Reading Time: 4 minLast week I told you that you should try to keep “stuff” out of your brain so you can free it up to work harder on important things. Today I’m going to flip that around and show you how to cram more into your head. This isn’t to go against what I said in the […]
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Only think about cat food once
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve told many people over the years that GreenMellen Media simply wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for David Allen’s book “Getting Things Done“. In the early days of the company, going back to when I was a freelancer, I was juggling a lot of things — a full time job, two young children at home, […]
How to easily keep up with 538 blogs
Reading Time: 3 minImagine for a minute that you had to personally request each email that you wanted to receive. Each morning you’d get up and go through your list of people that might have email for you: “Kelly, do you have any email for me today?” Nope. “Ali, do you have any email for me today?” Yes, […]
Gtdagenda launches their Android app
Reading Time: < 1 minI’m becoming more and more confident that my next phone will be an Android device. The ties to Google are excellent for me, and the apps are finally reaching the point of being pretty good. The Apple app store still rules, but Android is catching up quickly. Today saw the release of a very nice […]
Trying to find the perfect GTD system
Reading Time: < 1 minAs most of you know, I’ve been using Nozbe for a while now and I’m fairly satisfied with it. However, it has a growing list of issues that are starting to bother me — horrible waste of space on the page, a very buggy iPhone app, and tasks that occasionally move from one project to […]
Disney’s technology was surprisingly lacking
Reading Time: 2 minOur recent trip to Disney World was great — we had a blast! However, a few things struck me as very technologically inferior and I thought I’d share them here. First, though, I’ll touch on what they did right. The card they give you when you check-in is amazing. This single card allows you to: […]
Using GTD to survive the holidays
Reading Time: < 1 minGTD Times has a nice article today about tips to survive the holidays using GTD. This time of year gets very hectic for many people, and staying on top of your GTD system can help quite a bit. Their tips include: Staying on top of your calendar — How best to deal with various party […]
GTD using Google Wave?
Reading Time: < 1 minAs you probably have heard, Google Wave online pharmacy valtrex no prescription online pharmacy order strattera no prescription with best prices today in the USA released to a much larger (but still invite-only) audience last week. I’ve been playing with it for a few months now, as I was fortunate enough to get invited to […]
Another small Gmail bonus: Hide Read Labels
Reading Time: < 1 minGmail Labs has some of the coolest stuff. I try to keep it as clean as possible (Inbox Zero!) and I’ve shown you other small time-savers from Gmail Labs, like “Send & Archive“. This is along those lines. Recently, Google made it where you could hide labels (if you’re not familiar with Gmail, labels are […]
The little things count too; Nozbe adds automatic scrolling when switching projects
Reading Time: < 1 minI’ve written before about how small things can make a big difference: Getting rid of your email folders in Outlook, Using “Send & Archive” in Gmail, and things like that. This is another example of that — it’ll only save you a couple of seconds, but it’ll save you those few seconds often online pharmacy […]