Category Archives: Productivity

Using Text Files for Handy Reference

Thomas shared a Matthew Cornell blog post with me recently: My Big-Arse Text File – a Poor Man’s Wiki+Blog+PIM. It motivated me to start using a text file for logging my daily activities. I used such a file for several … Continue reading

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Useful Reading 20 Nov 2008

Some interesting reading for you: a royal rant about GTD Lots of good points in this airing-it-all-out post making Gmail your gateway to the web An interesting write-up by an executive who is also a very clever geek … how … Continue reading

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The Value of Cool Productivity Tools

We’ve talked several times about the trap of getting caught up using productivity tools. Before you know it, you are spending too much time looking for new tools, and tweaking existing ones, instead of just using them to be productive. … Continue reading

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Is This Obama’s Project Management Software?

The organization of the Obama campaign has impressed me so much that I have tried find out what software his campaign used. I thought you might find this of interest, too. In searching for “Obama campaign software,” I found an … Continue reading

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Tidbits for Your Reflection, 2 Sep 08

In reading Prisoners of Our Thoughts, the following quote caught my attention: “It is more important to be aware than it is to be smart.” What are your thoughts on this? As for me, it has reminded me of the … Continue reading

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How Can I Follow All the Advice from Productivity Blogs?

There are two answers to that question: You can’t follow all the advice of productivity blogs. Nor should you. Did you know that more than 100,000 new blogs are added to the Web every day? Staggering isn’t it? I’m not … Continue reading

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Getting The Most Value from Your Delicious Bookmarks

I know that several of you, like me, use the Delicious bookmarking service, and so I am sharing some thoughts with you on how to get more value out of that service. It is my hope that the power users … Continue reading

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Being Well-Enough Organized

I thought it would be good to start the week with a post that is intended to make you think a bit. Bill Myers recently left a comment on one of my articles, and said something we should all think … Continue reading

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A Creative Way of Managing Tasks [Palm]

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 … Continue reading

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Experimenting With Productivity Web Apps

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 … Continue reading

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