I’ve found this true so many times in my life. Recently I was awaken by a phone call at 5:45 in the morning, and couldn’t go back to sleep. So, I took a shower, made a great breakfast, and got working. By the time it was 9:30, I had done more than I usually did ...
From the category archives:
Productivity
Fellow productivity blogger Merlin Mann (of 43folders fame) has just joined the Stikkit advisory board. This is a monster win/win situation for everyone involved. Stikkit is an amazing organization app, and have thoroghly enjoyed playing around with it. I’ve decided to use it as my de-facto contact manager for Blogfuse once it’s ready for release. ...
Mark over at Productive Strategies has a pretty amusing posts that list nine ways to kill productivity. My favorite: Use email for things that should be done in person. Things that require a quick back and forth conversation or where you know you aren’t providing everything they need for an answer are bound to lower ...
Thanks to a tip from Darren, we stumbled across a great service for bloggers: a widget blidget of your blog’s latest posts for others to show on their sites. If you’d like to share LifeDev’s articles on your sidebar of your blog (or MySpace, etc.), here’s ours: Enjoy!!
This is the first part in a refresher series on the basics of Getting Things Done. Ok, I’m going to jump right in. Getting Things Done (or GTD) is a system to free your mind of it’s resources and become more organized in the process. In short: it’s a way to become more productive and ...
Kudos to Kathy Sierra for a fantastic piece on the benefits of random. In today’s world of filters and predictability, a little random can go a long way. When the iPod Shuffle first came out, the ads were based on the theme, “Life is random.” I thought it was one of the lamest marketing spins ...