Books by author: William Jones

This is one of the most frustrating books I have read. I'm very interested in personal information management, and I've spent a substantial amount of time building tools that allow me to keep project details and other information out of my head so that I can focus wholly on the task at hand (this was the most important lesson I learned from Getting Things Done). The reviews and blurbs on this book led me to believe that the author has some insights and solutions in this area.

Boy was I wrong. This book is little more than bloated, wordy, warmed-over common sense. It has a lovely graphic design, but every point is articulated at least three times (this is what I'm gonna tell you; this is me telling you; this is what I just told you...if I wanted that, I'd go watch some corporate powerpoint presentations). There are no solutions here, just a framing of the problem that some imaginary designers could perhaps use to design an iPhone or something.

I want my money and my time back.