Archives for the 'lists' Category

Separating ideas and tasks with Todoist [Hack Your Day]

I’ve been talking a lot about ideas lately, but it so happens that something comes to mind while gathering ideas which I actually want to do definitely, and not just any time in the future. I came a up with a solution that lets me type continuously in Todoist, but it can be applied for [...]

14 June 2008 | Todoist, context, lists, task manager | No Comments

5 tips to accomplish low priority tasks [Hack Your Day]

If you have a long list of tasks, chances are that you have many that are low priority, labeled as “future”, or simply regarded as “whenever” items. Chances are also hight that these items will never get done, but will keep on mounting. Since many of us have a constant flow of urgent and short [...]

14 June 2008 | App Independant, lists, prioritize, prioritizing, task list, workflow | No Comments

Top 10 of Top 10 GTD Lists [Getting Things Done]

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Sorry, I simply couldn’t resist publishing this article. You may have noticed that I’m a big fan of top 10 lists; in fact, my previous post was a top 10 list… and this post is a top 10 list as well!
So, just for fun I compiled a top 10 list of [...]

7 March 2008 | GTD, General, Productivity, fact, lists, resist, simply | No Comments

FruitfulTime task management application and E-book [Hack Your Day]

I received an interesting letter the other day, letting me know about a productivity software. I noticed it because although it was product promotion email, it was at least addressed to me, and it very specifically said “productivity” tool. I answered and got an email back the same day from the founder, so I decided [...]

5 March 2008 | Desktop Software, Organization, Productivity, lists, task management | No Comments

Using Remember the Milk’s smart lists [Hack Your Day]

One of the best features in Remember the Milk is the smart list, which is essentially a search option, but your searches can be saved permanently. Normally you would want to save a search because you perform them often, but in Remember the Milk there are more benefits.
I actually only have one “real” list in [...]

29 February 2008 | Organization, Productivity, Remember The Milk, lists, online apps, rtm, search, to do | No Comments

Are Your Lists Really Complete? [Getting Things Done]

This is a guest post by Jennifer George of Lifemuncher.
Sometimes the most important thing GTD gives you isn’t on your list.
When gtdfrk asked me to write a guest post, I happily obliged. I spend so much time thinking about GTD and reorganizing my system that I figured it would be easy to dash off a [...]

11 September 2007 | GTD, General, Guest Post, Productivity, Writing, action, complete, lists, missing, procrastination | No Comments