Posts Tagged ‘tickler-file’

13 Ways of Looking at an Index Card

Ah, the lowly index card. So basic, so common, so cheap -- so useful. Index cards are one of the most versatile parts of the productive person's toolkit -- small enough to travel anywhere, cheap enough to keep hundreds or even thousands on hand at all times, and basic enough that one never hesitates to mark up, scribble on, cut up, or otherwise torture them. The number of uses for index… Continue reading

April 10 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: capture, habit, index-card, photography, task management, tickler-file, wiki | 16 comments»

Back to Basics: The Tickler File

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 43 Folders) is the 43-folders system, with 31 numbered “day” folders and 12 labeled with… Continue reading

September 5 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: back-to-basics, file, folders, office, organization, reminder, tickler-file | 9 comments»