A long-time standby in the productivity realm, a tickler file is a reminder system intended to act as an adjunct to your regular calendaring and scheduling system. Although there are several different kinds of tickler file, the most well-known (thanks largely to David Allen’s Getting Things Done and Merlin Mann’s…

No matter how well you set up your todo list and calendar, you aren’t going to get things done unless you have a reliable way of reminding yourself to actually do them. Anyone who’s spent an hour writing up the perfect grocery list, only to realize at the store that they forgot to…

We’ll be recording our podcast Lifehack Live this morning at 10am Pacific Standard Time. This week, I’ll be chatting with author, teacher, hypnotherapist, and creativity expert Jurgen Wolff about writing, being creative, and brainstorming. You can be part of the show by calling in at (347) 838-8244 with your questions and comments…

If you’ve been looking for a program to send emails not now, but later; then here it is. FutureMail exists purely so you can send yourself emails in the future. Created by Ben Sinclair, this web app could commonly be used to send yourself a reminder in your email. It’s simple and works. You can, likewise, send…

ReminderFox is a Firefox extension that adds a scheduler and to-do list manager to Firefox. ReminderFox sits in the bottom corner of Firefox and lets you manage your to-do list, and it displays any reminders you set. Although it has an alarm and calendar built in, ReminderFox is not meant to replace your…

Patrick Rhone sent me an email with his interesting topic. He is trying to clear up the confusion on how calendar fits with GTD. He suggests calendar should be used only an appointment or event is happening at a specific time. There are also tasks where you need to do within a timeframe but not…

My friend, Adam Weiss from Boston Behind the Scenes, told me about a cool little hack he uses to leave himself reminders via his cell phone: For years, I’ve been using the voice recorder function of my cell phone to leave myself little notes. It’s a great way to remind yourself of things when…