I’ve been using Remember The Milk (RTM) for a few months now and I’ve used it enough to the point where I can share my experience. I decided to start using RTM (feature tour here)because I felt that I needed some way to remember date-based (or calender) items. Writing stuff down on paper is fine [...]
Archive for the ‘Productivity’ Category
24 Jun
Stop sharing information using Word docs
I don’t know why people insist on sharing information using MS-Word documents. I’m not talking about documents where you need to collaborate on or edit or whatever else. No, this is about documents which contain information that is only for viewing.
For example, someone will send you an email with directions to their place, where the [...]
26 Jan
Why post-its still rule
Why Computers Can’t Kill Post-Its is a really interesting article by Lee Gomes, based on a study by MIT, on why people tend to use the low-tech post-its over other high-tech alternatives.
“…one volunteer subject “would write notes on Post-its and stick them to his cellular phone to transfer into Outlook later rather than enter [...]
9 Jan
Try Mark Forster’s new time management system
Mark Forster, a productivity expert who I’ve linked to previously on this blog, has created a new system called Autofocus.
I started using the system yesterday and it’s different from the others that I’ve used. It’s been interesting so far but I want to use the system for a few days before writing about it. [...]
7 Jan
Shortcut to complete web addresses
Many of you may already be familiar with this shortcut, so this is for those who aren’t. For websites that end in .com, you can type the name of the website (gmail or yahoo) in the address bar and press Ctrl + Enter, and the browser (works in Opera, Firefox, IE) will complete the address [...]
23 Oct
Use your mobile phone to capture information
If you remember something or get an idea and don’t have a pen and paper handy, use your mobile phone to capture the information. I know many people who use their mobile phone’s reminder feature to remind themselves of things to be done. I use the reminder feature quite often myself. But, I’m not talking [...]
18 Oct
Lifehacker’s remedies for stopping distractions
Lifehacker has a nice list of distraction stoppers. Sorry, where was I again? Check out Top 10 Distraction Stoppers to get some ideas on how to focus on the task at hand.
One of the major distractions for me used to be the automatic loading of messenger clients, which I stopped. Of course, I was [...]
