Category: Productivity

Just read Julie Morgenstern’s new book

I just finished reading this book a few days ago: There is some very nice info in here on how to make sure that your goals are aligned with your boss's, how to concentrate on the things that really matter, and how to stave off...

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The Abilene Paradox

Another term mentioned in Thursday's project management class. Here are some links that I found on it: Wikipedia c2.com Wiki arl.org...

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Gresham’s Law of Planning

The teacher of my Project Management class, Mike Taylor, mentioned "Gresham's Law of Planning" in last night's class and told us to look it up. It turns out that the original Gresham's Law was actually penned by economist Thomas...

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Quick File

Awesome program just pointed out to me by someone on the GtD_Palm Yahoo! group. Quick File I had desperately wanted a way to quickly file messages using the keyboard. Until now, I had used AutoHotkey (also a powerful program) to...

Productivity

University of California Extension, Santa Cruz | Role of the Project Manager

In about 2 minutes, I'm going to leave to attend the first session of this class that I signed up for. University of California Extension, Santa Cruz | Role of the Project Manager I wonder what I have gotten myself into... :-)...

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StrokeIt – Mouse Gestures for Windows

I just tried this freeware Windows program, which was recommended by a colleague (Thanks, Ben!), and I am very impressed. StrokeIt - Mouse Gestures for Windows If you've ever used Mouse Gestures, in say, Mozilla or Firefox, then...