Archive for March, 2007

4 Productivity Secrets from Another GTD Book

There's the well known Getting Things Done, by David Allen, and then there's Edwin Bliss’s Getting Things Done: The ABCs of Time Management.The latter is definitely less reveired. However, LiveClever digs up a few goodies from this 1976 guidebook. 1. Parkinson’s Law“Professor Parkinson was right: work expands to fill the time available for its completion.“The only way to overcome this is to work Parkinson’s principle in reverse—set a deadline for… Continue reading

March 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: gtd | no comments»

5 Tips to ‘Handle’ Unwanted Workplace Visitors

Ian McKenzie has a few tips to keep those office visits as short as you like, so you can get back to work. There's nothing worse than someone over-staying there welcome, at work or otherwise.

Be the visitor. If you have to speak with someone, go to their office. That way, you can control the length of the visit. When your done, excuse yourself and leave.
Turn away from the door. If

March 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: meeting, meetings, office, office-politics | 3 comments»

Collect stories. Dispel myths.

Every company has a storied past. Are you aware what yours is?More importantly, do you know why your stories are so important?When old timers tell the newbies stories about “the good old days,” or “how it used to be here,” or “the first time we ever did this” what are they so fondly recollecting? Why in the world do they keep talking about past events, often making the retelling… Continue reading

March 29 2007 | By Rosa | Tagged: history, integrity, storytelling, value | 1 comment»

JourneyPage: The Ultimate Goal Support System

JourneyPage helps you get a jump start on some of your larger goals by creating visibility and accountability. JourneyPage lets you create a web page dedicated to your goal(s) and even add a project champion. Additionally, JourneyPage allows you to post what tasks you would like to accomplish daily. At the end of the day you report back to JourneyPage and update the status… Continue reading

March 28 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: accountability, gtd, Productivity, Technology | 6 comments»

Add tasks directly into Outlook using your cellphone

Similar to this Jott and Gmail hack, you can similarly use Jott to add tasks directly to Outlook using your cellphone. The Primoris weblog details how to automate this process:Getting Things Done is all about having an airtight way of collecting ideas for things that need to be accomplished. But how do you capture ideas that occur at the most inconvenient times such as driving, in the board… Continue reading

March 28 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: gtd, jott, Productivity, Technology | 1 comment»

Beginner’s Guide: Start a blog, get 100,000 page views and make over $100 your first month

If you're a blog reader, chances are you're also an aspiring blog writer. Launching a for-profit weblog is extremely attractive because it has the potential for endless profit with practically no overhead. Launching a blog is a quick and easy process even for the absolute beginner. The following is what I learned from my pre-lifehack.org blog in which I earned over $100 and received over 100,000… Continue reading

March 28 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: blog, Communication, Money, writing | 69 comments»

Elements of Great Managing

Kent Blumberg writes on leadership strategy from a tactical perspective--which is very much in accordance with the GTD approach so popular around these parts. He recently finished an in-depth review/summary of Gallup Press's new book Twelve: The Elements of Great Managing. He posted a lengthy write-up of each chapter, which I have rounded up below, for your perusal… Continue reading

March 28 2007 | By Nick | Tagged: gtd, leadership, Management | 11 comments»

254 Uses for Vinegar

And they're still adding to the list!

I don't know if I ever wanted to know so many uses for one product, but it appears there is one thing your pantry should be stocked with. It's vinegar and it's a growing discussion at Frugal Living, over at About.com, which might go on forever.

A quarter cup in a quart of water makes a good window cleaner. A reader adds: When

March 28 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: about.com, food | 8 comments»

New Gmail Filter Hacks

We can make this a running discussion of uses for Gmail's Filter feature. It's a simple tool that makes organizing your emails a breeze, and importantly, automatic. Today we'll focus on three topics: Storage, Bookmarking and Organization [GTD].Either in Settings or next to Gmail's search box, is a link to Create a Filter.

When adding a filter we enter some parameters like who the email is from or what the subject

March 28 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: gmail, software | 16 comments»

Creating a to do list using Jott and Gmail

The studentlinc weblog gives some insight into how to create and manage your to do list using Jott and Gmail. The process involves using Jott in combination with the filter feature of Gmail:Here's the Gmail side of it:Now for the moment you've all been waiting for...here's where the two meet and create my to do list.1. If you don't have an account with Gmail, you must set… Continue reading

March 28 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: Productivity, Technology, todo | 5 comments»

Having trouble with GTD? Try WSD

If you find the GTD system to be too confusing, time consuming, etc. give WSD a try. WSD is a simpler form of staying organized which is based on making sure you have a writing utensil and note card on you at all times. After you take notes on your note card, leave the note card in the appropriate location to complete the task… Continue reading

March 27 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: gtd, Productivity, wsd | 2 comments»

Find unbiased product reviews with ProductWiki

ProductWiki is a wiki (duh!) that lets users add unbiased reviews of various consumer products. The aim of ProductWiki is to have detailed, exhaustive, "straight from the consumer" reviews of consumer goods. The premise behind the site is exciting and the site is filled with many excellent reviews.ProductWiki is a web-based product information resource, written by real people from all around the world. We're a wiki… Continue reading

March 27 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: Money, products, review, wiki | no comments»

Search social media content

Zudos is a search engine that allows you to search the web for up to date information about any topic. Zudus queries a number of networking sites to pull relevant information about the topic you are interested in. Zudus is a simple tool to search "the sometimes chaotic social media space."Zudos is a tool that allows you to easily monitor what everyday people and the… Continue reading

March 27 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: Communication, search, Technology, zudos | 1 comment»

What should I say?

What should I say? is a website that is the metafilter of giving advice. It works in the following way: users that are faced with a difficult conversation describe the conversation, then the readers leave their comments and give advice about how they handled similar situations. What should I say seems to be a great resource if you have a hard time initiating… Continue reading

March 27 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: Communication, conversation, Resource | 4 comments»

Clutter 101: How To De-Clutter

Previously we posted the first in a series of articles from Organize It called Clutter 101: Why do we keep clutter? Organize It recently published the second article in the series which addresses how to de-clutter and get rid of the stuff you don't need. Check out the introduction below:For the purposes of this article I am going to assume you are doing a big… Continue reading

March 27 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: organization, Productivity, tidy | no comments»

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