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Online app to create simple data entry forms with drag-n-drop
I am looking for an online app using which a NON-TECHNICAL person could create a simple HTML data entry form and a backend data table, then have a number of non-skilled data entry personnel around the ...
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How should one feel inside when he sees the clash of education and money? [closed]
I have a bachelor and masters degree from a local university. I work in a bank.
As time is going by, I am becoming more and more demotivated about my job.
Here I see that university-degree holders ...
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How to force myself to focus while reading
I am having very less concentration. Specially when I read a book or an article. I don't read a paragraph of 2 lines even. I start searching 1 or 2 words from a line and leave the rest. Definitely, It ...
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Simple Contact Management System that automatically sends notifications
I am searching for a CMS where I can flag if I had an interaction with a client and then it automatically notifies me a period of time later to remind me to contact them again. This is essentially all ...
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Completing petty tasks using Pomodoro techniques
While working on first task to practice Pomodoro technique, I raised 9 internal interruptions. Later on I decided them to move in specific lists. There are many interruptions and tasks which are ...
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How to keep focus in a loud environment? [duplicate]
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Loud conversations in workplace
I need to work in a loud environment and I can't move into another place. It's hard to focus because of all that noise. What can I do ...
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Increase the efficiency of the brain?
I heard about Dianetics recently, that it is set of ideas and practices which lead a man to effectively use his brain. That common man uses only up to 10% of his brain, but there are methods to ...
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What trigger do you use to get up early in the morning?
I used to play a Management game which simulated the results early in the morning and the anticipation of match result used to trigger me to wake up early and start my day.
But i realized that this ...
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Mobile phone PC integration?
Does anybody know of a mechanism/tool/app/phone that allows me to see on my PC when my smartphone is ringing?
I'm a programmer, and I wear headphones at work, so I don't hear it ringing. The visual ...
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GTD or Personal task manager that integrates with Outlook?
I work in a large corporation, so using Outlook is mandatory - All the e-mails, contact lists, appointment requests, room scheduling, etc., goes through the Exchange server. It is therefore very ...
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What is the efficient way to remember things we read?
I read variety of things in a day; But I forgot those things in a week or so. I identified that 'spaced repetition' will help me to keep remembering things. To do spaced repetition, i take note of ...
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how to keep focus in long term?
My problem: I can't keep focus on a few selected areas. Part of the problem is that I want to learn too many things simultaneously. But another, more serious problem is that I can't keep the same ...
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Keeping focus in the now during intense situations
I have read Eckhart Tolle's, The Power of Now.
I saw value in the idea that when your focus is completely present, there is quality in what you do.
I've applied this and it works for me, where I ...
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What email folders do I need?
As most people, I have an "Inbox". I believe in Inbox Zero and want to avoid having messages linger only to be read over and over again.
What subfolders do I need in order to work efficiently?
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9answers
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How to study long hours without being burnt out or getting bored?
I can't continuously study more than 2.5 hours. After that, I become exhausted. If I continue to study after that time limit, I read something but the materials seem to be not entering my head. I just ...
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What makes a good morning routine?
My question is twofold: What makes a good routine and how do I stick to it?
Things to do in the morning include keep hygiene, have breakfast, pack lunch, and do bodyweight exercises. I find that the ...
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How to set targets for two equally important tasks?
I always find it really difficult to set my targets, from my perception as both works are equally important for me.
My situation is- Currently I am working on a project that really needs my ...
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How to keep a task from taking up all available time
I will often arrive at work knowing that some task is the single most important thing I need to get done that day. I also know that it should not take all day, yet I always manage to drag it out such ...
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How to spend less time in compositions correction?
My girlfriend is an Italian teacher in an italian school. She usually takes quite a long time to correct the compostions.
Let's say at least 30-40 minutes each, and this is quite problematic because ...
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To-Do list that allows users to search - really required?
Unlike every other To-Do list I have ever seen, Astrid Tasks allows its users to search for the tasks as evident from these screenshots:
My Question is: Is this feature really applicable in a ...
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Does Personal Kanban work better on physical post-its board or electronic tool?
I like the big visible sense of the post-its board but I cannot carry it around! Any thought?
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2answers
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How to stop stressing out that I'm forgetting something for no reason
Since I started using Doit.im on my phone, I've been a lot better at getting all of my thoughts recorded, so any tasks I need to do get written down. The only exception is the shower, which I will ...
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How do various GTD services implement Next Actions lists? (Is there a canonical way?)
I really like Doit.im's interface, but there's a major flaw in the way they handle the Next Actions list. Every project task appears as an actionable item by default (which is obviously ridiculous):
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Hierarchy tree editor
I am looking for a desktop application that can be used to efficiently manage hierarchical data structures, much like a filesystem tree hierarchy but that saves my hierarchy in a file. MSFT Excel is ...
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What are the steps to be taken to bring more clarity to your thought process?
