Category Archives: Equipment

Outlook’s Shortcomings – Part 3

Posted on March 25, 2009 by fwade_admin

In my prior post I brought up the notion that Outlook was designed to solve user’s problems with email, rather than the bigger problem they have with time demands. I also mentioned that the company that understands this shift would … 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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Software Managed Interruptions

Posted on March 20, 2009 by fwade_admin

As I mentioned in prior posts, it’s quite important for a user of the 2Time approach to appreciate the goal of getting into the Flow state as often as possible. This requires a minimum of interruptions, and luckily for us, … Continue reading →

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Article: High Tech Time Management Tools

Posted on March 18, 2009 by fwade_admin

I often complain that there is too-little research into time management techniques, and that academics have failed to give humankind a workable set of principles, definitions and rules of thumb to work with in this area.The result is software that … Continue reading →

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Outlook’s Shortcomings – Part 1

Posted on March 17, 2009 by fwade_admin

In prior posts on the blog, I have made the point that Microsoft Outlook’s design is one that is not meant for time management purposes, but instead appears to have been made by engineers who simply added feature after feature … Continue reading →

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Blackberry Slavery Article

Posted on March 10, 2009 by fwade_admin

I wrote a post as a guest-writer the Stepcase LifeHack website entitled “Blackberry Slavery” that was published today.In the article, I describe how PDA’s armed with real-time email are allowing companies to take advantage of employees’ fears of losing their … Continue reading →

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Improving Time Management Over the Years

Posted on March 6, 2009 by fwade_admin

I just read an interesting article from the New York Times exploring the reasons why free-throw shooting in basketball has not improved over the years. Apparently, the success-rate of free-throws in the NBA and college basketball has remained unchanged at … Continue reading →

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PDA’s and Productivity (part 1)

Posted on January 23, 2009 by fwade_admin

The release of the “Pre,” the latest smartphone manufactured by Palm, made me wonder once again about the design of these devices. Recently, I read an article in the Harvard Business Review on the topic of breakthrough technologies, and it … 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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Crackbery Video #2

Posted on December 22, 2008 by fwade_admin

Another funny video on Crackberry abuse from YouTube — this time set to music!  Click on the video here addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.2time-sys.com%2F2008%2F12%2F22%2Fcrackbery-video-2%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Crackbery+Video+%232′; addthis_pub = ”; Tweet This Post  Digg This Post  Stumble This Post 

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