Posts Tagged ‘template’

Canned Responses: Which Emails Should You Standardize?

I've got a whole stack of standard responses that I cut and paste into emails. There are certain requests for information, for instance, that I get on a pretty regular basis. I don't really have an interest in retyping the same message over and over again, so I have saved my commonly used emails and just cut and paste. Gmail made that whole process much easier this week… Continue reading

November 28 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: email, gmail, template | 14 comments»

Template: Goal Setting Toolkit

Many of you may set couple of goals at the beginning of the year. How do you keep track and remind yourself to stay on track? Try to keep them in your wallet. Success Being Today offers a set of wallet size template for keeping your goals near you. Take them anywhere, read them and keep it in mind. It has 9 different type of templates for different needs… Continue reading

January 12 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: goal, template | 2 comments»

PagePacker makes pocket-sized books

Aaron Hillegass at Big Nerd Ranch Weblog does some magic by using his program PagePacker (a Mac OS X app) to create a pocket-sized books with our beloved DIY Planner template. I often wander around without a computer, so I needed a nice easy way to print important bits into little books of information that I could carry around in my pocket. Chad Adams figured out a brilliant technique… Continue reading

January 9 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: mac, software, template | 1 comment»

Template: Emergent Task Planner 2007

David Seah has released an update on his Emergent Task Planner, which is a form to plan and track your time using time boxing technique. Break down your day into separate time periods, and deliver and perform the work by the deadline: So what is Emergent Task Planning? It’s a more directed version of Emergent Task Tracking, which is the form that helps you figure out where your time… Continue reading

January 5 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: planner, task, template | 2 comments»

Cornell Method PDF Generator

Cornell Note Taking Style has some uniqueness on the system - it has: note taking area to record meaningful notes, a cue column for reducing your notes to clues for reviewing and reciting, and a summaries section to summarize page of notes.

Study Smarter has a quick online PDF generator to generate such custom sheets: blank (Cornell Style), ruled, or graph style. You can also enter your name, class… Continue reading

November 30 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: cornell, template | 2 comments»

Free Template: Household Notebook

A site OrganizedHome has released a bunch of free template pages for managing different aspects in household. The idea is to print out what you needs, put them into a binder and compose a customize Household Notebook to put your family in order. I think another idea without going all the way is to print out what you need, and stick them onto the fridge. The creative is what you need… Continue reading

November 6 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: household, template | 4 comments»

DIY Planner 3.0

Just wanted to send across the news that D*I*Y Planner 3.0 has been released! It is currently a Classic (5.5"x8.5") and A5 sized edition with new designs and some good features: * Inspired by David Allen's Getting Things Done, but flexible enough to be used for almost any productivity method, including almost any of your own devising. Reference charts are included for GTD, including one specially… Continue reading

February 15 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: download, planner, template | no comments»

Printable Paper Rulers

There are some ruler templates (in PDF and PS) that can be printed out with paper and can be disposable. This is really handy when you need to measure something but don't have a ruler around. Another good use of this is to print it off to a overhead transparencies paper:

... "Print them on overhead transparencies and cut them with a paper cutter… Continue reading

February 6 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: ruler, template | 15 comments»

Over 35 Graphic Templates

Education Place has a good collections on pdf templates on graphics templates that can help you productively brainstorm and going through ideas. For instance Problem-Solution Chart is a page with two columns table with Possible Problem, and Possible Solution, which can assist the way you break down into different problems, and identify different solutions for each of them. Here are the list of the template names:

Clock
Cluster/Word

November 11 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: idea, template | 4 comments»

Online Printable Calendars

Sometimes it is handy to have a calendar for your current month on your cubical wall. It is useful for quick referencing on dates, write down quick notes etc. A quick service that you can use is Printable Calendar. It generates any month or year into a template in Word or PDF format. You can then print out and do anything on it: Printable Calendar is a service that provides unlimited… Continue reading

November 2 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: calendar, template | 3 comments»

Using a Portable Card to Measure Distance and Size

There is a way to measure something that is longer than a ruler you have, and it is (very) portable. Mitchell Charity has a page with template on business cards, which help you measure distance and size of an object. Depends on your eye and the arm's length and print out the appropriate pdf template that specific to the length. Then you basically hold the card at your full… Continue reading

November 1 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: template, tool | no comments»

Make your own 12 Sided Calendar

Look like we found another desktop toy, everyone. There is a online generator you can use to create a template of a 12 sided calendars which fits nicely to a pentagon dodecahedron. Not only it looks great, you can also use this as a dice, to decide when should you start your non-urgent tasks! ;) Another favor you get is the rhombic dodecahedron style. More geeky feel. I still… Continue reading

September 22 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: calendar, DIY, template | 1 comment»

Beginner’s Guide to Making a Planner

If you are not willing to shell out $50-60 to buy a ready to use planner, what are the alternatives? One of the popular methods are spending time and create a set for your self. Douglas Johnston over D*I*Y Planner has written an article on teaching you to create an planner system using his template and ordinary paper. Topics discussed are:

Choosing a Planner & Size
Choosing Basic Supplies
Getting

September 13 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: guide, planner, template | no comments»

DIY Planner Calendar Package 2.5 (Classic/A5)

D*I*Y Planner has released another good template on Calendar which has two sizes: 5.5"x8.5" and A5. This is a big package with 50 pages of the following templates:

* Day Keeper daily calendar * Day Keeper, unmarked (write in your own hours) * Weekly Planning, 1 page, 6 box (no hours, weekend shares a box)… Continue reading

September 9 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: calendar, planner, template | no comments»

Notepaper Generator

Simson L. Garfinkel has made an online PDF generator for lined notepaper with the current month calendar on the top right hand side. It also has the subject and page number field, and rooms for you to staple or punch holes to bind those notepapers together. Notepaper Generator - [simson.com] Related: Lifehack.org's Online Graph / Grid / Templates PDF Generator

September 6 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: generator, online, paper, pdf, template, tool | 1 comment»