The Internet has made me really, really, really lazy.  For instance, look at how long it took me to write a new blog entry.

Another case and point: Earlier today, I had to send, get this — an e-mail. Not an e-mail! That takes so much work. You have to open Gmail, click “compose,” and type. That’s like, a whole three steps. Sooooo tedious. It’s pure torture, I know.

Why do I bring this up? A lot of us have been playing with task management and contacts management programs — generally referred to as “Getting Things Done” (or “GTD”), because we’re way too cool to refer to it as something as unhip as “task management” or “contacts management.”

I’ve played with all of them. OmniFocus, Highrise, Things, I Want Sandy. All were tried on the great hopes that they’ll improve my life, make things easier, cause me to not forget a thing or a person, and so on. But they never did catch on with me. Why? Because I’m lazy. And so I stop using them. A few weeks later, something new comes out, and then I try that for a little while — but nothing ever sticks.

But the more I think about it, is it really laziness, or something else?

I think that it’s because it actually becomes more of a chore to enter information in such an amazingly organized way than to just do the work. I call it “Getting ‘Getting Things Done’ Done.” It takes so much time and thought to figure out how to organize the task, “tag” it appropriately, ponder who will be involved, who to invite, how long the task will take — and so on — I just figure, “screw it. I’m just going to make a mental note” or “I’m just going to search my inbox for this contact’s e-mail.”

I have, however, been playing with something cool — I’ve taken Sandy and integrated her with Twitter. So, whenever I want to schedule something or write a reminder, all I need to do is type “d s” into my Twitter client (to directly message Sandy) and then go for it. Whenever I have a meeting coming up, or need to be reminded of something, Sandy sends me a direct message. Pretty hard to forget, and all without a click of the mouse. I’m on day 3 of this set up. I wonder how long it will last.

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