Archives for September 2007

Next Actions re-loaded - perfect for weekly review [Getting Things Done Blog - Nozbe]

Tomorrow I’ll be posting the 3rd step of the "Simply Get Things Done Course" and it will be about "Next Actions" so before writing about it I decided to bring several enhancements to Nozbe’s Next Actions feature.
Filter your Next Actions - be focused on what’s next.

When you click on your "Next Actions" you’ll see a new [...]

30 September 2007 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Getting Things Done [7Breaths]

Well, just as I decided to try and post more a big new project lands in my inbox. This one is going to take a fair junk of additional time for me and something has to give for now. Looking at my commitments and goals during my quaterly review I’ve decided to put the [...]

30 September 2007 | Admin, GTD | No Comments

How do you start with GTD? [What's the next action]

Recently I got a lot of the same question: I read the book, got my folders, got my labeller, the works. Now HOW do I start? Where do I start?
Somehow I seem to get stuck, not get going very good with being GTD.

Interesting question. Especially because there is not one answer I think.
Because everybody has [...]

30 September 2007 | GTD | No Comments

Lazy Sunday Video 30th Sep 2007 [Organize IT]

Oh no! I’m back with the sometimes funny, mostly crazy videos again…

Original post here: SpiKe

30 September 2007 | GTD, Humor, Lazy Sunday, video | No Comments

Review week 39; goals, blog and GTD [How to be an Original]

On Sundays I’m looking back on the past week. How did I perform towards my goals? How did my blog do? And how am I keeping up with my GTD system?
Blog performance
This week was a very successful week. The series on Mastering Productivity generated a tenfold of normal traffic on the day of publication and [...]

30 September 2007 | Goal Setting, Productivity / GTD, Weekly Review, blogging | No Comments

We’re Back! [The Cranking Widgets Blog]

For a reasons I don’t know, I decided to upgrade Wordpress (the software the drives this here blog) yesterday. Anybody in the software business knows that you don’t make any large changes (like big upgrades) on Friday because you don’t want to spend all weekend fixing it if (read ‘when’) it breaks.
Well, it broke. [...]

30 September 2007 | Administrivia | No Comments

4 Simple Things You Can Do This Weekend to Relax [The Daily Saint]

The art of relaxing on a weekend has become scarce as we allow activities, errands and chores to crowd out the down-time that we truly crave.  Without being intentional about our time, we can find ourselves running from one thing to the next, left exhausted and without pause. 
What can you do to relax and [...]

29 September 2007 | Faith, Family, Simplicity, Work/Life Balance | No Comments

Organize IT Recap 29th Sep 2007 [Organize IT]

Organize IT recap for 29th September 2007

First off I want to draw your attention to some changes I made regarding commenting on this site. I like getting comments, and I would like to see more of them so with that in mind I want to give back to those who comment. Firstly, I have removed [...]

29 September 2007 | GTD, Productivity, Recap, Updates | No Comments

Sketchcast #3: Effective vs. Efficient [How to be an Original]

This sketchcast is a 3m15s video about the concept of Effectiveness and Efficiency. In the video I explain using a simple graphical representation the difference between the two and why I focusing on effectiveness needs to be done before focusing on efficiency.

If you want to read more about the subject, I suggest you head over [...]

28 September 2007 | Productivity / GTD, Sketchcasts | No Comments

Die Fragentauschbörse [ToolBlog]

Während meines Studium hatten wir uns verpflichtet, die Fragen unmittelbar nach einer mündlichen Prüfung als Gedächtnisprotokoll in einem Sammelordner zu hinterlegen. Nachkommende Kandidaten konnten sich so mit Hilfe dieser Fragensammlung leichter und auch effektiver auf ihre Prüfungen vorbereiten. Auch ich habe von dieser Einrichtung sehr profitiert.
Etwas ähnliches gibt es in der web2.0-Welt nun auch für [...]

28 September 2007 | Internet, Karriere | No Comments