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OutLinker is a Microsoft Outlook Macro for rapidly processing as set of Microsoft Outlook Tasks, Appointments, and Messages and transferring the content/links for the items you choose into MindManager for organization and tracking. The initial version required MindReader and GyroQ, which narrowed the potential user base quite to a small niche of power users. The […]

2007 was a year we largely focused on improved capturing and staging of tasks with tools like MindReader, Mark Task Complete, and OutlLinker. Perhaps 2008 can focus on improved weekly review and action? To kick it off and to provide some group moral support for getting things done, I’d like to propose the following contest: […]

I stood by the side of the road a few weeks ago waiting for AAA to show up to change my flat tire. In my PDA I had “Identify day I can get to dealer to replace balding tires” on to do list, where it had sat for several weeks. Here I am with a […]

The latest version of OutLinker will let you select a set of upcoming Microsoft Outlook appointments and process them into MindManager so that ResultsManager can remind you to get prepared for them. The default next action is set to “Prepare for /meeting subject/” but can be modified. The deadline for the task is set on […]

I noticed I began experiencing frequent “The application has been requested to terminate”-type crashes since upgrading to the SP1 release for MindManager 7 where as the original release was pretty stable. I was a bit worried this was due to MindReader or OutLinker, but realized this evening it is likely due to my options being […]

I made a few big improvements to the OutLinker macro today. It now stores its configuration settings in a notes folder so it is easier to upgrade/configure without editing code. It will also prompt user for the archive store/folder if it doesn’t find them. For fun it counts the number of messages you have processed […]

Outlinker is evolving quickly as it gets some use and the suggestions trickle in. I used it to successfully drain my Gmail inbox to zero for the first time using Microsoft Outlook this morning and made several edits along the way. The macro now lets you select the messages you want to process and then […]

Getting In to Empty: Getting “IN” to empty doesn’t mean actually doing all the actions and projects you’v collected. It just means identifying each item and deciding what it is, what it means, and what you’re going to do with it”. (David Allen, Getting Things Done, Page 119). David Allen stresses that your should process […]