Archives for June 2007
Maximize Productivity #2: Forced Efficiency [Getting Things Done]
This is my second post in a series in which I will show you how to maximize productivity by combining GTD with other powerful time management techniques. The other posts in this series are listed at the end of this entry.
Today’s tip for maximizing productivity comes from Brian Tracy once again and introduces the law [...]
Google Docs & Spreadsheets gets organized [Ian's Messy Desk]
Google has made some changes to Docs and Spreadsheets. The biggest change is the ability to organize your documents in folders. If you’ve been using tags to organized your documents, folders will be automatically created. I haven’t tagged my documents, so I have some work in front of me.
The changes:
Looking pretty - The entire document [...]
Why hate airports when you can love them? [How to be an Original]
I get to travel by plane about two to three times a year. I always look forward to making the trip, and unlike most people one of the things I enjoy most is the time I spend on the airport. The airport?! Yep I know, I’m a total lunatic, but I love the atmosphere and [...]
Clean Up Your Bookmarks [Hidden Dragon BizBlog 1.2]
IF you have not already added the Foxmarks plugin to your FireFox browser, what are you waiting for? The author is going to add a new search service this year that looks to be spectacular: (from TechCrunch)
[Kapor’s] popular Firefox plugin, Foxmarks, has been downloaded 700,000 times and has 350,000 active users.
All those users create some very [...]
6 Secrets of Stress Management [Ian's Messy Desk]
I’m on vacation right now. Not the vacation we had planned, but a break nonetheless. We were going to drive to Winnipeg to visit family, but we’re still waiting on a replacement window for the van. (You can’t do much highway driving without a window.)
Instead of sitting around moaning about our circumstances, we’re taking advantage of [...]
Leo’s writing, elsewhere: organization, reading, writing, and more [zen habits]
I thought I’d share some of the articles I’ve been writing for other blogs, in case you’d like to read them:
Dumb Little Man: 7 Secrets of the Super Organized & 39 Ways to Live, Not Merely Exist
FreelanceSwitch: 10 Essential Steps to Getting to the Top of Your Field
Lifehack.org: 14 Ways to Cultivate a Lifetime Reading [...]
GTD with TiddlyWiki [Hidden Dragon BizBlog 1.2]
The beta-test of my new organizer is going very well, and I have most of the layout settled, as well as the tabs for the various sections of the organizer itself. Your comments and emails have been very helpful in this experiment, and I thank you.
I have noticed that several of you use different digital [...]
The College Student’s Productivity Guide [Flipping Heck! Productivity, Technology and Motivation blog]
I received an email a while ago (well okay, I admit it was ages ago but I’ve been busy!) asking me to check out the The College Student’s Productivity Guide - 27 Apps, Tools, and Resources. From the introduction:
… No, there isn’t a free download that can cure your hangover from Saturday night, but there [...]
Help Me Become a Full-time Blogger [zen habits]
Note to my readers: This post will be the only time I will ask for donations (although I will leave a donation button in the sidebar) … if it bothers you, please skip this post.
I’ve decided to ask for your help to realize my dream of becoming a full-time blogger. It’s a dream that I’ve [...]
Ambiente de Trabalho [Além Das Curvas' blog]
Depoimento de um engenheiro de manutenção em uma indústria de pelotização de minério de ferro:
“Uma coisa interessante que tenho notado é a preponderância do uso de GTD por pessoas ligadas à area de informática e internet. A maioria dos blogs que vejo dá dicas bastante interessantes para trabalho em ambiente “on-line”. Como usar RSS Feeds [...]