Posts Tagged ‘list’

12 Lists That Help You Get Things Done

At the center of just about every personal productivity system are lists – GTD has it’s context lists, Pomodoro has it’s action inventory and daily to-do lists, todoodlist has, well, the todoodlist, and so on.But there are a lot of different kinds of lists besides your task or to-do list that can help you be more productive. Lists in general are powerful tools – open-ended, constantly growing… Continue reading

November 5 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: checklist, list, online-tool, pen-and-paper, reference, software, task list, todo | 31 comments»

10 Great Moleskine Hacks

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In honor of Lifehack’s partnership with Moleskine, I’ve decided to post all Moleskine-related posts this week. Today, I’ll describe 10 cool ways to get a little more out of your Moleskine. While most of these hacks are aimed at the pocket-sized, hardbound Moleskine (what I think of as the “traditional” Moleskine), they can easily be adapted to the medium and large-sized notebooks… Continue reading

April 22 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: hack, list, moleskine, notebook, tab | 50 comments»

GTD Refresh: Contexts and Calendar

In my first post in this series , I discussed the steps I had begun to take in putting my GTD system back in order. I started by outlining my life at the moment (especially my Areas of Focus") and sketching out a vision of myself in 3-5 years.The next step in my return to an orthodox GTD system is to reset… Continue reading

February 26 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: calendar, context, gtd, list, schedule, task, time-management | 17 comments»

Innovative Paper Planners (and more) from WeekDate

For any number of reasons, some people prefer paper to electrons for keeping track of their schedules, to-do lists, and other organizational needs. If you’re one of those people, you simply have to check out the products available from WeekDate. WeekDate makes one of the most innovative paper planners on the market, their namesake WeekDate Weekly Planner. The WeekDate is available in a number of attractive, stylish… Continue reading

January 15 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: calendar, list, organizer, paper, planner, schedule, shopping, weekdate | 5 comments»

Back to Basics: Waiting For Someday/Maybe

I mentioned before that I don’t use contexts as recommended by David Allen. However, there are two kinds of lists he recommends that I do use, and get a ton of use from. These are the “Someday/Maybe” list and the “Waiting For” list. Did you ever think that someday…? The Someday/Maybe list is a catch-all for all your crazy ideas and whacked-out plans that you just don’t have time to pursue… Continue reading

August 8 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: context, goal, gtd, list, someday-maybe, task, waiting-for | 23 comments»

Back to Basics: Your Task List

Everyone makes a task list (or “todo list”) at least now and again. Usually, we wait until we’re overwhelmed with stuff to do, and then we’ll sit down and list everything we need to get done in the next day or two. Then, one by one, we go through the items on our list, do them, and cross them off.We do this because it feels better when we do. One… Continue reading

July 18 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: back-to-basics, gtd, list, task, todo | 49 comments»

10+ Things to Do with Dry-Erase Markers

As both a teacher and an office supply junkie, I always have plenty of dry-erase markers handy. Which is a good thing, because I use them all the time -- usually without a white board anywhere in sight.Here's just some of the things you can do with dry-erase markers:

Label your frozen foods: Use a dry-erase marker to write the contents and date on the lid of your

November 28 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: dryerase, hack, list, markers, note, whiteboard | 34 comments»

4 Tasks That Don’t Belong In Your Task List

Do you have a growing task list of things that never get done? You'll need to learn to recognize 4 simple items that you shouldn't bother adding to your lists.The One-Minute Task. If your system for tracking tasks has a lot of overhead, you may find yourself spending more time managing a task than the task takes to complete. Enter the task, set its due date and category, fiddle… Continue reading

October 4 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: list | 2 comments»

101 Goals In 1001 Days

J.D at GetRichSlowly has resurfaced an old internet meme popularized by Triplux, the 101 Things To Do In 1001 Days project.Simply put, you make a list of 101 goals that you must accomplish in 1001 days, or under 3 years.I encourage you to make a list of your own dreams. What would you like to accomplish in the next few years? Even if you don’t list 101 things… Continue reading

September 4 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: goals, list | 11 comments»

101 Essential Freelancing Resources

The Freelance Switch weblog compiled a list of 101 resources for freelancers and small business owners. The list is extremely thorough and covers resources dedicated to timing, invoicing, project management and organization, stock libraries, business tools, legal, job boards, web tools, advertising and marketing, and even a bunch of miscellaneous tools.The web is such a big and wonderful place, packed with tools and resources which you… Continue reading

April 11 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: business, Communication, freelance, list, Management, Money, resources, Technology | 6 comments»

Search through lists with WhatALi.st

As you know, "list posts" have become very popular recently. If you are a lover of lists, WhatALi.st is a site you'll enjoy. WhatALi.st is a search engine that leverages social networking elements such as tags, comments, and voting. WhatALi.st also allows users to create and share sites about any topic.What is WhatALi.st? WhatALi.st is a list engine completely managed by users. Thanks to new… Continue reading

March 24 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: list, online, search, software | 4 comments»

101 Shareware and Freeware Programs

The Free Geek has compiled a long list of 101 freeware and shareware applications. The list is very thorough and covers audio, browsers, compression, desktop enhancements, download/upload clients, email tools, fax and telephony, graphics and photo, Internet (surfing), iPod tools, MySQL tools, networking, office productivity, personal finance, programming, security, system utilities, tweaks, and web authors/owners. Talk about a complete list! Give the list a read and let… Continue reading

March 21 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: freeware, list, Technology | 11 comments»

Essential List of Tutorials, How-to, and Screencast for Quicksilver

For Mac OS X users, Quicksilver is probably one of the best god-send productivity applications. What's it? It's a launcher and indexer which you can do actions and interfaces with software and applications with just keystrokes away.Getting started on Quicksilver basic is easy. There are some hidden powers and advanced features that you may want to understand and use to get maximum productivity though. This post is a collection… Continue reading

November 29 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: list, mac, Productivity, software, tutorial | 3 comments»

Fifty Phrases that Kill Creativity

You may be in this situation before. There are times when creativity is needed: Ideas are flowing, someone says a sentence like "We don't have the time", and flows stopped.Dave Dufour developed a list called Fifty Phrases that Kill Creativity in the late 80s, to create an awareness not to kill off ideas - even if it is a bad one. As we hear on this saying - "bad idea… Continue reading

October 18 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: creativity, list | 10 comments»

19 AJAX Start Page Services

One of the workflows that I usually follow is catching up on news and information related to my work and interests in the morning. I do not go to different sites to get those materials, instead I go to my start page at Netvibes and Bloglines to capture new info. With this, I only need to go to a designated place to look for new information. Michigan at Listible has… Continue reading

September 22 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: list, software, web | 11 comments»

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