Archive for the ‘productivity’ Category

Answers? We have answers!

Tuesday, October 5th, 2004

Mike's asked (among other things - answers to which can be found in the comments here) how Gmail fits into the GTD system. Since I was already planning on doing another post on GTD, I figured I'd go answer this question with just a link: 43 Folders talked about just ...

Productivity

Friday, October 1st, 2004

That's it - I'm a convert. About a week and a half ago, I ran across this post on Anil's blog. Always one to be intrigued by potential productivity-enhancing activities, I checked out the referenced 43 Folders and read more about the wonders of Getting Things Done. That afternoon, I ...

Need an outliner fix?

Monday, March 15th, 2004

About a month ago, Ethan Marcotte discussed OmniOutliner as one the applications that've made his transition to the Mac just a bit easier. As the proud new owner of an iBook myself (woohoo for testing machines), I promptly bought a copy and found myself transported to outliner heaven. Unfortunately, I'm not ...

Big Plans

Sunday, December 28th, 2003

I've been pondering lately how best to go about dealing with my ever-increasing quantity of to-dos. It seems that every time I turn around, my todo list has grown by one or two new significant projects, and I've been at something of a loss on how to deal with ...

Inspiration

Monday, May 12th, 2003

"Maintenance" from Mark Pilgrim is an example of best practices in to-do lists - periodically, everyone needs to re-evaluate their lists (written, digitial, or merely remembered) and clean them up. Looking at the one I wrote this morning, it might just be that time for me. (granted, my daily lists are little ...