Perhaps the most advanced technology, or at least the one that works best for me, is simply good old fashion paper wrapped in leather: the Moleskine. Nothing works better than just having something around for jotting down ideas and putting together thought. I still read the Wall Street Journal, print edition, even though the online version will soon be free.

I’m not saying that I’m not overly obsessive with my Facebook page or my Google Calendar, but it’s something that doesn’t rely on an Internet connection, and won’t crash or go blue screen on me.

Google is starting to really integrate its 10 million different products. Lately, I’ve been attracted to Google Notebook, which can quickly be used as a GTD tool. I’ve set up my “notebooks” as:

• inbox (to process)
• next actions (to do)
• someday/maybe
• reference
• projects

When I stumble across something I’m interested in, I simply dump it in the inbox. This gets processed through the GTD work flow and sorted as necessary. Fortunately, a la Gmail, Google Notebook has powerful search option that really eliminates the need to arrange items in such granular folders.

Next steps:

• Create a bookmarks notebook to track all my favorite sites
• Clip useful articles from blogs as I read them