Comments on: Are you Wasting 50% of your Time? http://thinkvitamin.com/carsonified/work_smarter/are-you-wasting-50-of-your-time/ A blog about the web Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:33:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Porter http://thinkvitamin.com/carsonified/work_smarter/are-you-wasting-50-of-your-time/#comment-19810 Porter Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:17:17 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=4983#comment-19810 Klok is an amazing program, I've used it for a long time now. The UI is incredibly friendly, and it only took me a few minutes to figure everything out. I wrote a review on <a href="http://blog.princeporter.com/klok/" rel="nofollow">Klok</a> from a self employed game developers perspective, give it a read if you get the time. Glad to see the developers getting the attention they deserve, they've worked hard on giving us a great, free program. Klok is an amazing program, I’ve used it for a long time now. The UI is incredibly friendly, and it only took me a few minutes to figure everything out. I wrote a review on Klok from a self employed game developers perspective, give it a read if you get the time. Glad to see the developers getting the attention they deserve, they’ve worked hard on giving us a great, free program.

]]> By: Marco Milani http://thinkvitamin.com/carsonified/work_smarter/are-you-wasting-50-of-your-time/#comment-19671 Marco Milani Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:24:02 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=4983#comment-19671 Nice and interesting post. Thank you for sharing it. I think this topic matches well my habit of keeping track of todos by means of mind mapping tools. Have a look at http://www.marcomilani.it/topics/mind-mapping and leave a comment if you like. Kind regards Marco Nice and interesting post. Thank you for sharing it.

I think this topic matches well my habit of keeping track of todos by means of mind mapping tools.
Have a look at http://www.marcomilani.it/topics/mind-mapping and leave a comment if you like.

Kind regards

Marco

]]> By: Ryan Carson http://thinkvitamin.com/carsonified/work_smarter/are-you-wasting-50-of-your-time/#comment-19531 Ryan Carson Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:12:28 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=4983#comment-19531 Hey Emily, Thanks for the comment, and for being interested in the community here at TV (we appreciate it! :D) You're right - it would be useful for you guys as readers to see why I'm moving away from Remember the Milk and towards a simpler solution. I didn't think about that when I wrote this article, to be honest, so thanks for pointing that out. If I have time, I'll try to do that in the future. Hope you're well! - Ryan Hey Emily,

Thanks for the comment, and for being interested in the community here at TV (we appreciate it! :D)

You’re right – it would be useful for you guys as readers to see why I’m moving away from Remember the Milk and towards a simpler solution. I didn’t think about that when I wrote this article, to be honest, so thanks for pointing that out.

If I have time, I’ll try to do that in the future.

Hope you’re well!

- Ryan

]]> By: Mandy http://thinkvitamin.com/carsonified/work_smarter/are-you-wasting-50-of-your-time/#comment-19375 Mandy Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:14:06 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=4983#comment-19375 Very interesting post! I didn't know Tadalists.com before, just signed up some minutes ago and already like it. I also like the function to share the list with someone else - will help in projects you work with several people. Great, thanks for the insights! Very interesting post! I didn’t know Tadalists.com before, just signed up some minutes ago and already like it. I also like the function to share the list with someone else – will help in projects you work with several people.
Great, thanks for the insights!

]]> By: Jean Marie http://thinkvitamin.com/carsonified/work_smarter/are-you-wasting-50-of-your-time/#comment-19331 Jean Marie Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:35:31 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=4983#comment-19331 Hi, very nice article! I'm already practicing this way of todo listing, but on paper. A have a huge list of overall todos. Every day in the morning i mark the items to be finished that day. After reading your post i'll try to switch to your tool based weekly variant. Thanks and best regards Jean Marie Hi,

very nice article!

I’m already practicing this way of todo listing, but on paper. A have a huge list of overall todos. Every day in the morning i mark the items to be finished that day.

After reading your post i’ll try to switch to your tool based weekly variant.

Thanks and best regards
Jean Marie

]]> By: Ross http://thinkvitamin.com/carsonified/work_smarter/are-you-wasting-50-of-your-time/#comment-19278 Ross Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:15:59 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=4983#comment-19278 I'm using http://todoist.com/ and since adopting it, I haven't missed a single deadline nor forgotten a todo. One of the nicest features is that it has a gmail addon that allows you to attach emails (with link) to your items so I get email requests, "add email", set a date and when it's done, I can click on the link, then reply to the person and say "done...". Works for me :) I’m using http://todoist.com/ and since adopting it, I haven’t missed a single deadline nor forgotten a todo.

