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Getting Things Done (GTD) ToDo List for Lotus Notes. Remember The Milk. The Snowflake Method for Writing a Novel. Find-A-Human -- IVR Phone S... - Approved* //gtmcKnight.com: Backpack Hacks. Ah yes, 37signal's Backpack is an amazing, simple tool for even those who don't know html. I've compiled a list of tips and tricks to help you get more out of Backpack. Example Uses CSS Customization Formatting, Symbols & Colors The great thing about Backpack is that even my girlfriend can edit and make good looking pages.

This is primarily due to the face that it uses Textile for formatting. A few most useful Textile references: Create a link: Use: "Taylor McKnight": To get: Taylor McKnight Symbols: Use → To get: → (Which is good for setting apart important items. Tables: Easily create tables with nothing more than |'s check out the how-to. Integrating Images Adding images into your notes and lists is a great way to visually set apart things and find what you are looking for. For Lists You can use Item Label Images For Notes As seen on my Europe Travel Page, I used images to set apart whether it was a flight, hotel, or train. Linking Going Mobile Other Tips 'n Tricks. UNSTUCK - by Keith Yamashita and Sandra Spataro. Gnod - The global network of dreams.

LibraryThing | Catalog your books online. My Tickler File. Serenity Tools. Notepaper Generator. J Wynia. It’s been a while. OK, that’s a whopper of an understatement. There’s the usual suspects that play a part: little stuff being posted on Twitter and other interests like brewing, Irish song and mandolin, etc. One could even just wave a hand and chalk it up to “being busy”.

But, “being busy” has really had a very specific meaning for me for the last 18 months or so. I’ve been building a software framework/product/platform called “Pliers”. Since about 2007, I’ve been working with/subcontracting for the guys at JDB Associates, in particular, Dave (the “D”) for nearly all of my projects. Those commonalities combined with several long-lasting frustrations we shared. This means that you actually get punished for getting better or more efficient at what you do. I won’t pretend that 10x ratios are always there, but I do know that the longer I do this, the better I get at it and that little bit of reality isn’t encouraging if you’re getting paid hourly.

And, I have to say, I love working this way. Next Action. :: My Life Organized :: Genius. Norrishipster.pdf (application/pdf Object) F u t u r e M e . o r g. Blog Archive » Six Ways on Getting More Done each day. Once people got organized and they can handle tasks well, usually they want more out of their time. They want to accomplish more things. When I present an introduction on time management in the organization I am working for, I got these questions a lot from people: “How can I really can more done?”. In my opinion, there are six tips that I had to assist you on getting more done: 1.

Focus high importance tasks first This is the number one thing you want to do if you want to accomplish more. 2. It means that you are using some smarter ways to complete the task. 3. You may think “Duh!” 4. What do you mean work harder? 5. Concentrate yourself on one task and only one task. 6.

Finally, mistakes are the one of the most deadly time waster. So there are six steps in my opinion that can help you accomplish more. Comments and your tips on this topic are welcome. Thinking Faster. There's an interesting cross-current between social media and the new connectivity and networks social media create, and innovation. It's fairly obvious when you stop to think about it - good ideas spring from the interaction of different perspectives or point of view, and the more interconnected we become via social media, the more opportunities exist for innovation.

It was with this frame of reference that I agreed to review Empowered, by Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler. Bernoff, as you may recall, was co-author of Groundswell, which was really a seminal book about the different kinds and uses of social media. Groundswell helped define what social media is, and demonstrated the value of social media tools at a time when many businesses were questioning whether or not those tools had value.

Tools like Twitter, Facebook, blogs, forums and so forth. The questions about whether or not the tools have value have, to a great extent, been proven out. IdentifyDeliverEmpowerAmplify. To-Done. Best Tool For the Job. I just re-read The Irresistible Offer by Mark Joyner, this time taking notes. It’s one of the most practical books on marketing I’ve come across. Highly recommended. The basic (simple) idea: quid pro quo – Make an Offer – You give me X, I’ll give you Y The Big Four Questions people have when they’re considering purchasing something: 1. Marketing axiom: People make their decisions based on emotion and justify them with logic.

