Productivity

Click to purchase Yesterday Google labs unveiled a new feature for Gmail that helps Getting Things Done (GTD) followers manage their GTD system in a new way. For the newbies, GTD is a work-life management system that transforms your life into an integrated system for stress-free productivity as described in detail in David Allen’s book called Getting Things Done(purchase the book by clicking on the photo to the left). One popular way for using Gmail using GTD parameters is setting up labels that correspond with the concepts of GTD. A driving force behind the success of GTD implementation is clearing you head of all ... Read Full Story

As the debate rages about whether the Pirate Bay ship will now sink or just move to a quieter bay - An Uncarved Blog delves into the questions behind the notorious ruling this week. We ask, which of the following statements reflect the real underlying battle? It is about determining the future of copyright? It is about defending the rights of the artistic community? (The same one Home Taping had killed?) It was about protecting the dwindling assets of an industry under threat from a new emerging, but as yet non-monetarised business model? Now, let me see.....hmmm! Yet industries do change. The camera and ... Read Full Story

Organising information is a bit like dusting. If not done well, it merely shifts the dirt from one place to another leaving you with an impression of cleanliness but concealing a certain dusty reality. The ongoing debate between filing and tagging information is not dissimilar. Both approaches to managing information promise a dust free hard-drive, and both generally leave you the impression of orderliness - but only as long as you don´t have to look too hard for that elusive file. The Need for Organisation. As hard-drives get big enough to store records of our entire lives, our childrens, our partners, every digital photo ... Read Full Story

Can people outside the US and Canada use the Jott voice-to-text service? Not according to their official website: “You can only register for Jott with a telephone number from the US or Canada.” But with a little trick, we can sign up for Jott without a US or Canada phone number. Enter Rebtel , the international discount phone service. In essence, Rebtel gives you a local number in whatever country you want. The main idea is to give the people you call an easy way to call you back. But you can also use that number to register for Jott. Here’s how to do ... Read Full Story

I went back to Darkroom today. I needed only to see the words continuing on the black screen to know that I missed this. I think I actually type faster that I write now. I cheat though and look at the keys as I am typing. I just opened Darkroom up right in the middle of doing other things and decided I needed to write something. So this post is probably going to be very loose and disconnected but I don’t really care right now. The words need to come out. I do like writing posts. I do like writing in general. I see ... Read Full Story