.

All the best.

thx
Mads.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Anand,</p>
<p>My take on any &#8216;system&#8217; that helps you get organized, is similar to Jeff Bezos&#8217; take on the essential element of reading &#8211; &#8220;you have to capture the essential element of a book, which is that it disappears when you get into the flow of the story. None of us when we&#8217;re reading a book think about the ink and the glue and the stitching. All that fades away, and you get into the author&#8217;s universe.&#8221;<br />
(This was from his interview with Walter Mossberg in All Things Digital &#8211; <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121261272441346269.html?mod=2_1582_leftbox" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121261272441346269.html?mod=2_1582_leftbox</a>)</p>
<p>Similarly any system that helps you get organized should &#8216;vanish&#8217; in the process. If people spend time managing the time management system, then more likely they will not use that system.</p>
<p>I used an early version of RTM and i had to spend more time mastering it than managing my time. So, using basic principles of GTD i deviced my own system using Backpack and it works pretty well for me.</p>
<p>And I am sure you guys would have taken this (product becomes so easy to use that it vanishes into background) into account while designing your product.</p>
<p>All the best.</p>
<p>thx<br />
Mads.</p>
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