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Professional life with Single Technology Vs Multiple Technology
In July 2011 i completed Graduation in Computer Science and in college days i worked on J2SE, J2EE, Blackberry, iOS, J2ME, windows development and Now from August 2011 i and working in a small ...
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How to process the items of a project or tasks without a specific deadline?
I have gone several times through the GTD book of David Allen and I have some questions left unanswered:
First, I collect all stuff in an Evernote notebook called "Inbox", for example: "Buy some ...
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Nudges - to achieve personal change?
I have tried a system of sending myself timed emails daily (using virtual meetings in Google Calendar), each containing a self-message; e.g. at 6am 'stay positive', at 8.30am 'break work down into ...
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Append mail content to a document online
I want to be able to have a document hosted online (e.g google doc) that I would be able to send an email to a certain address, and the content of the email will be automatically added (preferably ...
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What kind of punishment can be applied to group productivity?
I run a small site that requires constant work with two other co-founders. What we do is meet every week to talk about what's been done and plan the next week. The goal set here is always very ...
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search based mind map
I want to make a mind map, or something similar, for summing up certain things I am studying.
But I don't just want to sum up the information, I want to help me search for these things in the future, ...
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Hierarchical notetaking application
I'm already using a few applications for hierarchical note taking.
I like the graphical implementation as in the worklowy
and gqueues.
Workflowy has nice organization of information but it lacks the ...
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How to enjoy trying to solve hard problems?
How do I enjoy solving hard problems? I love learning--reading and understanding textbooks or papers, for instance--but I am slower to try to solve problems or apply what I've learned. I am naturally ...
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Todo list manager with progress bar
After doing some fiddling with some Excel sheets, I saw that it worked out nicely for me to have a monthly or trimestrial todo list with checkboxes and a progress bar on top.
The general look and ...
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Notebook to actions/projects/someday maybe: Good habits and processes
So following on from Equipment for computer-printing, into a notebook I eventually found what I was looking for and now have a notebook that I use in meetings/trains and anywhere a pen is more natural ...
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How to make myself do homework?
I'm in college, I have ADHD, but it's not as bad as some of the horror stories I've read about. Basically how can I make myself do homework, and get off the damn computer? Hopefully this is the right ...
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Finding possible meeting dates between parties via intersecting calendar files
In my experience, finding a date for a meeting is often hard if all members of the meetings have full schedules. However, one easy approach to find possible date would be to simply compute the ...
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What do you do while eating?
Not so much a question about eating at work, but eating breakfast and dinner.
What I've been finding is that I don't have anything else to do while eating. I can't write emails etc. Sitting and just ...
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Working on too many ideas?
It is said that to work effectively we should focus and concentrate. But it is also true that to get more productive, one has to work a lot. So is it better to work on more than one project at a time ...
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Is there research about the productivity benefits of standing vs. sitting at work?
Mostly what I've found is anecdotal. Would love to know if there has been any actual research on this subject. I've tried both and don't find a dramatic difference, wondering if investing in a ...
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How to keep oneself from feeling dejected?? — Student's point of view
I am a student who is introverted and I believe in making my own success
I set goals, plan my time well and work towards the goal. However, of late, I feel that I am moving towards my goals at a ...
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Self-hosted Evernote alternative?
I'd like to have an app running on my own server that stores and syncs notes, with a great interface. Any suggestions?
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How do you become good at thinking on your feet to solve programming problems?
I think as a developer thinking on your feet is an essential skill, but it seems some people in our industry are a lot better at it than others. Experience in an area/technology obviously helps. I ...
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Advice on GTD productivity system
I'm considering spending the $48 per month on the GTD (Getting things done) system advertised by David Allen.
Is this a complete time management and productivity system ?
Do you need to purchase ...
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Recommended Task and Goal Management Apps
What recommendations are there for good apps that combine goal setting with task (or to-do list) management ?
I currently use Microsoft One Note, because you can create lots of related pages and it ...
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A software to organize the information as a set of nested tables
We all organize data and information in varios ways, but
the a table form proven to be one of the easiest to use.
For the simplest cases we can use Excel. However, I was wondering
if there exists ...
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How to reach your potential
Let me give some background information:
I'm a high schooler currently enrolled in one of the most prestigious high schools in the country. In this decade it has won multiple awards for being the ...
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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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Managing the Task bar and tabs clutter
I am a power user when it comes to browsing the Web and reading a lots of articles , PDF , using command windows and word composer and I use a Windows 8 Laptop.
Even in the web browser my browser ...
