Category Archives: Theory

Brilliance in Systems Thinking

As I mentioned in the prior post, I have just finished reading Sam Carpenter’s book — Work the System. I am a bit in awe of what he’s written, and the fact that he’s written it as a business-owner, rather … Continue reading

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Work the System – Now Free

I had the unique fortune of visiting the Work the System website while the book is being offered for free. While I write a review of the book, I want to invite you to “grab it while you can.” According … Continue reading

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An Argument for Time Management 1.0

While this blog is written to explore Time Management 2.0, I am starting to think that there is an argument for Time Management 1.0. What’s the difference? In Time Management 1.0, users were told to follow a prescription laid out … Continue reading

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The Pomodoro Technique

I just came across an interesting technique for time management, which takes its name from the Italian word for “tomato.” I briefly glanced through the pdf and decided to post it online to encourage others to read it and provide … Continue reading

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Bit Literacy — part 9 — Requiring an Email Response

One of the mysteries of managing my email has been trying to figure out how to manage follow-up email. The scenario is well-know to users of Outlook or any other email program. You send an email to someone who you … Continue reading

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Bit Literacy — part 8 — Newsletter

Bit Literacy has some sound advice when it comes to reading and processing  electronic newsletters (or zines.) The first recommendation is to scan newsletters once before deleting them. I began this practice about a year ago, and have found that … Continue reading

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Bit Literacy — part 7 — Todo List Failure

One of the key recommendations of Bit Literacy is that one should take todos and schedule them onto lists that belong to particular days. It argues that a single todo list quickly becomes overwhelming, and that the items should instead … Continue reading

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Bit Literacy — part 6 — Time Induced Anxiety

In Bit Literacy, the author makes a brilliant insight, which confirms for me that the book is probably 3-5 years ahead of its time. He quotes a book by Richard Saul Wurman from 1989 titled Information Anxiety: “One of the … Continue reading

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On Bit Literacy – part 5 – Todos and Scheduling

One confusing aspect of Bit Literacy is a contradiction  that I found in the discussion around ToDo’s:  the book calls for scalable solutions, while in the same chapter it describes 2 solutions that seem to ignore that sound advice, because … Continue reading

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On Bit Literacy – part 4 – Letting Go

Another one of the key ideas in Bit Literacy is that “letting bits go” is a critical frame of mind to maintain. Letting bits go simply means that a user of an email system is better off deleting freely, early … Continue reading

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