NOTICE:: This tutorial is deprecated. This tutorial works only for Tracks version 1.0.3. It does NOT work properly for the most current version of Tracks. Additionally, if you receive an error regarding Ruby GEMS when attempting to start tracks, please reinstall Ruby, and Rails. Additionally, try installing rails without going through GEMS if possible (good luck finding the download to do so, though). I will update this tutorial for the newest version(s) of Tracks, as soon as possible.
Recently, I head about this great GTD application called Tracks. It’s built in Ruby, and runs on the Ruby on Rails framework. It’s also nice and ajaxified. It’s pretty spiff, and does precisely what you need a GTD application to do. Plus, it’ll work under IE and FireFox (and, I presume the other majors, as well).
If you’re a linux/OSX user, then getting Tracks running is pretty easy. If you’re a Windows XP user, you might need more help. Although John Leonard has written a pretty great tutorial on this very subject, already, I find it’s a bit overkill. His tutorial uses a much different method, including an unneccesary (in the grand scheme of things) web server package. This tutorial concentrates on getting Tracks running with only Ruby and MySQL. The following tutorial will lead you through the steps of setting up Tracks on your Windows XP machine.
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Getting Things Done, or GTD, is not a new concept. For a couple of years, now, people have been writing about new and different ways to implement David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” system. As per my usual “new approach to old ideas” penchant, I’ve come up with a way to implement GTD in Mozilla’s Thunderbird e-mail client. Here’s a little how-to, to get you started.
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