Adam Wuerl

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aerospace engineer, Star Wars nerd, PowerPoint hater, and family barista, @wuerl

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Nov 15	comment	Organization system for cables, adapters, etc - electronics clutter I don't know, that seems like a pretty solid plan. I even like the idea of labeling the generic cables and perhaps storing them together as miscellaneous. The only thing I would add is I'd set a tickler for a few months after the initial organization to re-visit your organized items and toss any that were on the bubble when you kept them, but that the intervening months have made clear you can toss or donate.
Nov 11	comment	How do I avoid missing important/urgent e-mails? I don't see how this answers the question. The user is having a problem noticing urgent emails because he is receiving so many. I'm not sure how getting each one as a text message or having a notification posted to their twitter feed would help.
Oct 24	comment	How does GTD handle due dates? I like this option. I find that putting next actions with due dates on a calendar is counter-productive because this hides the task out of sight (I look at my next action lists multiple times a day), often until it's due and it's too late to do anything about it. This also conflates (as @Tom) describes, due dates with appointments. That said, having a way to annotate the due date in the task description is useful data to have at hand to help gauge urgency.
Oct 20	comment	Mind-mapping software recommendations for Mac OS X? Darth, welcome to the site. As written the question is a little open ended and is likely to provoke answers that are basically just a list of mind mapping software that people know about. Please try and edit your question to focus it: perhaps describe what you don't like about the software you've used to guide folks in making alternative recommendations, or ask how hack a tool or feature to do what you need, etc. We can open the question back up then.
Oct 19	comment	How do your busiest people transfer their knowledge? I like this answer. Many people are intimidated by the thought of starting with a blank sheet of paper and ending up with any documentation worth having. It seems like only a subset of group #1 people are good at this. However, once these people prime the pump and there is something written down to serve as a template, guide, skeleton, whatever, then some of the folks with time who don't seem like they have the right knowledge will in fact be able to provide value. This will also make it possible for the busy folks to make value added additions in less time (thus making it more likely).
Oct 17	comment	Always sleepy, tired and not focused I know the question title says always, but is your energy level really at a fairly constant low level throughout the day or does it wax and wane? Also, what did your doctor say?
Aug 23	comment	How to treat people who hate you? Hi! Welcome to the site. I'm sorry that I had to close your question. This is really a question about interpersonal relationships and not personal productivity, even though the quote is from a book ostensibly on topic. Furthermore, as worded I don't think it's a good fit for a Q&A-type SE site as it's subjective and likely to lead to extended discussion rather than a cohesive stand-alone answer.
Aug 21	comment	How do I get more productive from using keyboard shortcuts? I still think this is a great answer to the re-focused question, but you may want to consider some edits as "Your own" no longer flows directly from the question and you may have other things you'd want to change as well.
Aug 15	comment	Which computer-based Pomodoro timers exist and what are their features? @Dubs I'm sorry if you felt I was heavy-handed, that wasn't my intent. I probably should have left your joke and wouldn't revert if you put it back. My hope was that combining the questions would prevent duplication of good cross-platform options. Based on the answers so far I suspect there aren't many Mac answers because there aren't many Mac options. It's like asking a question about windows-based Markdown editors--you get Mac answers even if you asked for windows.
Aug 4	comment	Which computer-based Pomodoro timers exist and what are their features? I've edited to make the question generic to any computer-based timer so that we don't have multiple questions: one for windows, one for OS X, one for iOS, one for Linux, etc. Better to have folks recommend timers they like and then indicate OS compatibility as the answers will become more of a resource for someone interested in finding a timer, with the most comprehensive and canonical survey of timing programs hopefully earning the most votes in time. This is also why I removed the recommendation for one timer per answer. Poll type questions are now discouraged in favor of complete answers.
Jul 29	comment	What is recommended reading if I'm interested in increasing my productivity? Richard, welcome to productivity.SE. I've modified your post to put it in the form of a question and reworded the body to try and make a good subjective question where you're asking people for their recommendations, rather than a list of popular productivity books. The latter is more of a poll-type question that is generally discouraged on SE sites.
Jul 29	comment	How do I get more productive from using keyboard shortcuts? @Soner and FYI to those unfamiliar with SE, this is community wiki now so upvotes don't give rep, they just push the answer higher up when sorted by votes.
Jul 28	comment	Will touch gestures replace keyboard shortcuts? Chris, welcome to productivity.SE. As currently formed, this question is more of a discussion prompt than answerable, even subjectively. I can re-open it if the question is re-cast, perhaps to ask about what attributes/features of gestures are improvements over keyboard shortcuts (like the memorability you mention) and vice versa for the benefits of the keyboard over gestures. It would still be subjective but more concretely focused (this B&GC question has a similar style).
Jul 28	comment	Is there a way to link tasks in Remember the Milk? I like the link. It acknowledges that RTM doesn't have built-in support for sub-tasks, but he explains the work-around of using lists and tagging anything that's not a next action. The tasks still can't be made to show up automatically when their predecessor is done, but his work around of tagging with a due date seems like the best that can be done given the tool's current limitations.
Jul 27	comment	What are recommended workflows when working with Markdown--in Windows, on a Mac? @Dmitry see this post under the meta FAQ question, where questions on workflow can be voted as on or off topic. I've also edited the workflow tag wiki to better explain why I believe this category of question should be on topic for the site by showing why it's a bad fit for other SE sites.
Jul 24	comment	How do I get more productive from using keyboard shortcuts? Years ago, I remember watching a Google Tech Talk by Quicksilver's creator and I've wished there was an equivalent tool for Windows. There is however a LifeHacker article on 10 Windows Alternatives to QS
Jul 24	comment	What is the optimal text width for Speed Reading? Link didn't work, can you edit to add it back in?
Jul 21	comment	All-in-one Getting Things Done (GTD) and Pomodoro tool? This question seems like it needs to be closed or merged.
Jul 21	comment	All-in-one Getting Things Done (GTD) and Pomodoro tool? I don't understand how the second questions about combining GTD and Pomodoro is apropos to the first question about an all-in-one GTD app for an Android phone. Are you asking if the GTD apps people are going to recommend are also consistent with the Pomodoro technique, or are you asking a separate question about integrating GTD and Pomodoro?
Jul 19	comment	What is a good system for managing projects that have paper-based and electronic reference materials? Thanks for the answer, but I'm definitely looking for a system/method/process that can handle a project with both paper-based and electronic materials, rather than a note capturing tool. For various reasons it's not possible to scan all my physical materials into an electronic tool. (For example, drawings too large to scan, security/privacy/intellectual property concerns that prevent the data from being uploaded to the cloud, etc.)