Posts Tagged ‘paper’

Index Card Hacks

I love index cards. I’d like to blame Merlin Mann and his hipster PDA for this obsession, but I don’t use a hipster PDA and still I find myself unable to pass the index card rack at Office Depot without stopping for a look.

Index cards provide a sturdier alternative to notepad paper, making them ideal for “throwaway” notes like directions or phone numbers — notes I’ll need… » Continue

November 5 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: DIY, dryerase, hack, hipsterpda, howto, indexcard, paper, tool | 45 comments»

PocketMod For Every Occasion

You may have read and tried this little contraption: The PocketMod.

What it is is a little Flash application that creates a foldable book out of an A4 sheet of paper you can customize to suit your needs. Great for taking your own paper personal organizer in your back pocket or wallet. Very simple and very small.

Feeds

For those of use who want to carry around our little piece of… » Continue

June 20 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: organization, paper | 1 comment»

Paper vs. Digital Debate: The Answer

In productivity blogosphere, there are countless arguments between two camps: paper vs digital. Along with the evolution of my productivity system, I agree what Glen Stansberry at LifeDev describes in this article - we can use both together as they can co-exist and work well together:

Well, I can answer that question in one word: Both. You see, both have the features that are great for different things. Both have… » Continue

May 7 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: digital, paper, Productivity | 1 comment»

Paper Accordion Organizer for Index Cards

Craft time again! This time PileOfIndexCards has a handy printable template to create a desktop accordion-style card organizer. Like the one in your filing cabinet, only smaller.

Those GTDers using index cards to keep things out of mind and in order will find this useful. I’m also assuming some kind of Tickler file could be substituted.

OrigamiPod - [PileOfIndexCards]… » Continue

May 4 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: gtd, indexcard, index_card, organization, paper | 3 comments»

Productivity Tools: Paper or Plastic?

LifeDev’s Productivity Tools section has a series of articles on the benefits of both paper tools for productivity against their digital counterparts and which you should use.
The underlying solution is that they aren’t counterparts at all but, instead, should be used in conjunction with each other.

Paper for creativity.
Digital for collaboration and archiving.

We think we’ve found it. This series shows the best features of both paper and digital tools, and… » Continue

April 30 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: digital, paper, Productivity, tools | 1 comment»

Postful - Send Email to Mailing Address

After the Google Paper gag, I bet a lot of people were thinking, “That’s not such a bad idea”.

Well, it would be useful if you could send emails to mailing addresses like normal letters. Or even receive actual letters in your email? Postful does just that.

1. Send emails to mailing addresses through Postful- digital to physical.
2. Receive emails from physical letters via a personal Postful mailbox etc -

» Continue

April 17 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: email, letter, mail, paper | 3 comments»

Find Things in Seconds in Your Files- Really!

As Professional Organizers who organize homes, home offices and small businesses, probably the most frequent cry for help we hear relates to PAPER. One alternative filing tool we have used literally hundreds of times over the years is Kiplinger’s Taming the Paper Tiger software. I see so much debate here at Lifehack over the nuances of filing that I thought you’d all appreciate knowing about this tool… » Continue

April 3 2007 | By Lorie | Tagged: file, gtd, paper, review, software | 4 comments»

Productivity & Organizing Myth #6 – I can find anything in my piles.

Myth: Piles of papers or things are organized and people can find anything quickly in those piles. They say, “Believe it or not I know where everything is.”
Reality: It takes a lot of time for people to find specific papers within piles and often they don’t find the papers until they’re no longer needed. This leafing through piles often causes a lot of stress that the user is accustomed to… » Continue

February 28 2007 | By Susan | Tagged: clutter, paper, Productivity | 3 comments»

Organizing Paper and Information: 7 Mistakes that Sabotage Your Productivity

As Professional Organizers helping people organize their home offices and workspaces, here are the 7 biggest information-organizing mistakes we see in our work with clients– are you making these mistakes too?

1. Not knowing the difference between “Action” & “Reference”

This concept is very important for beginning to get through your piles. You need to separate out paper and information that requires action from information that simply needs to… » Continue

February 27 2007 | By Lorie | Tagged: backup, file, information, organization, paper, Productivity | 9 comments»

6 Reasons to Keep Receipts…Or Not!

When we work with clients in person to sort out their papers and create systems for them, we always run into the issue of keeping receipts.

For purposes of this article, we’re speaking about personal receipts for managing your household. Businesses should keep all receipts and should definitely use financial management software like QuickBooks or Peachtree to track and report on the information.

Most personal expenses, however, are routine and irrelevant… » Continue

February 8 2007 | By Lorie | Tagged: finance, Money, organization, organizing, paper | 6 comments»

Virtualization Document Management

Managing papers is tough - it maybe the biggest obstacle on the road to be organized. What is the possible exit from this dark tunnel? Jason Hunter at ONLamp shares his way - by virtualizing his document management. It means that every paper documents are scanned and converted into digital formats, and kept in an organized way in his PC. The steps involve finding the suitable revision control system… » Continue

November 8 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: document, Management, organization, paper | 5 comments»

The Power of Good Old Checklists

I left my house for work this morning, knowing that I’m going to go from the office into a whole other world: PodCamp. So, I had to have everything read, because I wasn’t coming home. I said to myself, fleetingly, I should write a checklist. I didn’t.

So far, here’s what I forgot:

Videocamera recharger - cost for batteries $20 minimum.
USB for iPod (recharger)- cost for recharger at Apple

» Continue

September 8 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: checklists, gtd, hipsterpda, paper, smallboxes, todo | 14 comments»

Easy to duplicate = Easy to learn.

There is a call I’ll occasionally get from my host or hostess just prior to my presentations which goes something like this:
“Hi Rosa, I’m doing a last minute check on the set-up requirements for your session, and I noticed that you only asked for flipcharts. I’ve added a screen etc so you can do your PowerPoint.”

“That won’t be necessary; I won’t be using PowerPoint.”

Surprised silence. Then, with some hesitation, “Oh… » Continue

June 22 2006 | By Rosa | Tagged: learning, paper | 1 comment»

Paper P*rn

Dave Gray at Communication Nation points us to Josh DiMauro’s site, Paper Bits. It’s a great site for talking about paper methods for getting things done. It’s loaded with interesting articles about paper, links to great Flickr photos of paper implementations of data management. As he puts it, Josh is the “purveyor of low tech pr0n.”

See for yourself.

Paper Bits — [via Communication Nation]… » Continue

May 16 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: hacks, howto, Lifehack, paper | no comments»

A Time for Paper?

The folks over at DIYPlanner.com are really into paper, and because I wrote a piece for them, it caused me to really analyze what I do in my life with paper, and what I do electronically. I’ve come to realize that in my case, there’s a time for paper and a time for a more electronic means.

MindMapping

I am a fiend for the process of using mind maps for… » Continue

May 9 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: gtd, paper, pda, pen, Productivity | 6 comments»

« Previous Entries