Because every WhatsApp “informational” group eventually devolves into a water cooler chat, my app badge currently shows 1,457 unread messages. Because I rarely open Facebook,…
The path less traveled.
Because every WhatsApp “informational” group eventually devolves into a water cooler chat, my app badge currently shows 1,457 unread messages. Because I rarely open Facebook,…
I know that, for me at least, a key to long-term success is planning. I carefully track my tasks. Each day I make a list…
With versions available for both iOS and OS X, OmniFocus is the most powerful task management system intended for individuals on the Apple platform. OmniFocus…
One of the more popular article on my blog—I’ve decided to go on a social media diet.
One of the more popular articles on my blog—An overview of my OmniFocus and TaskPaper based system for getting things done.
I’ve been reading the book, “Why we get fat” by Gary Taubes. If you’re interested in understanding the relationship between eating and getting fat, then you *must* read the book. It could change your life.
The revelation of the book is that some common dietary beliefs are, as demonstrated by science & biology, *complete inverted*. And that got me thinking about possible parallels in other areas, such as productivity.
I’m currently reading “The Power of Less,” by Leo Babauta, the guy behind the ZenHabits.net blog. The book focuses on the benefits of setting limitations…
**Update:** This article was written in 2011. An updated description of OmniFocus’s role in my Getting Things Done system [can be found here.](/2014/11/10/a-two-context-approach-to-gtd-with-omnifocus/)
Recently getting access to the alpha version of [OmniFocus](http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus/) (which, by the way, is going to be the ultimate GTD application) provided a good opportunity to re-assess my personal productivity.
Over the past months, without being able to pinpoint a precise cause, I’d begun to sense myself becoming less and less productive. Although somehow there never seemed to be enough time in the day to get everything done, the actual amount of useful output I’d been producing seemed to diminish.
Since I really enjoy blog articles where people present the tools and equipment supporting their work and play, I thought I’d do the same. We’ll start from the top, and work our way down through the details.
Thinking about productivity lately, following are a few more tips relating to the minimizing the distractions and interruptions in our desktop environments (which I’m convinced…
The recent posts of Merlin Mann have re-kindled a long-time interest I have in the area of personal productivity. According to Peter Drucker, one of…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about productivity, especially in the context of our business environment. General questions and issues such as: + How important…
