Category Archives: Productivity

Tools, planners, tricks, and insights about what “being productive” actually means to me.

Update to Weekly Gantt Excel Spreadsheet

Posted Thu Feb.23.2012 under Productivity tagged

I was putting together a development plan and bid for a new project, and found myself using my Gantt Chart Spreadsheet, weekly version to visualize how the project might take. That’s when I discovered that I hadn’t set it up … Continue reading →

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Wearable Focus Aids for the Easily Distractable

Posted Mon Feb.06.2012 under Productivity tagged ,

I have been very distracted lately. There’s a lot going on with personal and client projects, and I’ve had to be very flexible with my scheduling. Because of this, I find myself task-switching more often than I like, which means … Continue reading →

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Groundhog Day Resolutions 2012

Posted Thu Feb.02.2012 under Productivity tagged

It’s February 2nd, which means it’s another Groundhog Day! It’s my favorite holiday because it’s silly and it’s also easy to remember. It’s the day that I officially declare my new year’s resolutions. I call them Groundhog Day Resolutions. As … Continue reading →

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Plotting for Motivation, Part II

Posted Fri Jan.27.2012 under Productivity

A couple weeks ago I wrote a long post about how I was feeling blah, and came away with the notion that I wanted to create a system to deal with it. “It” is the opposite of blah, which I’d … Continue reading →

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Plotting for Motivation

Posted Mon Jan.09.2012 under Empire Building, Productivity

SUMMARY: I’d hoped to do a lot of work done this weekend, but I came down with a bad case of the blahs. Instead of going to sleep at a responsible time, I stayed up late and consumed a lot … Continue reading →

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