Placing different things in a logical arrangement allowing better usage and searching.
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I need some way to organize files/data visually on Windows 7
I'm looking for a solution for a user. User is not technologically advanced, but willing to learn. User is not doing this for a job, does not have access to sharepoint, exchange, or other corporate ...
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3answers
152 views
Personal Kanban - Use multiple boards?
I'm using personal kanban and currently have 2 separate boards - one for job hunting and school, one for household chores. Each is has color coded task types in addition. I don't switch between boards ...
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2answers
283 views
How to make sure that I don't forget all the books I read and all the experience I have
I read many books, articles, listened to many videos, and I made use of them a lot, but, after a while, I forget everything I've read or seen, as if I have never went through them.
For example, in ...
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2answers
96 views
app which to keep track of reminders and scrap notes
I am looking for an all encompassing app which allows me to handle the my calendar (with mobile reminders) and my "scrap notes" (to-do lists, links I want to check out in the future, cool stuff I find ...
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164 views
How do you organize your life in Asana?
I am looking forward to migrate fully to asana from Things because of pricing/costs reasons. What I have right now in Things (for Mac) is :
Today
Next
Scheduled
Someday
Projects
I have never used ...
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3answers
117 views
Task Management Application with task dependencies
For some reason, even though there are tons of task management applications out there, I'm not able to find many that have the capability to manage task dependencies. That is to say, if I must do A ...
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2answers
138 views
How do I use Evernote for college to keep track of homework?
I'm not using EN this quarter because my coursework is just Math and I cannot type math really fast. But all of my homework is done online, and there's a lot of homework. I've made written lists but ...
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2answers
131 views
Agile for Students
Context: I am working on adapting agile to my life as a student, I have even brought together a few other students to do standups and get feedback as might be found within agile.
From my experience ...
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35 views
Managing a competitive colleague [closed]
I am facing this issue with a colleague. In general, we get on well, but when it comes to technical discussions or about new technologies , he will try to prove himself superior and try to make me ...
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5answers
147 views
Will my workplace benefit from a stack exchange clone on the intranet?
I am thinking of proposing to setup a stack exchange clone at our company intranet. The idea is to have a place where anybody can ask a question about anything work related, especially about our IT ...
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6answers
247 views
How safe and future-lasting is my personal life on the cloud?
I love the cloud and see a majority of benefits in using it and storing data on it. Except safety. And by meaning safety I do not mean only keeping your password safe. I mostly set strong unreadable ...
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3answers
96 views
How do I move from collecting ideas to executing projects?
I use Evernote as a way to record ideas and web clippings that interest me. Some are ideas for projects. Some are collections of ideas that relate to prospective projects. There are quotes, metaphors, ...
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2answers
77 views
Learning new material while being a Junior
I have been asked with a task that is about linux driver development and its so complex actually. I'm in the first two months of work, and I don't want say I do not know about this and my boss expects ...
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1answer
48 views
What are the milestones of an idea from insight to feedback?
I'm trying to build a board of ideas in which any invited participant can pitch in contributions. It should be easy to tell in what level of progress each idea is and that is what I'm naming ...
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2answers
96 views
Context vs. Lists
I'm not very familiar with this whole Getting Things Done thing, but I believe this is where context and lists are very important. I was wondering what the difference between the two were. It seems to ...
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5answers
426 views
Looking for printable daily organizer/planner/scheduler for 2013
I am having a hard time searching for an electronic version (any file type that can be printed) of a daily planner. Paper version of these planners look something like this:
Only requirements for ...
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2answers
118 views
Get the grasp of a big system of applications and skills
I work for the IT department of a big company with lots of applications. Usually my day starts managing custom apps, most of which I barely know, and fixing single problems on them. The problem is: ...
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1answer
93 views
Do To-Do Lists Qualify as “Extended Mind”?
I have recently read this article and was wondering whether To-Do Lists also qualify as an Extended Mind?
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15answers
725 views
How to spend less time cooking?
What are some good tips to streamline the process of preparing food?
While i enjoy cooking and eating fresh, the whole thing takes up a lot of time.
What do you do to speed that up? Do you prepare ...
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5answers
308 views
Single tasking vs Mulitasking
I'm a student and hoping to be an entrepreneur. Besides study I spend most of my time working on software development and recently thinking of organizing a team to work on the field of software and ...
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2answers
199 views
Getting Annoyed by workmate
I get annoyed most times when someone does something wrong, as result I can't work properly and it effects my productivity as IT professional. e.g. one of my work mate answers question to one of SO by ...
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2answers
157 views
How to sort out and where to archive browser bookmarks?
Recently, I realized I should really reduce my bookmark count. As in the 80/20 rule, I probably use less than 20% of my browsers bookmarks. This might be highlighted by the fact that currently I have ...
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3answers
86 views
If I'm organizing by the week of assignments, should a late assignment go in the week it was turned in or the week it was due?
I currently attend an independent study school (similar to home schooling), so I do everything at home and send it in by email. I organize my work in folders by week. Week 1, Week 2, etc.
Sometimes ...
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2answers
127 views
Titles on a Business Card, some ideas needed [closed]
(I hope I'm asking this in the right place) I've been thinking of making a business card for myself, but haven't done it after ages!
I work in IT, as a developer and also in networking, and also do ...
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3answers
116 views
Catching up a whole field in science with textbooks and videos of lectures
For a future research project I need to grasp as all of the information I can and concepts over condensed matter physics (with my current background I am fairly familiar with the mathematics and ...
