Editorial Note: This post was written by guest author Rod Jones. When Rod emailed me recently for my comments on his way of managing tasks, I thought his write-up would be of interest to you. Rod has a very creative way of managing tasks, and whether you use a Palm PDA or not, I think [...]

The recent reader survey showed that many of you are interested in Web Apps. So, I decided to experiment with a few that are geared toward productivity:

Remember The Milk
Toodledo
Basecamp

I have not finished testing these, but I’ll offer a few first impressions. Please feel free to add your thoughts in the comments.
Remember The Milk
This web app [...]

You’ve finally gotten to where you can handle distractions from associates, only to find that you are the cause of some of your distractions.
But, you may be thinking “so what?” and you may be on to something. Like Sarah McLachlan says in her song Angel, “I need some distraction.”
She’s right: We all need distractions from [...]

This article describes how I procrastinated on some projects over the past few weeks. I share this with you because the trap I fell into is one we can all fall into. The root cause of the problem: assigning projects to myself without really being ready to commit to them, assigning them just because I [...]