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Posted Thursday, April 24th, 2008 8:48 am by Dave Moyer
You’ve got lots to do, and you want to get it done. So, you put it down on your calendar in a neat little schedule, so you can block out what you’ll get done, when, and you can sleep well knowing that everything will get done. Great! Well, if you’re like me, and many others like me, more often than not you don’t get everything done on the schedule, if you even try! While you work during the day, in the back of your mind you know that the schedule you’ve set for yourself is unnecessary. It doesn’t really have to get done now. We want to get it done on that day, but we don’t. We do these things when they make more sense to do during the day, often letting the things that we need to do slip away as well. Read more >>
The Work Timer
Posted Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 10:17 pm by Dave Moyer
I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who doesn’t have at least a slight problem with procrastinating, and I have a big one. I tend to do the fun things first, leaving the not-so-fun tasks to do last, or sometimes to not get done at all. There’s no denying that procrastination is a problem, and there’s really no magic bullet to fix it! However, I’ve discovered a few things that can help me get things done now. One of my best tricks is to set something I call a “Work Timer”. Set a timer for 15, 20, or 30 minutes, then close the door, sit down, and work until the timer stops. This often takes lots of discipline, but it works! Read more >>
Think of the actions, not the projects
Posted Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 10:07 pm by Dave Moyer
Yes, I admit it. I’m a Getting Things Done (GTD) maniac. Many people told me about the book by David Allen, I picked it up, and became addicted after a few chapters. I’ve got my next actions lists, a tickler file, the works. However, this tip doesn’t only apply to people with a full GTD system. It’s just a good idea to help you get more done in the time you have! Read more >>
Pen and Paper Beats a Digital PDA
Posted Saturday, April 19th, 2008 11:39 am by Dave Moyer
I, too, used to be a big Palm fan. I had a Palm III, a Zire 21, and a Z22 in my time. As one of my previous posts describes, I recently tried out Merlin Mann’s Hipster PDA and absolutely loved it. After thinking about it for a while, I started to realize that old school pen and paper is the best solution to organize your life! Here are my top ten reasons
10. It’s enviro-friendly - Hug a tree, then recycle your planner when you’re done with it. Saves lots of space in electronics dumps.
9. Who needs beaming? - Especially with the Hipster, giving others information is incredibly easy! Instead of hitting all sorts of buttons and waiting for your devices to “beam” a calendar event, just hand them a card. Done!
8. Any size you want - Let’s see you try to fold a Treo into fourths. Yeah. Not so easy, is it?
7. Great Getting Things Done integration - When I get home each afternoon, I just drop the “open loops” (each on a different card) that I’ve collected over the course of the day into my inbox. Simple quick, and easy.
6. Built tough - You’re not going to have any problems if you drop a notepad, now are you?
5. Faster “data” entry - We don’t need no QWERTY keyboard! Why mess around with buttons (or worse, a stylus and that Graffiti stuff) when you can just write a note! On paper, writing is freeform and completely unrestricted.
4. Eternal charge - Wall adapter sold separately. The reason? You don’t need one.
3. MUCH more secure - No need to back up your data! Just file things away where you want them. Lock and key is a lot harder to hack for your secure data. Also, if you’re a hPDA or pocket notepad user, nobody’s going to want to steal that. Look at that! I just saved you $20 on a Kensington lock.
2. It’s fast - One, two, three, DRAW! Watch everyone around you turn on their smartphones and PDAs and start pushing buttons like a madman, while you simply flip to next week and write down the meeting.
1. So much cheaper - Why spend hundreds of dollars on a new PDA when you could spend two bucks for some index cards or paper, and have infinite storage space? Need more space? Head over to your local office store and buy another gigabyte of space for 99 cents.
photo credit: desi.italy
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