Archive | Getting Things Done

18 January 2009 ~ Comments

Diigo Aims to Fill the Void Left By Google Notebook

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With Google Notebook shutting down, many people are searching for alternatives and Diigo is trying to fit itself into this space. Currently, Diigo is more focused on bookmarking and making notations around those links, but they are looking to become more flexible. Diigo’s Lists feature is the closest thing they have to Google [...]

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06 September 2008 ~ Comments

Don’t Call Me, I’ll Call You…Maybe

In this day and age of Social Media and online communications, I find it quite disconcerting when someone feels the need to actually call me on a phone. It could just be my anti-social side, but I would much rather a text, email, or even a message on a micro-blogging service.
How many times during the [...]

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14 August 2008 ~ Comments

How I Keep Up With Identi.ca, FriendFeed, Twitter, Kwippy, and Rejaw

This is quick video showing how I keep track of multiple micro-blogging services using Pidgin, Launchy, and Ping.fm. I basically send everything via Ping.fm and recieve everything via IM.
One thing I forgot to mention here is that I can also “post” to Twitter from TwitterSpy (which I mentioned in a previous post).
How I Keep Up [...]

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22 July 2008 ~ Comments

Make FriendFeed Slightly More Productive

FriendFeed is becoming more and more central to my online activity. I feel I have only scratched the surface of what can be accomplished with it. Even at this early stage, I know that I have accelerated the development of relationships, and the growth of my personal knowledge just by being a regular FriendFeeder.
A recent [...]

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20 July 2008 ~ Comments

What Happened to My Priorities?

I remember when I first started trying to get organized years ago. I started off with a Handspring Visor and then moved up to a Palm III. I also remember struggling with prioritizing my tasks. Should I clean the bathroom first, or shave the dog? Which was more important? I think I spent more time [...]

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14 July 2008 ~ Comments

To Do Lists Are Not Just About Task-Management

You To Do list may be a lot more powerful than you think. Here are a few ideas that may get your imagination working as to how you can harness the full power of one of the most basic organizational tools. Feel free to share any ideas you have in the comments section.
Borrowing/Lending
Tracking things you [...]

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12 June 2008 ~ Comments

How to Keep Your To-Do List So Fresh and So Clean…Clean

It’s amazing how the little things make a difference. Especially when it comes to your To-Do list. I found that I had a few items on my list that just kept getting pushed back. It’s not as if they were impossible feats or anything, but I couldn’t really put my finger on why they wouldn’t [...]

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10 June 2008 ~ Comments

Supercharge Remember The Milk: 6 Ways to Add a Task

One important thing that will ultimately hold your GTD system together and make it work for you has to be accessibility. In the first and second installment of this series, we discussed how to set up Remember The Milk to handle most of your GTD needs. We also talked about using SMS to access RTM. [...]

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