Category Archives: Capturing

Leaving Practice with Raw Hands

Posted on February 9, 2011 by fwade_admin

As I mentioned in my prior post: “The Pedagogy of Time Management,” there is a need for anyone who wants to improve their skills in this field to craft specific opportunities for structured practice. Mark Needham’s summary of Talent is … Continue reading →

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Livescribe – the Future of Capturing

Posted on January 7, 2011 by fwade_admin

In a recent NewHabits-NewGoals class, I met a participant who shared with us a rather early version of a pen called LiveScribe. She admitted that it didn’t work very well, but when she explained the idea I was struck that … Continue reading →

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Outlook’s Shortcomings – Part 2

Posted on March 23, 2009 by fwade_admin

A program that is built for time management purposes would assist a user in executing the fundamentals, but also allow him/her the freedom to use its features to support their particular time management system. Ideally, a user should be presented … Continue reading →

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In Emergencies – Forget Email

Posted on January 12, 2009 by fwade_admin

I am working on a project in which almost everyone around me carries a Blackberry.  My observation as one of the few non-Blackberry users is that many have developed habits that thwart their productivity. One sad habit that has developed … Continue reading →

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Richard Branson’s Capturing

Posted on January 1, 2009 by fwade_admin

While many of us are insisting that “we’ll remember” and therefore don’t need to write things down, it appears that Richard Branson has made quite a few comments on the power of carrying a portable notebook at all times: Quote … Continue reading →

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A Zero Inbox in Outlook or Gmail?

Posted on October 21, 2008 by fwade_admin

I just read a great post over at the Web Worker Daily Blog. It essentially has to do with Capturing in one’s inbox, and how using Outlook has lead to very different ways of maintaining a Zero Inbox than using … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Capturing (without Tossing)

Posted on October 11, 2008 by fwade_admin

I just read an article that describes the “problem” of capturing everything, in which I think, by the end, the solution turns out to be worse than the original issue. The article can be found at Merlin Mann’s site — … Continue reading →

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How I Do My Capturing

Posted on April 13, 2008 by fwade

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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Professional Un-productivity

Posted on February 6, 2008 by fwade

As mentioned before, the task of comparing one worker to another in terms of their productivity has become much harder. However, the results of examining their in-box can give a good insight into how productive they are. In other words, … Continue reading →

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Learning a Habit I Forgot

Posted on November 15, 2007 by fwade

I am reading the #1 New York Times Best Seller – The Four Hour Work Week and finding it quite entertaining. As someone who lives in Jamaica, it would seem that I am living the author’s dream to some extent! … Continue reading →

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