WorkFlowy: Organize Your Thoughts
I have to admit at first glance, and I’ve only spent a few minutes with it, WorkFlowy seems like a simple yet powerful way of organizing your thoughts, to-do list, you name it. Can’t wait to play around with it more in the coming days.
Broken Meetings (And How You’ll Fix Them)
Productivity guru Merlin Mann and the creative force behind 43 Folders was at Twitter HQ recently and gave a wonderful talk about meetings, why they’re broken, and how you can go about making them more effective.
A New Look For Google Calendar
I’ve used countless calendar, to-do, and project management apps looking for the right combination. For about a year I’ve used a combo of Basecamp, HiTask, and Outlook ’07. With that said Google Calendar has made some huge improvements in both the interface and functionality in recent months, so I’m going to have to play with it a few hours this weekend and see if it can do what I need.
Work on Stuff that Matters: First Principles
The most successful companies treat success as a byproduct of achieving their real goal, which is always something bigger and more important than they are.
Merlin Mann On How To Get Unstuck
Here are five great tips from Merlin Mann of 43 Folders fame on getting unstuck when you finding yourself procrastinating or you are just having a hard time getting things done:
- Hack your way out of writer’s block: “Literally. Put five completely random words on
- a piece of paper. Write five more words. Try a sentence. Could be about anything. A block ends when you start making words on a page.”
- Solve problems by writing a note to yourself: “Seriously, open up your email program, type in your own email address, then choose a brilliant subject line that perfectly encapsulates your particular problem.”
- Do a fast mind-sweep: “And as long as you let that stuff accumulate as chunky deposits on the edges of your perception, it’s very unlikely it’ll get done since—well—they won’t get done until they’re been captured and properly started, right?”
- Cringe-Busting your TODO list: “Per cringe item, think honestly about why you’re freaked out about it. Seriously. What’s the hang-up? (Fear of failure? Dreading bad news? Angry you’re already way overdue?)”
- Patching your personal suck: “Every patch that fails teaches you a little something that might come in handy some day. Mistakes, as they say, can be a buddhist gift.
[Found via Boing Boing]
