I'm excited about the Office 2.0 line up, and honored to have a chance to sit and speak with attendees about implementing GTD in a web 2.0 environment and in a business setting. Talking about the tools is useful, and I'll follow up with a series of posts showing how I've put my system together before the conference gets rolling next week. Which tools, and how they fit together to take the organization of my life to a 99% paperless, cloud computed operation.

For me, the power of applying Getting Things Done to my business and personal life goes beyond just helping me be productive and accomplish the things that matter. It's changed my interactions with my loved ones, and improved my business relationships. Part of that comes from an ability to free up my head and allow myself to be in the moment when I'm meeting someone. Every hour of tweaking my system has been worth the ability to hear and understand better without the nagging thoughts about what else might be more important to do instead.

In building personal relationships, the discipline of keeping all mundane communications electronic has refocused my conversations. At home I don't need to waste time with loved ones talking about who's picking up the groceries, or whether the bills got paid. At work I don't need to run through which requests that have come in are my responsibility, and which ones aren't. The time that it used to take is freed up to talk about shared experiences and dreams, and the things that really matter to the people around me. At work, we can focus our meetings on where we want our products to go and evaluating ideas, rather than on the mechanics of keeping the company going.

I'll see you all in San Francisco — and hope to hear about your experiences and ideas for using productivity to make your life work more smoothly.