Category Archives: User Design

Does Email Volume Hit a Natural Limit?

While there are lots of people who complain about receiving too many emails per day, the complaint that “I get too much email” is a bit of a red herring. While there is a certain amount of email that is … Continue reading

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My Blackberry Update #1

Background: As you may know, I spent months describing all the ways in which I observed a relatively new phenomena – smartphone abuse.  I then embarked on a process to choose one for myself in a way that I hoped … Continue reading

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Rvw: Is It Time for a Time Management Upgrade?

I authored an article over at the Stepcase Lifehack website that’s about realizing when it’s time for an upgrade in your time management system. I argue that we can use common everyday indicators like weight gain and clutter to tell … Continue reading

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How Good Can a Paper System Be?

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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Solving Some Nagging Issues with A Simulation Study

There are some time management issues that I have raised in my blog, and in my videos, that I believe can be answered using a digital simulation. This diagnostic tool, which is taught in schools of operations research, is one … Continue reading

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Never Trust Your Time Management System!

I read an interesting post over at the GTD Help blog, and come up with some different conclusions that are perhaps directly opposed to those in the post below. Here is the link to the post from the GTD Help … Continue reading

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Top 10 Ways to Use Your Down Time More Effectively

By Emily Thomas If you feel pretty confident with your time management skills, you may already use to-do lists, calendars, goal-tracking charts and alerts or alarms to keep you focused and driven during your work or school day. But what … Continue reading

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A New Goal for Time Management

In the delivery of my different time management programs, I have come to realize that professionals might need a new way to think about success. The very old way of thinking used to be that it was all about getting … Continue reading

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Stress, Time Management and the Recession

I just completed a white paper that I hope my readership finds useful (but it might be a bit basic for longtime readers of the blog.) Stress, Time Management and the Recession You can use the link below to pass … Continue reading

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Download WorktheSystem Now!

In a prior post I mentioned that I was so impressed by a new book I read called Work The System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less, that I read it in only 2 sittings. It’s available … Continue reading

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