Archive for the 'Productivity' Category

  • iPhone or Treo 650? Which is better?

    Dane posted this… If you’re tempted to get an iPhone, it’s well worth reading!
    I’ve long been on a record as a strong advocate of smart phones, and the Treo 650 in particular. I’ve had a Treo 650 since mid 2005. This weekend, after an hour’s drive and a short wait at an Apple […]

  • Escape Voice Mail Purgatory - GetHuman.com

    You can increase your personal productivity by getting past voice mail systems and getting to a human being as quickly as possible.
    GetHuman.com tells you the quickest way to whittle away at the “voice mail tree” and get to a real life human being for up to 500 companies from “AAA” to “Wisconsin Electric”!

  • How Freelancers Get Things Done

    Every self employed or work at home type of person is a “freelancer” of sorts. Here’s how one freelancer gets things done using a Molekskine notebook system.
    I’ve recently started using the Moleskine notebooks because they’re cool (I use the large, squared page one for summarizing important meetings or projects but less than I’d thought) and […]

  • Microsoft Unveils - “Surface” - What’s Your Take?

    Microsoft unveiled one of their “secret” new projects today: “Surface”
    No mouse or keyboard is required… simply human touch.
    The immediate problems I see are
    1) People will think it’s  a hard surface scratch it all up and otherwise destroy it in short order.
    2) The thing I like about my keyboard is that I don’t see my fingers typing […]

  • How To Turn A Dead Moleskine Into A Dead Tree Database

    Moleskine notebooks are all the rage with the Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity or “GTD” crowd. Hey, I even bought one myself yesterday to see what all the fuss was about.
    If you’ve got an old one you know that they content of your notebook may no longer be relevant but the cover […]

  • 7 Key Thoughts About How To Write More Articles

    Some people want to be writers, but putting together a single article seems to take them a week. Unless someone is willing to pay you $1000 per article that’s not so good. (If you have found somone willing to pay you that, please email me!)
    But for generating online money, writing articles is key. The more […]

  • How To “Get Things Done” By Scanning Flickr

    David Allen’s book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity is so popular it’s spawning “GTD” groups over the net.
    After buying the book, you still may wonder… how does this really work.
    GTD search at Flickr to the rescue!
    Search through the GTD users on Flickr and you’ll find some really great examples of “Getting Things […]

  • How To Handle “Spring Cleaning” For Your Business

    It’s Spring, and that means it’s time for Spring Cleaning here in the US.
    But Spring Cleaning isn’t just for your home.
    It’s time to do some Spring Cleaning for your business.
    By that I mean it’s time to reduce the clutter that accumulates in our businesses. Not trash per se, but those products, services, techniques, and beliefs […]