Wanted: Your Best Workflows

Josh Tomaino says on May 31st, 2006 at 10:59 pm

Studying for final exams, so working is one thing I’m doing plenty of right now. I might have gone off with my own blog post http://www.gen.newrandom.com/2.....d-conquer/ but I’ll summarize my main ideas here.

When settling into a new project, understanding all the components is key. I didn’t even mention that in my post, but, that’s pretty well understood. Second, divide and conquer. Split the project into many managable pieces, rather than one large task. Dividing it up makes the project seem a lot less daunting, and focusing on getting the easier parts done, puts you in the “groove” while boosting your confidence and sense of accomplishment as you move along.

Lastly, taking breaks often when you just aren’t getting things done is much more beneficial than sitting at your desk counting the pixels on your monitor. You’ll be much more productive when returning to your task, thus making up for the lost time. Oh, and if you like music, good. Search for music that keeps a 60 Beat per minute tempo. It’s scientifically proven to increase brain activity. A sample tune is available on my blog post.

(Oh, and a nice little tip for also stimulating brain activity, sit in a chair, cross your legs, and wiggle your toes. Believe it or not…)

Josh

Evan says on June 11th, 2006 at 1:19 am

I just wrote a post about putting workflows together to do collaborative research using social bookmarking apps, an rss agregator, and a blog. The goal being for multiple people to “dump” the links and articles they come across into a blog for the other users to read and post comments.

http://www.lifeinlists.com/200.....s-articles

ttnet says on March 8th, 2008 at 4:01 am

thanks