Category Archives: Tools – Productivity

An Amazing Time Demand Tracker

Posted on January 3, 2013 by fwade_admin

An Amazing Time Demand Tracker… It doesn’t exist… so don’t go looking for it… but if it did, it would be a gadget used to track individual commitments. Backing up a bit… A time demand is defined by 2Time Labs … Continue reading →

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How Time Management Skills Cause Strategic Plans to Fail

Posted on November 23, 2011 by fwade_admin

An article I recently wrote for the Jamaica Sunday Gleaner focuses on the ways in which low time management skills kill even the best strategic plans: Getting Past the Post-Retreat Flop Tweet This Post  Digg This Post  Stumble This Post 

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A Manipulate-able Calendar

Posted on July 6, 2011 by fwade_admin

In earlier posts, I stepped into the future and imagined what it would be like to have a calendar that sat inside your watch, and projected a calendar in front of you in the form of a virtual touch-screen that … Continue reading →

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A Circular Schedule

Posted on July 4, 2011 by fwade_admin

This is something new. Most of us think of schedules in linear terms, the way we think of calendars and diaries.  Along comes the Muji Chronotebook to change all that, with the first circular daily schedule I have ever seen. … Continue reading →

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1999 Email Research is Still Timely and Relevant

Posted on June 22, 2011 by fwade_admin

As I dug through academic papers on the topic of time management over the past few days, I came across a journal article that was simply amazing in its prescience.  It was written by Steve Whittaker and Candace Sidner of … Continue reading →

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How Good Can a Paper System Be?

Posted on March 23, 2011 by fwade_admin

I received an interesting email from a reader of 2Time site who felt a bit put off at my comments about paper systems. She mentioned that in my video on “Permanently Fixing the Weekly Review” I said (in passing) that … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Outlook: Reminder Enhancements Needed

Posted on March 18, 2011 by fwade_admin

I have a suggestion for the designers of Microsoft Outlook, which I have thought for some time, but was recently enhanced when I saw that it was actually implemented by the Smart Diary Suite. There are an increasing number of … Continue reading →

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What Happened to Smart Technology Choices?

Posted on February 25, 2011 by fwade_admin

Corporations making large-scale technology changes have learned over the years that it’s a big mistake to go out and buy the biggest, newest flashiest product available on the market without first doing a thorough study of the company’s needs. In … Continue reading →

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Someone Else Agrees!

Posted on February 16, 2011 by fwade_admin

I found a website that echoes the very same thoughts I have shared on this site about the power of upgrading one’s Scheduling skills, and relying less on Listing. I don’t think they have found this site, as they appear … Continue reading →

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A Treasure-Trove of Data on Time Management Needs

Posted on November 10, 2010 by fwade_admin

In prior posts I have made the point that Outlook and Gmail have become much more than email programs. While they both started out as email managers, they have become the primary portals that people use to manage time demands … Continue reading →

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