Ideas to use in resolving an issue with regard to personal productivity. Often used to increase effectiveness or efficiency.
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I need a tool for me and my wife to set priorities
I married this month, and I moved in with my wife.
Now we have a lot of tasks to do. It's extremely difficult for one to decide what to do first, not knowing the other's opinion. Something that is ...
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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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What is the best tool for improving brain power? [closed]
Today I discovered Lumocity which is a well developed site to improve "brain power" like:
memory
attention
creativity
Is this the best site of its kind? Are there any other recommended tools to ...
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What's a good free replacement for a corporate Exchange account that will let me migrate Tasks?
I have an extensive set of personal Tasks organized in GTD fashion that I want to migrate off of my corporate exchange account. Is there a good, free alternative out there? I was thinking I could ...
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GTD spreadsheet based system with alert or Calendar (iCal, gCal) notifications
I create a GTD system based on excel, whose link I report here.
The advantage of having this gtd is that I can share it with my european colleagues without the need of having a dedicated software ...
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Evernote : How do you use it ? [closed]
I am a big fan of Evernote and I use it for a lot of things, from personal stuff, to jobs document, knowledge base, How-to's, vacation planner, etc.
How do you use evernote and, if you are a premium ...
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Effective use of online assistants [closed]
As a busy individual, I am trying to figure out how I can gain leverage in my personal life in the same way I have leverage in my work life.
Online personal assistants seem to be a god-send. ...
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What is the fastest way to take pictures of a case file?
It is a common practice in brazilian law offices to take pictures of case files, page by page. The procedure is required because the files can't be taken longer than five days, so it's more convenient ...
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WebEx - How long is too long
When using WebEx for remote training of software systems, is there a point at which a session is too long. At what point is onsite training better than trying to do it remotely?
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Is there a tool that can track or record pomodoros based on tagging?
I'm looking for a tool that can track and record pomodoros visually and/or graphically, and ideally with the ability to tag pomodoros, like a "Writing" pomodoro completed, or a "Career", etc.
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An app like Trello, but without the Metro UI?
Trello is so much better for me than Wunderlist. But it doesn't have a non-Metro UI for Windows. Heck the app for Win 8 doesn't even work for me. When I add a board, it doesn't get updated in the app.
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Save browser state / tabs opened between usage?
I tend to leave a lot of related webpages open when I work, that I would like to keep working with at later points in time. Is there an easy way to "save" a browser's state with all the opened tabs, ...
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How do I log and track all my Firefox tabs I want to come back to with out leaving them open or bookmarking them?
I have a tendency to open numerous tabs in Firefox and leave them open , mainly because I've found things interesting or useful and want to be able to refer back to them. However having hundereds open ...
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Recommendations for Productivity videos [closed]
So I'll be doing a lot of commuting next week and I'd like something to watch on the train, can people recommend online videos or podcasts on the subject of Personal Productivity for me? I am a ...
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What's a good replacement to Gqueues Pro?
I like task management tool GQueues (http://www.gqueues.com/). But the pro version is as costly as $25/mo which is too expensive for me as a student. What's a good replacement to it? I mainly would ...
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Which To-Do List managers are useful for students? [closed]
I am a 'beginner' to web-based to-do lists (started yesterday), and I am wondering which service is the best.
So far, I have accounts on:
Todoist
Producteev
Remember The Milk
I have only really ...
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In what way is the Steve Pavilina blog useful? [closed]
Has anybody followed Steve Pavlina's blog and used his methods with beneficial results ? What specifically have you found there that worked really for you ?
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Alternatives to Synergy? [closed]
I use Synergy to enable one keyboard/mouse to be used across multiple computers and platforms.
This seems to work well, but I am wondering about alternatives that have more features or make better ...
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how can i design forms like this [closed]
i see such awesome personal productivity forms here.
http://davidseah.com/productivity-tools/
How can i design a form like this?
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What Revision Control Programs / Methods Do You Use When Writing? [closed]
What revision control programs or methods do you guys use when writing?
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“To Do list” sites [closed]
What "To Do" list programs/applications are out there, and what are the strengths and weaknesses of each? I'm looking for web-based sites that store data in the cloud as opposed to desktop ...
