[officemonkey]

Hasn't the Harvard Business Review ever read the book "Getting Things Done?"

Anyone serious about managing their time is familiar with each of these problems and develops their To-Do list with these complexities in mind.

The To-Do list is dead. Long live the To-Do list.

[shn]

All these articles are written to market something, in this case the author himself.

[officemonkey]

This is a pretty poor area to market yourself. Covey might be dead, but Allen is still productive and IMHO, is a better writer than this guy.

[tifareth]

Shocking, isn't it? But he goes on to describe GTD concepts that would make TODOs meaningful as if he is the original source of said ideas.

[dhimes]

Most of the ideas are quite old- possibly enough to be considered 'public domain.' From Daytimers systems to 'getting organized' self-help books, these things have been around since at least the 1970s.

[officemonkey]

This article says some of this stuff is as old as Benjamin Franklin. http://www.inc.com/ss/brief-history-time-management#0