Unrelated to GTD but not to ergonomics: NuFile adds the long-missed “New File” command to the Finder’s contextual menu. It’s not easily customizable (and cluttered with needless templates — I don’t need to create new Office documents, not to mention LaTeX files) but it’s free and simple and it just works.

[01/29] The latest version includes a NuFilePreference.app helper that lets you add and remove templates. No more clutter.

And, while we’re at it, John Siracusa on the renewed rumors of the Finder’s resurrection:

Like most Apple-related predictions, these things tend to be repeated until they come true, or until a decade passes, whichever comes first.

As he notes, if Apple is only now looking for a top engineer to work on the new and improved Finder, that doesn’t bode too well for Leopard.