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Time Saving Technology
How I learned to love being organized and other tidbits from the Techno-trenches
Three basic ideas
1. Getting Organized
2. Getting Stuff Done
3. Getting Around Email
Getting Organized
Fast, efficient, and simple way to schedule anything
Quick, simple web interface
Allows you to poll people for availability
Best of all…it’s free!
www.doodle.com
Getting Organized
Web-based service for saving, storing, and sorting all the things you need to read.
Save it for later, read it when you’re ready
Tap to save buttons for all platforms (browsers, etc.)
Easy and simple to share with colleagues
www.getpocket.com
Getting Organized
Organize literally everything: notes, photos, ideas, to-do lists, grocery lists … your “Life’s Work”
Share and collaborate
Cloud sync — keep all your stuff on all of your devices current and in sync as you work
www.evernote.com
Getting Stuff DoneGetting Things Done or “GTD” – David Allen
Provides for a single, trusted system to “hold” all of your “stuff”
Allows you to free your mind for “doing” and not “tracking” things
Key point is to find a “system” that works for you, use it, and learn to trust it.
More than just task management
Getting Stuff Done
Single, trusted place for all of your tasks
Cloud sync across multiple devices (Apple only)
Allows for projects, groups, multiple different ways to capture, organize, categorize, and track tasks (follows the 5-step GTD method)
Integrates with your calendar
www.omnigroup.com
Other products: Wunderlist, Things, todoist,
Getting Stuff Done Technique for organizing your
time and getting things done effectively
Breaks work into 25-minute intervals with breaks to recharge
Proven technique for more productive work periods
www.pomodorotechnique.com
Lots of great apps (iPhone & Android) for this method
Getting Around EmailEmail is an enormous time drain
Email is not intrinsically productive
Email was never intended for collaborative communication
We all spend too much time managing our email
More and more companies are looking to eliminate or drastically reduce email usage
Getting Around Email
Getting Around Email
Designed to facilitate team collaboration
Quick, simple interface
Focus on communication, tasks, and Inbox items
www.asana.com
Benefit: simple and fast communication, easy project management, work anywhere
Getting Around Email
Getting Around Email
Designed to provide a company intranet for communication and collaboration
Easy-to-use interface based on social platforms (Facebook)
Focus on communication, collaboration, groups, projects, and messaging
www.mangoapps.com
Benefit: Allows for nearly unlimited uses for projects and groups with wikis, tasks, idea campaigns
“Men have become the tools of their tools.”- Henry David Thoreau