December 2009
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“As the email spills onto my screen, as my mind races with thoughts of what...”
– Linda Stone: Just Breathe: Building the case for Email Apnea
Email apnea - a temporary absence or suspension of breathing, or shallow breathing, while doing email
Linda Stone talks more about email apnea, and about our relationship with technology in general, on the November 1, 2009 episode of...
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How to write an effective todo list | Work Awesome →
“Ever since early man first scratched his desire to “Make fire, find food” and “Don’t get eaten” on a cave wall, goal-oriented people have been approaching each new day in a similar fashion, jotting down in one form or another the upcoming tasks that require their attention.
The “To Do List” hasn’t much evolved since those dark perilous days in terms of its primary purpose: the need to...
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Capture Diem: Zen in the Age of Digital Captivity... →
“When I settled down to sleep that night, I took stock of my incredible day, without question the best of my life, but I wondered to myself: to what degree did I live the day to the fullest versus trying to capture it via a viewfinder?”
My worst instance of this actually happened in pre-digital days…
I was in the Grand Palace complex in Bangkok. It’s a stunning place...
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“When you take notes, you understand things better. You express ideas in your own...”
– Learning about note-taking » sacha chua
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2010: Year of digital distraction? - CNN.com →
“Web companies are rushing to satiate our desire for instant gratification, pushing real-time updates to us anywhere, anytime. And yet the studies show that these constant interruptions make it harder for us to process the information — to digest it, come to conclusions and take action.”
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» Why reading faster doesn’t increase productivity... →
“But productivity isn’t about speed, even if we’ve been led to believe it is. It’s about being effective. It’s about accomplishing things — and that’s about doing the most important things, not the most things.”
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Geek to Live: Take great notes - Capture tools -... →
The ever-useful Lifehacker provides a few different methods for taking notes. I like this notation for capturing action items after a meeting:
[ ] A square checkbox denotes a to do item ( ) A circle indicates a task to be assigned to someone else * An asterisk is an important fact ? A question mark goes next to items to research or ask about
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“Phrases that I am hearing a lot lately that should die a quick & painful...”
– Twitter / Nick Finck
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information environmentalism →
n. The movement that seeks to reduce information overload and its effects on people’s lives. —information environmentalist n
(via jvatcm)
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“I wonder the same thing about folks who check for new email every 5 minutes,...”
– Enough | 43 Folders
About
I’ve long been interested in the concepts of information overload and personal information management. I make a living organizing information, and designing information spaces, for other people. This is about me organizing information for myself.