Archives for the 'Productivity' Category
Productivity Tip #09: Deal With The Obstacles In Your Path [Organize IT]
Stating something might seem easy. You can just pick up a pen and start writing a report, or call a meeting to brainstorm ideas as such as the project proposal comes in. However, due to the scale and complexity of most work nowadays, there are usually so many obstacles in the way that can stop [...]
Twitter with Remember The Milk [Hack Your Day]
If you’re a Remember The Milk user, you already know how many features you are getting. Phone updates, IM updates, smart lists, etc, etc, and if you are using Twitter there’s a great feature available for you too. I only recently became aware of this as I started Twittering, and I’m quite pleased with this [...]
Repetition is the Mother of all knowledge [Hack Your Day]
As the common saying goes, you need to repeat stuff over and over for it to sink in. Most of what I think of as productivity is the same. Let’s take an example from my own life. I’m getting into all his Twittering business because it enables me to let people know what I’m doing, [...]
Quiet Moments that Boost Productivity [The Daily Saint]
This morning I chose to arrive 15 minutes later to work. Not late just later. In that same block of time, I sat quietly and read an article that I’ve been putting off for a while. A great use of a quarter hour.
Where in your schedule are 15 quiet moments?
I like to think that there [...]
Productivity Tip #12: Define What ‘Done’ Actually Means [Organize IT]
A lot gets said about how important planning out your work is. Yes, it’s critical to have a clear picture of what you need to do, and have the appropriate preparatory work in place. However, an element of the project cycle that doesn’t getting nearly as much attention, and which is just as important, [...]
Remember the Milk Can Help You Get Things Done [Black Belt Productivity]
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New twitter, friendfeed and BBP friend, Rahsheen Porter, has begun a new series on his blog, SheenOnline, detailing his usage of Remember the Milk (RTM) for his GTD system. It all began when I posted a link in the GTD FriendFeed room to a great post on the RTM blog titled Advanced [...]
The Number One Question about Getting Started with Blogging [Productivity in Context]
SpaceAgeSage has a guest-post at Liz Strauss’ Successful Blog about finding ways of reaching customers that do not blog, or perhaps do not read blogs. I have been thinking about those of you in my own community of readers that are not bloggers…
In Search of the Elusive Non-blogging Customer
Liz is on a quest to bring [...]
Advanced mouse productivity [Hack Your Day]
One of my first posts here on Hack Your Day was about buying a new Technica, simple 3 button mouse, and how that’s all I need. Well it was, until I had enough of always needing to change batteries. More specifically I had enough of never having batteries at hand. I went out and bought [...]
Making it all work : le nouveau livre de David Allen [C'éclair!]
David Allen, auteur de Getting Things Done, a annoncé récemment sur le site de sa société la publication prochaine d’un nouveau livre baptisé “Making It All Work : Winning at the Game of Work and Business of Life”.
Ce sera la suite logique de Getting Things Done. Mais là où le premier opus se cantonnait surtout [...]
Do You Need a Virtual Assistant [Productivity in Context]
My friend Patricia Mayo, who writes the excellent blog ComHacker, has just published an e-book (the Crystal Edict E-book) on how to find, train, and get the most out of a Virtual Assistant. I’ll let her tell you a little about it:
Here’s a short list of a few things my virtual assistant is doing for [...]