Tag Archives: Organizing

Importing Outlook into Gmail

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Bruce Keener

A while back I mentioned wanting to break my dependence on Outlook, to move to web-based solutions, but I did not want to lose all the stored emails I have in Outlook. The first step is to ensure your Gmail … Continue reading →

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Tag Tasks with GTD Contexts AND Covey Roles

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Bruce Keener

You won’t catch me saying that you have to use PDA’s, computers, or other technology to help you manage your time. A lot of folks do just fine with paper-based systems. I’ve been successful using them, too. (I am comfortable … Continue reading →

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Miscellaneous Organizational Tips

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Bruce Keener

This article provides a few miscellaneous tips relating to Gmail, Pocket PC Notes, and BlackBerry Use. Gmail Just in case you haven’t noticed it yet, Gmail now has colored-label capability, as illustrated in the screenshot to the right (from my … Continue reading →

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Doing a Mindsweep

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Bruce Keener

For the past several days my head has been swirling with thoughts, more so than usual. Today I realized it is time for me to sweep it all out by doing a mindsweep, which is where you set down and … Continue reading →

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How Did You Get Interested In Time Managment?

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Bruce Keener

When I was about 8 or 9 years old, I read Cheaper by the Dozen (Perennial Classics), a book about an efficiency expert father and his family of 12. That was probably the start of my developing an intense interest … Continue reading →

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The Empty Inbox Myth

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Bruce Keener

In an interview of Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth, Lifehacker asked him some questions about productivity. As you might expect of a successful person, his answers did not sound parroted, unlike those of a GTD “cultist.” Instead, he has found what … Continue reading →

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Have You Simplified Your Life Enough?

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Bruce Keener

One of the things I tried to do during my sabbatical last week was to simplify my life. Specifically, I worked on improving what I call my signal-to-noise ratio. Now that I have been retired for about 9 months, and … Continue reading →

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Staying on Top of It with ListPro

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Bruce Keener

I am a big fan of lists. Having a good set of checklists and reference lists can save you lots of time and can help reduce errors. That is one of the reasons I like ListPro. In this post we … Continue reading →

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Using a How-To Directory

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Bruce Keener

I came across a great tip a while back, which I think was on Matt Cutts’ site: set up a directory called “How To” and dump in text files on individual how-to-do-this items. I wish I had started this years … Continue reading →

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Saving Time and Reducing Errors With Checklists

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Bruce Keener

Recently Steve Pavlina wrote an article on “microtasks,” talking about breaking activities into doable bits. Steve indicated that his microtasks are different from David Allen’s more common “Next Action” terminology, but still looks like next actions to me. Regardless, he … Continue reading →

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