Category Archives: Productivity

Backpack and Web-only GTD, The Verdict

Posted on 5/11/2005 by Ben

So it’s time to look back and see how my week of running GTD with only Web-based applications went. Overall it was a good experience and I’m definitely going to stick with it in some form. Let’s go through the … Continue reading →

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Let me show you what I mean with this diagram of your brain

Posted on 5/7/2005 by Ben

Time Management for Anarchists is very funny (and useful!)

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Backpack and Web-only GTD

Posted on 5/3/2005 by Ben

37signals‘s new project planning/personal wiki app Backpack launched today and it’s prompted me to try a little experiment: I’m going switch from my regular productivity apps for one week and use all Web-based apps for my GTD setup. I’ll try … Continue reading →

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Why we overcommit

Posted on 2/11/2005 by Ben

Psychologists are studying why we always think we’ll have more free time in the future. Zauberman and Lynch continue, “People are consistently surprised to be so busy today. Lacking knowledge of what specific tasks will compete for their time in … Continue reading →

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Getting Back To Work

Posted on 2/3/2005 by Ben

Getting Back To Work: A Personal Productivity Toolkit

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How to Get More Done in Less Time

Posted on 2/3/2005 by Ben

How to Get More Done in Less Time by Steve Pavlina.

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Ta-da lists

Posted on 1/25/2005 by Ben

Ta-da lists are shareable, web-based to do lists. I won’t be using this for my personal task lists but it looks like it could be very handy for informal project planning and group to do lists.

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A Year of Getting Things Done

Posted on 1/6/2005 by Ben

Merlin Mann of 43 Folders goes over what has worked for him and what hasn’t during his first year using the Getting Things Done method.

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