Posts Tagged ‘review’

Review: Xobni Extends Outlook’s View, But at a Cost

Outlook is a well-established presence on the business desktop, providing millions with their email, calendar, contacts, and tasks. It’s such an institution, in fact, that when Microsoft radically revamped the Office suite’s interface in 2007, it left Outlook largely unchanged.Although it’s big and sluggish, there’s no denying that Outlook does what it’s supposed to do. Not quickly or with style, but consistently and effectively nonetheless. The thing is, though, that… Continue reading

November 11 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: email, outlook, review, software, tool, xobni | 11 comments»

Stripped GTD: 3 Habits That Make You More Productive

David Allen's Getting Things Done has been a huge help to me as I've created processes and systems for many of the things I do, be it writing, other work, or just budgeting my time so I can spend more of it doing the things I love.The problem with GTD, the snag I've hit time and time again trying to implement its practices, is that it's just so darn… Continue reading

June 15 2009 | By David | Tagged: gtd, notebook, organization, Productivity, review | 19 comments»

Ten Great Ways to Promote your Book

So you have written a book and had it published. Congratulations. Now you face the challenge of what to do next. Many authors think that marketing is a job for the publisher so they sit back and wait for the royalties to roll in. You might have a very long wait. The market for books is extremely crowded and most books do not sell well. However… Continue reading

April 9 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: amazon, author, book, marketing, promote, publish, review | 14 comments»

Things for Mac: Intuitive & Streamlined Task Management Software

I've followed the development of Cultured Code's Things with keen interest since it was announced in its early stages. It seemed like it was going to come closer to providing a truly seamless and ubiquitous, but most importantly, smooth application for managing the things that need to get done each day.My problem with task management applications is this: they require too much conscious effort on my part. Task management… Continue reading

March 4 2009 | By Joel | Tagged: review, software, task management | 18 comments»

Book Review: David Allen’s “Making It All Work” (Part 3 of 3)

The second major theme in David Allen’s Making It All Work is “perspective”. (The first major theme, “control”, is discussed in part two of this review.) This part of the book expands greatly on the “Horizons of Focus” to which Allen commits only nine pages in the original Getting Things Done.Getting perspective means two things for Allen. First, and less importantly, it means consciously sorting your priorities before… Continue reading

February 9 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: attention, book, david-allen, gtd, life, making-it-all-work, personal productivity, review, work | 3 comments»

Book Review: David Allen’s “Making It All Work” (Part 2 of 3)

Note: I decided that I'd better make this three parts instead of the originally-planned two. Allen's work is, of course, central to the whole field of personal productivity, so it's worth really diving into it. Don't miss Part 1 here.At the center of Making It All Work is a renewed emphasis on control -- effectively managing the work in your life -- and perspective -- aligning your work… Continue reading

February 6 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: attention, book, david-allen, gtd, life, making-it-all-work, personal productivity, review, work | 7 comments»

Book Review: David Allen’s “Making It All Work” (Part 1 of 3)

December saw the release of David Allen’s Making It All Work:Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life, Allen’s long-awaited follow-up to his classic Getting Things Done (Ready for Anything, published in 2004, acts more as a companion to Getting Things Done than a sequel). Making It All Work seems to have been written with the primary goal of addressing some of the the… Continue reading

February 4 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: attention, book, david-allen, gtd, life, making-it-all-work, personal productivity, review, work | 13 comments»

Build Your Renegade Career! A Review of “Career Renegade” by Jonathan Fields

Jonathan Fields is an extraordinary sort. A corporate lawyer by training, a severe illness – Jonathan says his body “rejected his career” – led him to quit law and follow a path of his own making.After a stint as a personal trainer followed by the founding and eventual sale of a successful training business, Jonathan found his true passion in yoga and opened Sonic Yoga, one of the most successful… Continue reading

January 16 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: book, book review, career, job, jonathan_fields, renegade, review, work | 16 comments»

Principles in Perspective: A Review of “The Last Lecture”

The Last Lecture is a book based on an internet sensation, the "Last Lecture" given by computer scientist Randy Pausch at Carnegie-Mellon University. Pausch died tragically of pancreatic cancer in 2008; the principles he discusses in his last lecture (and in a companion lecture on time management, both of which are available on the internet) take on a whole new meaning in light of the fact that they were… Continue reading

January 7 2009 | By Art | Tagged: book, inspiration, last-lecture, randy-pausch, review | 3 comments»

The 80 Best Lifehacks of 2008

And so we arrive yet again at the end of another year. 2008 was at best a mixed bag – while the world was electrified by the US election and it’s promise of change, the global economy was shaken to its core as a decade of financial mismanagement and willful blindness finally caught up with us. Gas prices spiked, leading us all to ask some difficult questions about sustainability, efficiency… Continue reading

December 31 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: 2008, achievement, app, back-to-basics, Communication, creativity, goals, gtd, habit, iphone, networking, new year, Productivity, review, success, web | 39 comments»

How to End This Year on a High!

Are you looking forward to the New Year or are you bogged down with unfinished tasks from this year? No matter what sort of year you have had, you still have the opportunity to end this year on a high, and start the New Year on a positive note.You will have had a number of successes in the last twelve months and it is important to acknowledge them. At… Continue reading

December 15 2008 | By Arvind | Tagged: clutter, exercise, holidays, improvement, organization, resolutions, review, year | 6 comments»

Audiobook Review: David Allen’s “GTD > Weekly Review”

One of the most difficult demands that David Allen's Getting Things Done makes on followers of his system is to set aside a couple of hours a week for a weekly review. It's hard enough to find the single block of uninterrupted time, but harder still to know what to do with it. Allen only devotes five pages to the weekly review in Getting Things Done, and maybe a… Continue reading

March 7 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: audiobook, david_allen, gtd, review, weekly_review | 14 comments»

12 Ways to Upgrade Your Weekly Review

Fans of GTD will already be familiar with the weekly review. Weekly reviews are designed to give you uninterrupted thinking time each week. Instead of tackling the big questions of your life between coffee breaks and morning commutes, you can set aside time to do a review.Weekly reviews are a great concept and I’ve used them faithfully for the past few years. But I’ve found… Continue reading

January 29 2008 | By Scott H | Tagged: brainstorm, gtd, journal, Productivity, review, think, to-do, weekly review | 33 comments»

Readers Respond: Your Stumbling Blocks

About 10 days ago, I accidentally posted a question I had meant to schedule for later this month, and as I'm coming to expect, your responses really got me thinking. The question was simple: What one big productivity block do you most struggle to overcome? But the issue it raises -- how can we keep ourselves on track? -- is really complex, and speaks directly to why… Continue reading

January 14 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: attention, focus, health, procrastination, review, strength, vision | 7 comments»

Year in Review: The 70 Best Lifehacks of 2007

2007 was a great year for personal productivity at lifehack.org! We've added more than a dozen new writers, who have brought new perspectives, new topics, and most importantly new hacks and tips to our virtual pages.

If you want to be more productive in the New Year, take a look at these 70 best lifehacks of 2007 now, and subscribe to our feed so you don't miss… Continue reading

December 31 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: Lifehack, Productivity, review | 71 comments»

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