Monthly Archives: April 2008

Productivity and Choosing a New PDA

iPhone? Palm Handheld? Palm phone? ipaq? Dell? Razr? The choices are numerous, and the technologies being used today are simply mind-boggling. When I encountered the first iPhone in person I was stunned at what Apple had created – an amazing … Continue reading

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Time Management and Cognitive Load Theory

I was searching the internet to find some ideas on the most recent thinking on how habits are learned and unlearned when I ran across a rather dense article “for beginners.” “Cognitive Load Theory for Beginners” makes some excellent points … Continue reading

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Podcast of the Manifesto

Recently, I published a recording via podcast of my manifesto on ChangeThis.com — ‘The New Time Management.” It came out in 2 broadcasts, serialized in my monthly ezine: FirstCuts. It was given a different name, but the words are almost … Continue reading

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How I Do My Emptying

I have been looking at the way in which I have been doing the practice of Emptying more closely, and I am still convinced that it’s one of the most difficult practices. (For details on the practice of Emptying, see … Continue reading

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An Interesting Interview with David Allen

I just listened to a very interesting interview of David Allen of GTD® fame conducted by Merlin Mann of 43 folders. In the interview Allen speaks frankly about the development of the GTD system, and concludes that if he were … Continue reading

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How I Do My Capturing

As a supplement to the work we are doing this week on Capturing, I thought that I’d share my personal approach to Capturing, and why I consider myself a Green Belt. I will also describe some of the challenges that … Continue reading

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Manifesto Released!

The manifesto I was asked to write for ChangeThis.com was published yesterday. To receive a copy of this 12 page pdf, click here or visit the following URL: http://changethis.com/45.04.NewTime As I mentioned in a prior post, the website is a … Continue reading

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Visiting a CrackBerry Forum

I spent a few minutes this morning starting to do some research into how Blackberry’s are used. I visited the Crackberry Forum and have looking around for a conversation to join on how their productivity has been improving from using … Continue reading

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Looking for Problems

I was listening to an interesting interview the other day between 2 authors, Malcolm Gladwell and Joseph Finder. The former is the author of the Tipping Point, while the latter is the author of three or four novels, including “Killer … Continue reading

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Replying to Every Email

I can’t quite recall where I read this suggestion, but I have been trying it out and it seems to work. It’s very simple – for every important piece of email, send a reply, even a short one, to say … Continue reading

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