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Exploring the nature of productivity and life itself [Hack Your Day]

I read an article today on the Geek’s Guide to Getting Things Done, which I am sorry to say I completely disagree with. Or rather I agree with it, but for a wholly different reason. Please take a look at that article before reading on, the main point of it is that productivity hacks nd [...]

19 June 2008 | App Independent, Method Independent, productive tasks, waste of time | No Comments

Is GTD a passing fad? [Hack Your Day]

This is a question I saw somewhere where I read an article about why GTD is so bad. There are some points in there I agreed with, but in general I am totally against putting GTD down so much. Despite that I do think it’s a passing fad, but not in the sense that people [...]

18 June 2008 | App Independent, GTD, common sense, fads | No Comments

Action types instead of contexts in GTD [Hack Your Day]

If your GTD contexts are not used to their fullest potential, you might want to think about exchanging them for action types which will add an extra layer of clarity to your system. Since I work 100% of the time at my computer I don’t have tasks which are not done here. I could use [...]

17 June 2008 | App Independent, GTD, contexts, labels, tasks | No Comments

Auto install applications with Fantastico [Hack Your Day]

If you have a domain and a webhost, you may be lucky enough to have Fantastico at your disposal. I use Bluehost with all my pages and I have it, it enables me to install applications like Wordpress, Joomla, Durpal, php Wiki and others in seconds, without any uploading and extensive customization.
You are taken through [...]

16 June 2008 | App Independent, Bluehost, Fantastico, Short Cuts, webhost | No Comments