I had recently migrated from being a student to an IT professional and I realized that I need to bring in more clarity in my thought process.
My job requires me to ask critical questions (I do ...
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How to speak more clearly
I pronounce word correctly. But listeners don't clearly understand my words. I speak in enough high volume. What to do?
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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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How to fall asleep
I think many people can relate with this problem, eventhough I'm giving a personal description
Ever since I was young I had extreme trouble with sleeping. I think I can best attribute it to ...
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Multiple Projects Gantt Chart application for Mac
Is it there any Gantt Chart application for Mac OS X that allows dealing with Multiple Projects? Up to now I tested Omniplan, which looks very good for a single project, but can not work efficiently ...
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If after a few weeks/months I forget a topic which I studied in the past, does it mean that I never understood it in the first place?
I write blogs whenever I study a technical topic. After a few months if I start thinking about that topic, my mind feels like a blank slate.
Does it mean that I never understood the topic in the ...
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Memory techniques - bespoke or off-the-peg?
Almost all memory techniques involve visualising some unusual situation like imagining your front door dripping with custard (this is how I know my front door key is the yellow one on my keyring).
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How to study efficiently few days before the exams [considering that one hasn't throughly studied any subject by now]?
I am having exams in these two weeks. But I still haven't studied thoroughly on each subjects. For physics, I have spent more than a week studying electric charges, yes, only electric charges. I spent ...
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How come some people are able to think out of box while others fail?
How come some people can think out of box while others fail to locate the very basics. In my context, I've been more than 2 years in IT industry and most of the things that I think of, have already ...
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How to notate that a task can't be started until a separate task is completed in GTD
I did a search through the site and found some similar questions with some answers that aren't quite what I'm after. What I'm looking for is if there is a recommended way to note that a task is ...
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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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Sales Team Time Management Web Application?
I'm looking for a web app to manage my sales team, that contains functionality to assign appointments witt a customer to a specific seller.
I would prefer an opensource app.
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Fear of failure
Maybe this will be long but I want to cover as much detail as I can to get proper help, because I think I need it.
I'm 23 years old. I'm a Computer Engineer who got top 10 degrees in university, and ...
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how to avoid temptations
well I usually do prepare a very good plan, but due to lot of temptations and their consuming nature and few of their execution I find discipline bit very hard in day to day life...
plans are ...
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What do I do with reasonably large tasks that are due at some point in the future?
I have found that my todo lists work great for three cases:
Simple things that have a very specific due date (e.g. call Chris at 3pm, pay credit card bill by January 15, etc.)
Things I would like to ...
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Is there an electronic task management software that stores encrypted data in the cloud for syncing with other devices?
My question is basically what the title says. I am trying several software for GTD/todo/task management, focusing on syncing between laptops and cellphones. Although most of the software transfer ...
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Is Pomodoro an all or nothing system
I consider GTD to be an all or nothing system, i.e. either you fully engage in the system or you don't. I have found that using bits and pieces of it doesn't really work. But, I've been reading about ...
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Isolation as a productivity 'drive'
This is my attempt to re-frame a recently-closed question in a more positive and productivity-focused way.
Various cultural artifacts make mention of writers that escaped to isolated cottages far ...
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How do i control my over excitement during my work?
It is usually found when i finish a sort of work assigned to me i usually get over excited over stuffs and start asking for more work though forgetting what task is being assigned. I give a yes to ...
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What other techniques are equivalent to GTD and Pomodoro effectiveness-wise?
I learn that GTD and Pomodoro are two broadly and greatly appreciated as very effective techniques. I therefor intent to study and practice both of them and try to use them together. But I'd like to ...
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Handle tasks with no specific due date
I need a computer program to help me handle my tasks.
I know, there are many task programs, such as Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook. My problem is that they can't handle tasks with no specific ...
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How to be a smart worker rather than hard worker to be fit for the IT industry?
How do I work smart rather than work hard, specially in IT context (web development, PHP basically) as this field absorbs only smart professionals?
Sometimes I personally feel that I need to work in ...
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Forgetting of concepts
I have a problem which I am unable to tackle to the best of my efforts. Whenever I learn a concept (maths, computers physics), if I am required to solve a question on it immediately, I do it without ...
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How does accumulation of knowledge/skill works in case of the 10,000 hours rule? [closed]
I have often read on the internet that one needs 10,000 hours ( Malcolm Gladwell's Theory ) of deliberate practice to become good at something. It takes about 7 years @ 4 hours per day. Does this mean ...
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App that has attachments and comments to tasks?
I'm doing a masters degree, and I often have reading tasks in different formats (i.e pdf, word, e-books, and so forth). I need a way to schedule a reading task for a specific date, attach that ...
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App to track activities and progress on them
I need to find application to track my activities and progress that I did on it (for example number of pages I read or exercises I did). I need to be able to look on what I spent last month for ...