The Definition of the Irresistible Offer The Irresistible Offer is an identity-building offer central to a product, service or company where the believable return on investment is communicated so clearly and efficiently that it’s immediately apparent you’d have to be a fool to pass it up. What it’s NOT: Not a special offer, not a statement of fact, not bragging rights, not a benefit, not a USP (Unique Selling Proposition).

Benefits: Benefits only address one of the big four questions (what’s in it for me). It’s not enough to just be unique. 1. 2. 3. Create PDF for free, Save PDF Forms, Edit PDF easily;. Have specific and advanced needs above and beyond that of other users? Integrate PDF creation ability into any application, solution, service or terminal server (e.g. Citrix) environment and more. Custom Redistribution now available! Installation Requirements Supports Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/2012/8/8.1/10 (32-bit/64-bit). GNU Ghostscript is a free open-source interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format.

What's New Added support for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 8, 8.1, Windows 10. Organizing, Organize, Clutter, Organising, Get Organized. Doiop.com. Grid Paper PDFs. Downloadable and very printable, I find these PDFs extremely useful. Graph Paper Quick Picks Now set to: 8 1/2 x 11 Paper. Ruled in Inches. Now set to: A4 Paper, Ruled in Millimeters. Custom Graph Papers Need more specific stuff? Tip number one! Though I do return the correct header for a PDF, sometimes Explorer gets confused when downloading... Tip number two! Some people may need to turn off the option in Adobe's Acrobat reader "shrink to fit" which may resize the grid slightly to fit your printer's printable area. Tip number three! If you want the hexes aligned with the other edge of the paper, just make your paper size "11 x 8.5" and print the result in landscape mode!

Translations Belorussian (provided by Ucallweconn weblog) Other. Getting Things Done Zone on OfficeZealot.com. A blog about life and working in the web design and development. The Improvement Encyclopedia. Tools Index - Alphabetic order. Gmail Tips - The Complete Collection. Gmail Beta: First Impressions The other day, I received an "invitation" to beta test Google's new "Gmail" email service. After having tried and used literally dozens of web-based email services over the years, I decided to see what the buzz was all about, so I followed the Invitation instructions, and within a couple minutes, I had a new Google Gmail account. After working with this account for several days, I have discovered some things that I like about it as well as some things that I don't.

Read on for the lowdown... First off, please note that this article is based on the pre-release beta of Gmail, so presumably, the public release will have additions, changes, and improvements. Webmail While Web-based email is nothing new, Gmail introduces some new and unique concepts. But why use Webmail when I have a good client in Outlook? I'm going to first walk you through some of the "features" that make up Gmail. Advertising Let's start off with the "tough" issue first: Advertising. Logging In. My Ta-da Lists. Brett's Work-Smart / GTD ToDo List. Open Loops. Wired Science presents an article on research by psychologists Daniele Marzoli and Luca Tommasi of the University G. d’Annunzio in Italy. In this study, done in dance clubs in Italy (Who says research can't be fun?) , 172 subjects were approached by a researcher and asked for a cigarette.

Out of the 88 people who were asked in their left ear, only 17 gave her a cigarette. Of the 88 people who were asked the same request in their right ear, 34 granted the request. In addition, researchers observed even more people interacting, noted similar requests, and observed the success or failure of the request. When hypothesizing why the right ear yielded substantially more positive results it was noted, "What’s surprising about the study is that ear choice had such a decided impact on the behavior of participants in a natural, or as the researchers put it, ecological, setting. --via Wired Science: Requests to the Right Ear Are More Successful Than Those to the Left. Online - Chip Scanlan Articles. 50 Strategies for Making Yourself Work. My Favorite Smallware :: MarkTAW.com.