Archive for the ‘Personal productivity’ Category
Monday, November 13th, 2006
Here's a little gem I stumbled onto today. I really like OmniGraffle for doing flow charts and other diagrams. It's sort of like Microsoft's Visio, but it only runs on OS X and has a definite Mac feel. One of its weaknesses though is a general lack of high-quality "stencils." Thanks ...
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Thursday, April 20th, 2006
Our students may believe that email is for "old people," but 90% of Internet users send and receive it. Email use has become so routine that I think many of us have gotten a little lazy about basic email etiquette. It nevers hurts to get a reminder.
My recent reminder came ...
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
I've been enjoying Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte. Their most recent episode featured Merlin Mann from 43Folders and 5ives. Merlin is best known for his personal productivity hints, often related to the Getting Things Done methodology.
Atypically poor audio quality aside, the episode has some good tips ...
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
We had a whole-district staff development day today and I had the chance to introduce about 35 teachers to Web 2.0 and some applications like Del.icio.us, Flickr (with an accompanying lesson on Creative Commons), Technorati, Bloglines, and Wikipedia. I was pleased with the results, and the experience reminded me of ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2005
In the ten days or so since my first post on the subject I've read and now re-read most of David Allen's Getting Things Done. I've spent hours at this point clearing my desk of clutter and my brain of all of the things tasks and projects I've been trying ...
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2005
It seems to be an epidemic. There's too much to do and not enough time to do it. That's the primary reason that I haven't been writing much lately. Trying to keep my head above water has left precious little time to reflect on my own practice as a leader ...
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