posted at 09:12:34
By Flipping Heck!

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Yesterday (yes, I''m a bit slow on the uptake!) saw the launch of "Productive!" magazine, a magazine dedicated to... er... Productivity!

Brought to you by the creator of Nozbe, the magazine''s mission:

Productive Magazine is a platform where the top productivity bloggers will share their best productivity principles and tips'n'tricks. Let's help everyone get more done and be more productive!

The bonus is the magazine's a free download!

I've only had a chance to have a quick look through the magazine (some of us do have to work you know) but it looks really well done - it certainly wouldn''t be out of place on the shelves in my local newsagent - and there''s articles with many well known GTD gurus including >David Allen himself and Leo Balbauta of Zen habits.

So, if you''re into productivity (which I guess you must be if you read this blog!) then head on over to "Productive!" magazine and download your free copy.

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Sep

3rd
2008

Review: iGTD Task Management Application

posted at 09:00:00
By Flipping Heck!

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When I had the chance to review Smart-To-Do List recently, I didn't think I'd find another productivity tool that would work so well for me, the only reason I'm not using it day-to-day is that it's unfortunately Windows only.So, I continued the hunt and the next program I found was "iGTD" - from the website:

You are a busy person, aren't you? And there's an easy way to track all things that have to be done... and to get those things done! iGTD takes some concepts from Getting Things Done methodology and makes them easy to understand and use in your every day life. But it's definitely not limited to the GTD concept - you can really use it the way you want.

When I first fired up the program, the interface did look a bit confusing and certainly not as simple and clean as Smart To-Do-List but there are a lot of handy tutorials on the site - in fact the program has some of the best documentation I've seen for a while for a free program.

The first step I took was to add a list of contexts. This w....

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Aug

6th
2008

David Allen On Getting Things Done

posted at 09:00:00
By Flipping Heck!

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If you're a fan of Getting Things Done then you need to check out the video of him over at Fast Company TV.

Whether you're a new comer to GTD or a black-belt, it's always great to hear from the master so have a look at David Allen On Getting Things Done today!

You might also like to check out "The 10 Secrets of Highly Productive People" from Scoble and Matt Risell, CEO of TSheets - online time tracking software or view other videos of people such as Tim Ferris (author of the 4 hour work week which I've just bought). Check out the video list here.

Aug

4th
2008

Review: Smart To-Do List

posted at 09:00:00
By Flipping Heck!

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I was contacted a while ago by Scott Karstetter of Smart To-Do List asking if I'd be interested in reviewing their new Smart To-Do List software. And, of course, never being one to turn down a free lunch I jumped at the chance.

I've written recently about the fact that I'm slightly unhappy with the way I'm managing my various tasks and was trying various things to see if I could improve my current productivity methodology. I tried using Thinking Rock as suggested by a reader but I didn't really get on with that (I'll put a post up about my experiences soon) and being a paper-based GTD freak I wasn't quite sure what to expect from their software - especially after my "nightmare" with Thinking Rock!

Scott kindly provided me with a licence for the software so that I could try it out - the usual cost is $14.95 (approximately £7.90 at....

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Jul

30th
2008

Is batch processing the new way to GTD?

posted at 14:40:00
By Flipping Heck!

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Update: I had to re-publish this post as something weird happened with the tags - apologies if you see this twice!

I was interested to read Darren Rowse of Problogger discussing his blog posting techniques and that he batch processes them for maximum productivity.

I thought about that for a while and it made complete sense! I had a sort of "Doh!" moment I guess!

I already work in a sort of "batch" type of way. Each section of a project is worked on until complete. My email is worked through in one sitting so I thought I'd try it with blogging.

The result? Well, you may have noticed there's been an increase in the number of posts recently - and that they're more regular. Well, apart from the week and a bit I had off on holday!

So, how does it work? I get ideas for posts all of the time so I'll sit down one afternoon and go through them, pick the best three or four and write them all in one go. Simple as that!

Instead of procrastinating, I'm now thinking "I'm doing it anyway, so I may as well carry on!"

Try it - batch your email, batch your phone calls. It really works.

I guess in GTD ....

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May

28th
2008

Moleskine VS PDA - The Continuing Saga

posted at 09:00:00
By Flipping Heck!

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GTD/Productivity

So, it's been a week since I last wrote about my decision to pit my Moleskine against my PDA and I have to say, I've failed miserably so far!

All my appointments have gone into my phone and all my actions have been written on my to-do list. No PDA has been harmed used in this experiment.

My main problem is that I feel poncy using my PDA in public, then you also have to factor in the danger of loosing it or having it nicked when I'm down my local pub.

I'm still having problems managing certain lists - mainly my lost of blogging software improvements that seem increase daily. So, it looks like I'm back to square one... again!

What I'm thinking is to use something at home to manage my blogging to-dos and keep my moleskine for work. The only issue with that is that I then don't have a truly ubiquitous capture tool to hand

Argh! Decisions, decisions! I'll keep you all updated in my search for ....

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May

21st
2008

Moleskine VS PDA - how to decide?

posted at 09:00:00
By Flipping Heck!

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I've been toying with the idea recently of going back to use my PDA again for calendar and task management.

I know, I know! I've long been a staunch supporter of using Moleskine's for managing my tasks, and my phone for managing my calendar but it's starting to get a bit too complicated for my poor little notebook to handle.

The issue I have is that I before I was tending to work on long-term project at a time; now I seem to be flitting between short, medium and long-term projects and the system I've developed (and that has worked well for the past year and a half) just won't cut the mustard any more.

I have several issues/requirements at the moment regarding project management:

The system needs to be simple - I can't be doing with too much rubbish otherwise I won't use it.
The system needs to be portable - I have to be able to take it anywhere without too much hassle
It needs minimal software/website access - Security policies at work make it difficult to use new software that's not sanctioned by management
It needs to be cross-platform - I need it to work on a PC and Mac as I don't know which platform I'll be working on.

Now, syncing Windows Mobile to a Mac is notoriously difficult and Microsoft (for some unknown reason) doesn't supply a Mac version of their ActivSync so I....

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