Regular blog readers will notice that e-mail and task managment are a common theme this blog. As I catch up on my blog feeds this weekend I found a great post on the Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog entitled “Best Practices for Outlook 2007″ that reenforces many of the Getting Things Done concepts with tactical [...]
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In the past I have written about GTD techniques and my ubiquitous capture system and from the beginning I have noticed a shift in my methods and techniques. This week I had a bit of an “ah ha moment” when reading a blog post entitled “File Under: Miscellaneous“.
The problem with the [...]
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Like many on the Internet I have been a devote GMail user for a number of years and have grown to love the fact that it allows me to store gigabytes of e-mail on-line. Of course with this much content it becomes unwieldy to find just the right e-mail without mastering a couple of [...]
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In a recent post on luisrocks.com called “Fighting Cognitive Dissonance one Customer at a Time”
Louis makes a point that follow-up one of the most critical tools to ensure your consumers remain happy after a sale. At first this lesson my appear to apply primarily to traditional selling and customer relationships I think the implications [...]
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Over the past couple year’s career changes have made me a much more mobile professional and as such I have become heavily reliant on my laptop, wireless, mobile internet, and Blackberry. I have also shifted my work, reading, and communications patterns over time to become more efficient and effective in my personal and professional [...]
As the calendar flips from 2008 to 2009 and I am reading numerous blog posts on New Year’s Resolutions I am reminded why I don’t make them. You will notice most people make resolutions like:
Lose weight
Save more money/spend less money
Read more books
Connect with more people
As the clock ticks from 11:59 12/31/2008 to 12:00 1/1/2009 [...]
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I was reading a recent post on lifehacker that describes how to use Automator on a Mac to print documents in batches which inspired me to comment on a simple technique I have used for many years.
Like most corporate employees I work with a shared network attached printer. The hassles of leaving my desk to [...]
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In a recent survey of technology workers that allowed 330 respondents to choose their four most critical tools to ensure productivity from a list of eight:
Laptop
Desktop PC
VPN access
Mobile Phone
Blackberry
Desk Phone
Video Conferencing
Assigned desk
The results were interesting because the priorities were listed as:
Laptop (88%)
Mobile Phone (74%)
VPN access (68%)
Blackberry (46%)
Assigned Desk (37%)
Video Conferencing (23%)
Desktop PC (20%)
Desk [...]
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The Myth of Multitasking by Dave Crenshaw is a quick read that I was able to complete in a little more than an hour commuter flight. While I found the premise interesting I found that it was a bit light on content and certainly not worth the price I paid for the book.
Essentially the [...]
We are nearing the end of the year and most of us in management positions are being asked to provide our plans for next year including budgets, staffing plan, high level project identification, and numerous plans.
Thought the year I try to take stock of my position consistently but we all get wrapped up in the [...]
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