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Outlook + Blackberry + Project + GTD

Hey there everyone, this is my first post after a long while of lurking so this is also my formal hello.

I'll start this off with a few selfish questions:

I've been using the GTD system for about one year now. After tweaking it all over the place, I've got it somewhat workable. My foundation consists of a Blackberry 7250, Outlook 2003, pieces of hipster (which I wish I could get to be more practical over my blackberry), and my brain. The one thing that I have had the most trouble with and is a persisting problem, is maintaining a current @Project list. I've tried many things, but the blackberry seems very confining when used with outlooks. With Outlook I can make folders and subfolders for projects and tasks, but it does not allow me to see the same thing in my Blackberry. I've been stuck with a simple list of projects, but there is no convenient way to tie all of the loose tasks in with it. I would like a way to see a project with tasks and subtasks without having to place a project in the actual heading of each task. Every time I've tried to use the task heading to maintain a project tracker, the title gets too long, and the task jumps around too much making re-editing the project tag annoying.

To sum it up, I am curious if there are any other people who use Outlook and Blackberry together, and if there are any suggestions people may be able to offer. I'm a student so buying new programs such as David's Outlook add-in (Which doesn't seem compatible with Blackberry) and new gadgets like Palm Pilots is unfortunately not a possibility at this time. I would like to go completely Hipster but my handwriting is horrendous (I also spend most of my gtd organisation on a bumpy bus ride) and although Outlook+Blackberry has a few quirks, I've found it more useful globally.

Thank you to anyone who has advice for me, I appreciate it.

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