GTD(Get things done) 的工具可以说是数不盛数，在了解 Tracks 之前我曾经用过一段时间的 Next Action。

Next Action 是一个SPADE(Single [Page] Application and Development Environment) 程序，也就是说整个程序只有一个页面。 挺有趣的。

Next Action 的使用非常简单，只需要把这一个页面另存为到本地即可(注意: 必须用 Firefox 方可正确浏览,这是我针对中文显示修改过的，你可以到作者主页去找最新版。)。每次使用的时候用 Firefox 打开，修改完毕之后一定要记得重新保存该页面，保存类型选择'Web page, Complete'(这一点稍稍有点不方便)。

Firefox 用户可以查看我站点上的联机页面效果.

Get things done!

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在生活帮看到 一个开源的GTD系统-Tracks的介绍。去 Tracks 的网站上看了看，感觉是一个不错的 GTD 工具。决定在 Dreamhost 主机上尝试一下。

0.规划

准备起用一个单独的域名 GTD.dbanotes.net。相关文件安装在用户目录下的 gtd.dbanotes.net 目录。

1.准备环境

Tracks 使用 Ruby On Rails 开发的，所幸的是 Dreamhost 现在已经内建支持 Ruby On Rails 了。对于这一项几乎不需要任何额外的操作。

再确定数据库信息。创建一个单独的 MySQL 用户，然后记录该 DB 的主机名字等信息。

2.安装配置
在 Tracks 网站下载安装文件，当前的稳定版本是 1.041。解压所有文件到 gtd.dbanotes.net 目录下，安装指导也在，非常详尽，需要仔细阅读。然后参考文档作如下操作

cp config/database.yml.tmpl config/database.yml
cp config/environment.rb.tmpl config/environment.rb 

把目录 log.tmpl 重命名为 log。编辑文件 tracks/config/database.yml 把 'production' 与 'development' 这两个段需要的信息填入。'test' 段则不要修改。

编辑 config/environment.rb ，找到 change-me 修改为其他的。这个字段是用来加密密码的"盐"，默认不改其实问题也不是很大。

在 gtd.dbanotes.net 目录下运行命令:

rake migrate

如果这个操作没有错误，Tracks 就可以跑起来了。

如果有必要，修改 安装目录下或者 public 目录下的 .htaccess 文件进行 URL 重写。

为了安全起见，把除了 public 目录之外的目录文件属性设为 700 。

参考我的 GTD.

3.后记
Tracks 这个东西内建了 WEBrick 这个 Web 服务器，所以如果你的机器支持 Ruby ，完全可以跑在本地 Windows 或者 Linux 或 Mac OS X 等各种操作系统上。这样使用体验会更好一些(我在 Dreamhost 上搭建的速度有些慢)。

Updated: 查看Tracks 截图效果 。如果需要测试用户请发送电子邮件给我: dbanotes@gmail.com .

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