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Does Adderal help productivity?
What are your experiences with adderal and productivity? It it better than coffee?
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The rules or training: how to behave in open space?
I work in open space so I am in one room with about 15 next persons.
Many times they are talking together and it is hard to concentrate to work. I can partly solve it by headphones and music or noise ...
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How to think effectively?
Today, most people work using their brain. So how to think is a very important problem. Although the faced problems are quite different, there are many general rules are very helpful. For example, we ...
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looking for a specific productivity term
I'm looking for a specific term that is used a lot in productivity / time management, that describes the event of being pulled out of your current workflow by someone who needs attention.
For example, ...
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Is there a positive correlation between coming to work early and productivity?
I work as a software engineer. In this line of work, we typically have a flexible schedule, and as long as we get stuff done we can come to work late and leave early.
In my experience it seems that ...
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System that blends First things First and GTD?
I've been impressed by some of the aspects of both GTD and Covey's First Things First approaches, but can't get to grips with how to combine them. Are there any complete and available systems that ...
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What does Inbox Zero really mean?
We have been having a discussion about this. Several people say that they follow Inbox Zero, but do very different things. The variations that I have heard are:
All emails read, but still in the ...
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Depression or Procrastination, Can either be permanently changed?
This morning I was diagnosed with depression and given medication. My initial reason for visiting the doctor, is because I'm very tired and can't seem to generate the elan to do stuff.
As an example, ...
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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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What physical actions can trigger psychological and physiological changes to be more productive?
I recently watched this TED talk about confidence which has a key point:
You can fake your body into being confident simply by doing certain actions (you literally change your physiological status ...
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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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How to productively read a computer science text book?
I find it hard to achieve true understanding reading theoretic computer science books. In particular, I struggle with symbolic notations and proofs. After spending a very long time perusing all the ...
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What can help me be happy about my work?
Before I choose to commit to a project, I'm usually very excited about it. But as soon as the commitment actually requires me to put an effort in, the excitement is partly replaced by stress or the ...
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Doing a lot of things in one day— good or bad?
Ok so I am a student so my question is not exactly related to workspace but it is related to work productivity so that is why I am posting it here.
I am planning to learn a few things during the ...
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Documentation matrix for scientific papers
Interested to know about any systematic and preferably standardized framework for analyzing research paper in consistent matrix form which would allow us to compare the same parameters over multiple ...
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How to track time spent across individual websites?
I've used Rescue Time, but unfortunately, they don't offer the (free) ability to track time across your browsing, only showing that you were using a browser during that time.
I spend a lot of time ...
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How to better switch gears between tasks?
I can never get myself to start things. When I do, however, and there's an unsolvable problem that needs solving, if I pick up even a little momentum in trying to solve it, I will stay on the ...
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Consistent errors in math and programming
I am a programmer, and I discuss when I code, but everytime I compile, there are at least 1 to 3 bugs. For the math questions I do, given 10 questions, no matter how easy it is, I consistently have ...
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Detecting and overcoming procrastinating
When the deadline is far away, I start procrastinating, not by not doing it, but by doing slowly; it is not by intention. I observe it by how it is always near the deadline when I get things finished. ...
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Why do I become more lazy when thinking about the things I want to strive to achieve?
I am a cadet at the US Coast Guard Academy and am a Civil Engineering major. I'm determined to stick to this major, but I'm struggling to keep my GPA above 2.0. However, I've noticed that the more ...
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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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Workflowy: How do I best deal with large amounts of text?
I am new to Workflowy, but try to increasingly use it. It is already much improved over "Trello", which I used until now to dump information, simply because Trello already helped a lot with ...
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How to organise the mental and physical chaos in my life?
I have been reading and experimenting with techniques for many years. I have read the GTD book among dozens of others but I still can't find the answers to everyday problems. Working as a Web ...
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How do you go about preparing for your talk?
How do you go about preparing for a talk?
Could you please tell me whether you write the talk down first and memorize it, or if you write the entire talk down, practice reading it and then on the ...
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How do I get motivated to study hard things?
Nowadays I study Logic and Philosophy. I think a lot in order to generate new ideas and try not to just know what other's ideas are.
This is hard, and I know that Mastery/Autonomy/Purpose help in ...
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While learning any new programming language, is it a myth to use a basic text editor instead of an IDE to learn concepts?
I am learning Ruby on Rails these days and asked one of my friend to provide me an IDE for Ruby on Rails, but he suggested to write code on Notepad/Dreamweaver (Windows user currently) first instead ...
