The updated EmailImport Addon is now available for download from the GTD-PHP Trac wiki.

I have since moved on to the next most important feature on my personal list of Enhancements (yes, before I fix my known bug in the previous one). I want to be able to have a scheduled email sent every morning with a report on what Actions are overdue, what actions are due today and a rundown on the coming actions in the next week. Additionally this report should contain information on Project deadlines of note (overdue, due and coming). Another report I want is to be able to have the weekly review report emailed weekly to myself (at my work and home email addresses).

To achieve this I have been looking in to using php scripts to create cron jobs on the host system (or schtasks jobs if on a WAMP server for example). I have most of the information required to achieve this now. Once I have implemented a scheduled tasks manager from within GTD-PHP I will then build a custom report builder, which will then be enhanced by the emailer. In all, three addons become interlocked for completing this next feature.

If I didn’t have GTD-PHP (and therefore wasn’t following the GTD methodology) to manage all my projects I probably would not be in the position of even being capable of extending any project (I am busier now than ever, but I have more control over my time than ever before). By completing the Addons in my list I will have so much better control over my time and be in a perfect position to achieve some Zen in my life .

Just so you get some perspective, when I first set up GTD-PHP I added a lot of actions, and immediately closed them. Those statistics had me max at about 30 items in a week. Currently this week I have closed 75 items, and the week isn’t over. Most of these items have been self imposed actions for me to develop, research, repair, investigate, or whatever. I have given myself more work than at the start, and I have more time off now to blog about it (yet another action) than I have ever had previously.

I thoroughly encourage everybody to look into David Allens Getting Things Done. Worked wonders for me

Cheers, Chris.

As it turns out, this is an idea I was contemplating starting as well. My release intervals would have to be significantly longer, however, as I am incapable of committing a lot of time due to my hectic schedule of Work and Wife. The idea I was considering was to do with the book mentioned in the last post. By developing games and documenting the entire process from start to finish, it would help aspiring young developers understand the trials and tribulations of making even the simplest of games, and how much can be learned and applied to future developments. There are a few concepts I am looking forward to exploring, such as some advanced scripting in games, as I have been re-reading the Dragon Book gleaning a lot of things about language design that could be useful, as well as my general scripting experience in a variety of languages.

In all I feel that this is an exciting time for Hobbyist and Indie developers. The outlook seems good, I recommend checking out Andrews and Davids sites from time to time to see what they are up to. I hope to keep you all informed on any developments as I come to learn of them.

Cheers, Chris.