One of the nicest features is that it has a gmail addon that allows you to attach emails (with link) to your items so I get email requests, “add email”, set a date and when it’s done, I can click on the link, then reply to the person and say “done…”.

Works for me :)

]]> By: Emily Heath http://thinkvitamin.com/carsonified/work_smarter/are-you-wasting-50-of-your-time/#comment-19246 Emily Heath Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:53:24 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=4983#comment-19246 Hi Ryan, I'm a little disappointed in this blog post because it sounds like a bit of a rehash of the <a href="http://carsonified.com/blog/carsonified/features/how-to-effectively-manage-your-huge-todo-list/" rel="nofollow">one you wrote less than a year ago</a> (which is also showing up as 'related') - but now you're using a different app. I found that original one really useful, <a href="http://carsonified.com/blog/carsonified/features/how-to-effectively-manage-your-huge-todo-list/#comment-9867" rel="nofollow">as you might be able to tell from my essay length comment on there</a> (!) so I was surprised in reading this one to find that you don't mention the earlier blog post at all, or how you've tried other apps in the past. I'd be super interested to hear in detail about why you've switched applications, a comparison piece kind of thing. This would be so valuable because it takes time to get to know an application well and since you obviously knew Things pretty well, I'd like know what it did do well and what it didn't do so well. By not referring to that blogpost or your GTD app usage history at all, I feel like you are not acknowledging us regular readers and this leads me to think that you're more interested in driving new traffic to your website rather than engaging in an ongoing discussion with your community. Hi Ryan,
I’m a little disappointed in this blog post because it sounds like a bit of a rehash of the one you wrote less than a year ago (which is also showing up as ‘related’) – but now you’re using a different app. I found that original one really useful, as you might be able to tell from my essay length comment on there (!) so I was surprised in reading this one to find that you don’t mention the earlier blog post at all, or how you’ve tried other apps in the past.

I’d be super interested to hear in detail about why you’ve switched applications, a comparison piece kind of thing. This would be so valuable because it takes time to get to know an application well and since you obviously knew Things pretty well, I’d like know what it did do well and what it didn’t do so well.

By not referring to that blogpost or your GTD app usage history at all, I feel like you are not acknowledging us regular readers and this leads me to think that you’re more interested in driving new traffic to your website rather than engaging in an ongoing discussion with your community.

]]> By: Ryan Carson http://thinkvitamin.com/carsonified/work_smarter/are-you-wasting-50-of-your-time/#comment-19237 Ryan Carson Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:28:57 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=4983#comment-19237 Thanks Becky! Thanks Becky!

]]> By: Becky http://thinkvitamin.com/carsonified/work_smarter/are-you-wasting-50-of-your-time/#comment-19236 Becky Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:01:29 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=4983#comment-19236 Thanks for the great software tips. I just finished reading Michael Linenberger's latest book, "Master Your Workday Now!" and it was pointed out to me that there are a lot of great ways to organize your time better. I found out, for instance, what a huge time waster email is. Love your idea of turning email and instant messenger off for one hour while you organize your tasks. http://masteryourworkday.com/ Thanks for the great software tips. I just finished reading Michael Linenberger’s latest book, “Master Your Workday Now!” and it was pointed out to me that there are a lot of great ways to organize your time better. I found out, for instance, what a huge time waster email is. Love your idea of turning email and instant messenger off for one hour while you organize your tasks.

http://masteryourworkday.com/

]]> By: Gareth Watson http://thinkvitamin.com/carsonified/work_smarter/are-you-wasting-50-of-your-time/#comment-19227 Gareth Watson Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:44:28 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=4983#comment-19227 Like all productivity methodologies it's well worth checking out if nothing more than out of curiosity. The concept itself revolves around working blocks of 25 minutes which are referred to as Pomodoros. The technique involves dealing with distractions which is where I 'borrowed' the idea of having a list to capture things as they come up. I struggle to implement the full concept of the technique but cut and paste the bits that I need. It's been a great addition to my productivity workflow! Like all productivity methodologies it’s well worth checking out if nothing more than out of curiosity. The concept itself revolves around working blocks of 25 minutes which are referred to as Pomodoros. The technique involves dealing with distractions which is where I ‘borrowed’ the idea of having a list to capture things as they come up. I struggle to implement the full concept of the technique but cut and paste the bits that I need. It’s been a great addition to my productivity workflow!

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