Posts Tagged ‘todo’

12 Lists That Help You Get Things Done

At the center of just about every personal productivity system are lists – GTD has it’s context lists, Pomodoro has it’s action inventory and daily to-do lists, todoodlist has, well, the todoodlist, and so on. But there are a lot of different kinds of lists besides your task or to-do list that can help you be more productive. Lists in general are powerful tools – open-ended, constantly growing… Continue reading

November 5 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: checklist, list, online-tool, pen-and-paper, reference, software, task list, todo | 15 comments»

Back to Basics: Your Task List

Everyone makes a task list (or “todo list”) at least now and again. Usually, we wait until we’re overwhelmed with stuff to do, and then we’ll sit down and list everything we need to get done in the next day or two. Then, one by one, we go through the items on our list, do them, and cross them off. We do this because it feels better when we do. One… Continue reading

July 18 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: back-to-basics, gtd, list, task, todo | 49 comments»

Back to Basics: Capture Your Ideas

Does this sound familiar? You’re slowly drifting off to sleep when you come up with a great line for the song or paper you’ve been working on all day. It’s such a great idea, in fact, that you just know you’ll remember it in the morning. Happy to have finally come up with the perfect line, you nod off, smiling and peaceful. In the morning, of course, it’s gone. All that… Continue reading

July 4 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: capture, idea, inbox, memory, moelskine, notebook, processing, todo | 24 comments»

Where are the aids for increasing GENUINE personal productivity?

Too much of today's personal productivity is stuck in repeating the past

A genuine increase in productivity means getting the same, or greater, output with less effort and a smaller use of resources. Yet most personal productivity software still relies on various ways to categorize old-fashioned to-do lists. That focuses on getting more done by improved organization; it's working harder for longer (mostly by virtue of avoiding distractions and procrastination)… Continue reading

March 13 2008 | By Adrian | Tagged: lists, meeting, priorities, Productivity, software, todo | 13 comments»

The Search for My Ideal GTD App

Over the last few weeks, I've been looking for an online service to help me stay organized. My system at the moment is a patchwork of paper, desktop apps, and willpower that has worked well enough in the past but has begun to come apart at the seams as I take on a growing number of responsibilities. Since I work at several different locations, I need to… Continue reading

November 26 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: gtd, online, Productivity, project_management, todo, tools, webaps | 40 comments»

15 Tips to Make Today the Day You Finish Your To-Do List

You’ve seen it before. Every checkmark only leaves two more unfinished tasks. Your to-do list has become an living organism, spawning more and more work while leaving you less and less time to finish. Is it possible to stop your to-do list, or will it just become an unstoppable blob of extra work? Your best weapon against the rising tide of to-do is dedicating a day

November 13 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: Management, organization, time, todo | 31 comments»

Organizing ToDos: Urgency Vs Importance

You can organize your todo lists any which way you like [house, work, fun etc] but how often are you categorizing them into importance and urgency? Sean Tierney suggests sorting your todos graphically on a scale for urgency vs importance - since tasks can sometimes parade as urgent when they really aren't, and vise versa. Urgency and importance are completely independent of one another. Once you understand that, doing triage on… Continue reading

August 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: todo | 2 comments»

Productivity: 9 Habits To Quit Now

I like to-do lists, but do you know what I like better? NOT-to-do lists! The less to do the better, so I'll take this advice from 4-Hour Workweek author Tim Ferriss. 9 things you can check off your list that do nothing but impede your business progress, productivity and pleasure in your personal life. 8. Do not carry a cellphone or Crackberry 24/7, seven days a week Take at least one day… Continue reading

August 17 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: todo | 5 comments»

New Backpack Launch From 37signals

The online organizer from the 37signals camp, Backpack, has just relaunched with some new features. They're boasting a new UI that's been built from scratch, and by the looks of things, it's a welcome improvement. Other than being able to move anything anywhere and add dividers to pages, you can do searches and run it all through an RSS feed - making checking up on your ToDos that much simpler.

The… Continue reading

July 26 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: 37signals, todo | no comments»

Habit List Vs ToDo List

Mark Shead at Productivity501 has separated his regular todo's from his 'actual' todo list. He's talking about your day to day items that might obscure what you're trying to achieve with your todo list.

“Habit” tasks tend to obscure the most important tasks that have to be done.

The value of a habit, is measured over time–not just a particular day. Regular todo lists don’t allow for this.

When your todo list is

July 20 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: todo | 9 comments»

Web Publisher, Internet Author “To Don’t” List

The internet is permeated with thousands of "to do" lists. In fact, if you are an author or publisher in the electronic realm you can get so caught up in completing your "to do" list that you never actually get to do much writing and publishing. So, as I have a propensity for being a jerk reverse engineering, I've put together a little "to don't" list to help nudge us… Continue reading

June 18 2007 | By Reginald | Tagged: blog, todo | 13 comments»

How to Pare Your To-do List Down to the Essentials

Do your days seem to be crazy busy and your to-do list filled up with an endless supply of tasks? Is your calendar full and your work day a non-stop rush from one thing to another? If so, you may have too much on your plate. It's time to step back, take a few minutes, and pare down that to-do list to just the bare essentials. Imagine, for a moment… Continue reading

May 25 2007 | By Leo | Tagged: Productivity, simplicity, todo | 36 comments»

DoIt on your Mac

This piece of Mac software instantly catches my interest with a simple idea I've yet to see in other ToDo list managers. Not only does DoIt [formerly ToDo] categorize your tasks, set with priorities and deadlines; it also associates each todo with a URL, address book contact or file on your computer.

Compatible with Applescripts, Quicksilver and iCal, DoIt also adds a sync function across multiple computers using .Mac - got… Continue reading

May 4 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: apple, mac, software, todo | 3 comments»

Creating a to do list using Jott and Gmail

The studentlinc weblog gives some insight into how to create and manage your to do list using Jott and Gmail. The process involves using Jott in combination with the filter feature of Gmail: Here's the Gmail side of it: Now for the moment you've all been waiting for...here's where the two meet and create my to do list. 1. If you don't have an account with Gmail, you must set… Continue reading

March 28 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: Productivity, Technology, todo | 5 comments»

Where do you keep your todo list?

Todo list is an ingredient to be ultra productive. With so many daunting tasks in our daily life, having a todo list is a must. After you've decided to keep a todo list, the question will be: "where should I keep it?" Where do you keep your todo list right now? Will you change the way you keep your todo list? Do you have any wishlist of a new todo software… Continue reading

March 22 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: Productivity, software, todo, workflow | 19 comments»

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