Actiontastic: GTD The Easy Way

There are many Mac applications out there focussed on the subject of Getting Things Done. There’s Ghost Action, EasyTask Manager, kGTD etc. All of them are really interesting and useful in their own way, but if you are looking for an easy and free way I have the solution: Actiontastic. Actiontastic is a fantastic GTD app made by Kaboomerang. Originally planned to be a 29$ software, it is now free and open source. The features of Actiontastic are impressive for a beta software. Actiontastic supports:

The essential GTD features:

  • Projects
  • Contexts
  • Actions

But also cool exclusive features:

  • Sync to iPod
  • QuickSilver plugin
  • AppleScript
  • iCal integration
  • Upcoming synchronization with Actionatr

Actiontastic in action

Just the interface of Actiontastic alone makes this app a great asset. This is a “short and sweet” app, very simple, and simple rules all.

Actiontastic 0.9.3 is a free download from kaboomerang.

Comments

12 Responses to “Actiontastic: GTD The Easy Way”

  1. alej744 on March 18th, 2007 3:44 pm

    Am I the only person who thinks he doesn’t need any help to GTD?

  2. Joe Jacobs on March 18th, 2007 10:34 pm

    No, no you’re not. I hate GTD. It seems counterprodcutive to me, like it takes to much time to do itself, instead of just getting down the the task.

  3. alej744 on March 18th, 2007 11:08 pm

    ^^ right on, joey

  4. Sherb on March 19th, 2007 1:03 am

    Cool, this could help me stay on task…. maybe :P

  5. Yohannes Wijaya on March 19th, 2007 5:44 am

    I tried several GTD apps b4 but @ the end i just came back to my trusty ical and sidenote. Using all these gtd apps just add another layer of complexity/application/*

  6. RocketScience on March 20th, 2007 5:05 pm

    It’s just a way of organizing tasks. If you only have a few things on your plate ( like 90% of people ) then you don’t need a management system. Only recently have I encountered the problem I have now of having 30-40 tasks lining up for each different project. Ghost Action is a great way to keep track of this, and replaces my former system of random notes. Definitely an improvement!

  7. RocketScience on March 21st, 2007 12:29 pm

    After trying this app, I like Ghost Action better, despite its asinine name. It colours items when the status becomes overdue, which is vital to my process.

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  10. Jane Doe on July 16th, 2010 1:00 am

    Joe and alej744, thank goodness for you. I hate GTD. I don’t need it, want it, use it or buy it. I am just fine gtd on my own. I wish people and managers will stop trying to cram it down everyone’s throats.

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