Category Archives: Equipment

Stickking to New Habits

While I’m happy with the ideas on this blog, and I truly believe in the power of Time Management 2.0, I still have the feeling of being stuck in Habit Changing 101. In other words, I’m still not satisfied with … Continue reading

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iPhone Withdrawal

A journalist/blogger, Topher, is undergoing sever Tech withdrawal by not using his smartphone for (gasp) an entire week. Follow jos journey back to the land of the techno-dinosaurs by reading his first account: Tech-Torture with Topher: Bye-Bye Smartphone, and follow … Continue reading

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Don’t Buy a Gadget, Change a Habit

I wrote another article for the Stepcase LifeHack website with the above title. I also called it: Putting the “P” in PDA Productivity, and it’s based on my encounter with a guy using the urinal at Laguardia while using his … Continue reading

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Outlook’s Shortcomings – Part 4

So far in this series, I have addressed the idea that Outlook could be improved by re-building it around the fundamental practices of time management.  The fundamental, Emptying, is the most important one for many users, and it also could … Continue reading

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Outlook’s Shortcomings – Part 3

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

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

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

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

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

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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