Birds resting on the arches over the water fountain in front of Toronto's city hall.

How to organize your cluttered desktop and regain your sanity on your computer

07.27.07

How to organize your cluttered desktop and regain your sanity at LifeClever

Picked this up a few weeks ago.  Set it up on my Mac and have just let things come together.  So far, so good.  I’ve been keeping the desktop clean and everything is where it belongs.  Easy to find.  Now, I’m not as busy as I would be if I had a job.  I’m certain my work desktop (remembering those few short months ago) would be much busier and harder to keep clean.  As it stands, I’ll keep rolling with this and see where it leads me.

Goal Setting Toolkit | Success Begins Today

01.30.07

Goal Setting Toolkit | Success Begins Today

This little printout gets two checks: as a tickler (make certain to fill it out if nothing more than as an exercise) and as a great little GTD effort.  If you have specific goals, it makes getting there easier.

David Seah : Emergent Task Planner 2007 Updates

01.25.07

David Seah : Emergent Task Planner 2007 Updates

You know, sometimes its the simple stuff that does a mind good.  A planner for the stuff you should do today.  Print a set out, write down your plans and go to work.

Download of the Day: Midnight Inbox 1.0 Preview (Mac) - Lifehacker

01.23.07

Download of the Day: Midnight Inbox 1.0 Preview (Mac) - Lifehacker

Nice looking bit of software.  Wish I could find something this powerful to install on my server.  So far, the wiki is fine, but most other apps are too complex or limiting in what they provide for GTD.

Practice your personal Kaizen - Lifehacker

10.20.06

Practice your personal Kaizen - Lifehacker

Kaizen = improvement. I really enjoyed this article. It does a great job of summing up the heart of my work philosophy. I don’t always follow it perfectly, sometimes I fail and try to just keep going to get the job off of my plate. But, I think this is the best overall method for handling improvement over time.

MailActOn

09.26.06

MailActOn

This looks sweet and really makes me wonder about switching to Mac Mail. Being able to tag your email with actions would be a great addition for GTD workflow.