Category Archives: Equipment

Exciting New Software

Posted on April 25, 2011 by fwade_admin

I just came across something I have dreamed about for some time – a game for email! In prior posts, I talked about game mechanics, and how the entire 2Time approach could be seen as a game of sorts of … Continue reading →

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Blackberry-Specific Habits

Posted on April 20, 2011 by fwade_admin

This is a great article written by a friend of mine – Ian Price – for the Guardian newspaper in the UK. One of the startling statistics he quotes is the fact that Blackberry users spend much more time checking … Continue reading →

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Productive Notifications on Your Blackberry

Posted on April 18, 2011 by fwade_admin

It’s fascinating to me how many productivity-related design decisions are made by makers of mobile gadgets (like Blackberrys,) software (like Outlook) and web services (like Gmail.)  In the first week of using a new BB Curve 8250, I have had … Continue reading →

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Should There Be an App for That?

Posted on April 15, 2011 by fwade_admin

I had a brainstorming session with a few friends the other day, and came up with the idea of expanding the assessment program I created for the skill of Capturing. If you haven’t taken it, here’s what is does:  within … Continue reading →

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Using My First BlackBerry

Posted on April 1, 2011 by fwade_admin

I spent a few minutes today setting up my first Blackberry… this after writing several articles about the way that the device is being abused by working professionals around the world. It’s barely been a day, but I am coming … Continue reading →

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The Herbie in Time Management

Posted on January 24, 2011 by fwade_admin

I’m writing an article that I’m submitting to the Harvard Business Review, and in the process I asked my subscribers for feedback on the latest draft. In the process, I received a great response that was more than just a … 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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A New Frontier for Time Management

Posted on December 31, 2010 by fwade_admin

There are some exciting technologies being developed in the world of gaming that will produce a tremendous breakthrough in time management skills. Here’s why. Time management as a field has suffered over the years from a problem of measurement. There … Continue reading →

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How Gadgets Force Habits

Posted on December 22, 2010 by fwade_admin

I have been playing with the idea that time management systems are more complex than I originally described in my early writings on this website. I originally described each person’s system as the collection of the habits, principles, practices and … Continue reading →

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How I’m Choosing a Smartphone – Speech

Posted on November 12, 2010 by fwade_admin

In this half-hour speech given at a conference here in Kingston, I took the audience through the reasons why I’m being cautious about purchasing a smartphone. P.S. I use a word in patois the describe the kind of phone I … Continue reading →

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