Category Archives: Productivity

David Allen presents Getting Things Done at Google

Posted on 1/3/2008 by Ben

David Allen visited Google to present Getting Things Done and YouTube has the video. [via Simply GTD]

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Wired Profile of David Allen

Posted on 10/4/2007 by Ben

Wired has a profile of Getting Things Done guru David Allen. It includes the weird story of Allen’s involvement with a cult-like New Age church. I don’t think I’m being brainwashed by my Weekly Reviews and my Next Action lists … Continue reading →

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New Backpack

Posted on 7/26/2007 by Ben

37signals have released a new version of Backpack and it’s pretty spiffy. Search is awesome and the increased draggability is nice. However, they seem to have screwed up the one feature that I’ve been waiting two years for: moving things … Continue reading →

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Dial A Human

Posted on 4/18/2007 by Ben

Dial A Human has instructions for getting directly to a human on dozens of customer service IVRs. No special tricks here, just the buttons to push without having to listen to the menus.

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Office Space

Posted on 11/16/2006 by Ben

Aaron Swartz can’t get any work done in the Wired offices. My advice: get some earplugs or ER-6s and tell people to leave you alone for a while.

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Productive Talk

Posted on 10/9/2006 by Ben

Merlin Mann and David Allen are doing a weekly Getting Things Done-oriented podcast called Productive Talk. The first episode goes out tomorrow.

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A Method Out Of Madness

Posted on 1/12/2006 by Ben

IEEE Spectrum interviews David Allen. Why have techies embraced GTD?It’s been fascinating to see the rise of my star in the geek world. One of the reasons geeks love GTD is because it’s a closed system. It tells you what … Continue reading →

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David Allen and Chandler

Posted on 10/13/2005 by Ben

It’s great to hear that Mitch Kapor brought David Allen in to get his input on Chandler, Kapor’s open source email/PIM program. I can’t wait to see the final Chandler interface, I looked at a recent release and it still … Continue reading →

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Organizing my stuff

Posted on 10/6/2005 by Ben

Here’s a nice article about organizing files in a Unixy manner. I especially like the “cliches” idea for code snippets.

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Money Makeover Show

Posted on 9/6/2005 by Ben

A friend of mine is working on a reality TV show where people in financial straights receive a money makeover. They are looking for people to be on the show and are taking story submissions. Currently we are conducting a … Continue reading →

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Time Management for Anarchists

Posted on 7/27/2005 by Ben

I saw this ages ago but never posted it. Definitely a must-see: Time Management for Anarchists: The Movie. Update: Oops, I had posted it. It’s worth another viewing anyway.

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This Retro PDA Doesn’t Need Batteries

Posted on 7/18/2005 by Ben

WashPost covers the hipster PDA.

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Wired on GTD

Posted on 7/12/2005 by Ben

Wired covers the GTD phenomenon with an article and sidebar introduction.

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Flow, Stuckness, and Interruptions

Posted on 6/13/2005 by Ben

Edd Dumbill points to a great article on programmer productivity. These are issues that any manager of programmers should familiarize themselves with if they really want to understand how programmers work. Experiencing Stuckness first-hand changed the way I think about … Continue reading →

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Webolodeon

Posted on 6/2/2005 by Ben

Danny O’Brien’s Webolodeon Greasemonkey script forces you to explain why you’re surfing the web every five minutes. This will either double my productivity or annoy the hell out of me and get turned off in a couple more minutes.

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