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3answers
214 views
Finding the most efficient way to do something
I have over the last few months noticed that there are many different, more effective and more efficent means of doing things then the way the general population does them.For example, learning the ...
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5answers
256 views
How to stop misplacing things?
I have a big problem of forgetting where I have put things. I always seem to forget where, for example I left my papers, keys, etc.
Is there a way I can remember all the objects and where I have ...
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11answers
766 views
Where should I store good advice?
I sometimes come across good advice like 11 Essential Habits for Success or How To Listen Effectively, and I can't use it immediately but I like it enough to want to keep it around.
However, if I ...
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1answer
163 views
Build self in what order? [closed]
As said in the comments, I think I'm gonna ask the questions separately, so this question doesn't need an answer :p, except if you think you have a general advice.
You start building a house by ...
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3answers
181 views
Schedules, timetable or tasklist?
I need to study for a competitive exam which is held in November. It consists of two subjects :
1.Mathematics
2.English
The problem is these subjects in-turn contain a lot of things ...
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5answers
304 views
What device(s) and format should I use for my to-do lists, including plans, schedules, timetables.
My problem is I am always making todo lists, timetables, and schedules. Though the problem is not procrastination(Not 100%), it goes like this :
I want a perfect todo list, because of which I ...
2
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1answer
45 views
Reusability to enhance efficiencies
All of us are dealing with numerous presentations and documents in our day-to-day work life, and I am sure that with the process-oriented culture that runs in most organizations today, at least 70-75% ...
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4answers
460 views
Super effective way of storing day to day information where I can access them quickly?
I am going to start organizing chaos of tasks by Getting Things Done (GTD) in my life. For which I am reorganizing information that I need from time to time, for example:
Internet Banking ...
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4answers
157 views
Dealing with massive amounts of emails
I have two personal email accounts I have somewhat neglected, and they currently have a massive amount of email in them.
I am wanting to implement something like Inbox Zero with these two accounts,as ...
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10answers
432 views
Gathering tasks all the time?
I currently am maintaining my tasks in a google excel sheet. I add tasks to it once I start working on my laptop. But there are other house hold tasks, or the ones which my wife tells me, those I ...
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1answer
311 views
What was scientifically shown to support productivity when structural organizing/accessing file and folders?
My Personal Information Management problem
I have gathered terabytes of data but it has became a habit to store files and folders to the same folder, that folder could be kind of seen as a Inbox ...
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5answers
922 views
How to plan a month of work in advance
I had a main list with the main projects and tasks, organized according with priority, importance and other factors. I would like to be able to plan a whole month of work in advance, so when the day ...
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6answers
620 views
Organizing folder logically
Problem
I always have problems logically organizing my important data in folders. My goal is to organize such that I am able to find what I want even after a long time, say, 10 years. Or even better, ...
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9answers
969 views
How to organize and analyze structured data without building entire database applications?
UPDATE: 2012-06-01 Added Non-Ideal Solution #2.5.
The Puzzle I'm Looking to Solve
As an organization and analysis nerd with professional database experience, I frequently encounter situations in my ...
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4answers
198 views
How to prepare a course or a talk?
In one week from now I am holding a course in computer programming, which takes place twice a week. The course has 30 participants. It is the first time I am holding a course.
Now I have to prepare ...
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9answers
519 views
Suggestion for a disorganized guy
I'm not well organized and I'm feeling not as efficient as I could be.
I've tried to use some personal organizing methods to improve myself in this area, like
- using a todolist (using a pen & ...
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2answers
489 views
Site with examples of templates for day planner?
I have developed my own template to use each day. It is personalized to account for routine tasks, emergent tasks, a to-do section for ASAP/tomorrow/this week/long term items, along with a section ...
10
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5answers
649 views
Scanning documents, going paperless: what to keep, what not to keep
I have years of clutter that I keep around for that mythical "just-in-case" scenario that never happens. Even when I physically put the papers out of sight, I can FEEL them through the closet door, ...
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8answers
341 views
How can one stay reminded of useful tips, instructions, and other references on a routine basis?
As I spend my Sunday on this three-day weekend finally catching up on a lot of reading—most of it technical in terms of software and web development as well as web design—I find myself posing the ...
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3answers
244 views
How long should you keep letters/paperwork at home
I know that it is important to keep letters when you're asked for proof of address, bank statements, licenses etc etc, but how long should you keep these? I currently have paperwork dating back to ...
7
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4answers
356 views
What's a good system to organise paperwork at home
Can someone please recommend me a good system which I can use to organise paperwork at home.
I need to organise paperwork for all family members and the paperwork involves.
Car insurance
Home ...
4
votes
2answers
146 views
How to engage those dreaded tasks on time
I am an MS student and I also have a part time job. I am facing the same producticity problem that has bothered me during my Bsc.
As to organization, I have a calendar on my desktop showing important ...
10
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7answers
417 views
Is there a master “catch-all” system for keeping track of things?
I hope this isn't too broad a question, but basically, I find myself constantly trying to keep track of many different things. I'm wondering how other people do this. For example, I have:
a list ...
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3answers
385 views
Are there specific methods for dealing with backlogs?
Backlogs are dreaded things. They accumulate if you let them, on any setting where a list is present, be it one you make yourself (to-do) or things that just pop in to say hi (email).
Not thinking ...
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3answers
875 views
How to get rid of silly mistakes?
I've always been having some silly mistakes in homeworks/tests/exams etc, as well as programming. I very often seem to be 1-2 silly mistakes away from a perfect score, despite having done a draft and ...
