GTD tip: Spotlight your Google Docs in the clouds with Precipitate

GTD and searching comes hand in hand.

The GTD involves filing information and tasks away for later retrieval. And retrieval = search, right?

Extending Spotlight to the clouds

I love Spotlight; having the ability to search across all my files and mails on my computer is one I can't live without. There are still limitations such as not being able to search through images, videos, or sounds without tagging them properly. The other limitation is not being able to search the cloud, which is essential today because we have more and more info in the clouds. For example, I have a set of bookmarks on Delicious.com and stuff on Google Docs. Hopefully one day, we'll be able to do that with easy configuration and out of the box.

Using Precipitate to Spotlight Google Docs

Until then, you can use Precipitate to search your Google Docs and Google Bookmarks right from your Spotlight search window. Very neat if you are a heavy Google Docs user.

Thanks for reading, and hope your found this tip useful!

Source: CNET