Time management using technology

1. Getting Things Done and other digital productivity strategies Wendy Stephens MCLA December 3, 2010

5. 50,000+ feet life 40,000 feet 3-5 years 30,000 feet 1-2 years 20,000 feet areas of responsibility 10,000 feet current projects runway current actions

6. mind like water

8. GTD principles Always have a collection tool close by. Only use your inboxes as inboxes – don’t use your desk, house, or car. Decide on what will become of material items immediately. Complete projects that will require two minutes or less as soon as they present themselves if you ever plan to do them at all. Don’t allow paper and notes to sit unprocessed. Review your lists and folders as often as required to keep your head empty.

9. more GTD strategies lists -- use online list generators like Remember the Milk (RTM) or Google Tasks (in Calendar) to create your own personalized list which you can adapt and duplicate as required keyboard shortcuts open document/folders 43 folders labels

12. Other time management strategies Reading online content: use an RSS aggregator any xml-compliant site: flickr feeds, wikipedia updates, al.com, twitter, other people’s del.icio.us bookmarks

13. Other time management strategies flickr feeds

14. Other time management strategies wikipedia updates

15. Other time management strategies Reading online content: al.com

16. Other time management strategies Reading online content: twitter

17. Other time management strategies Reading online content: other people’s del.icio.us bookmarks

18. Other time management strategies podcasts – great for bringing together student work

19. Other time management strategies Share bookmarks across machines and using your own comments and controlled vocabulary (del.icio.us, ma.gnol.ia, furl, diigo)

20. Other time management strategies Share bookmarks across machines and using your own comments and controlled vocabulary (del.icio.us, ma.gnol.ia, furl, diigo)

21. Other time management strategies Photo pools (flickr)

22. Other time management strategies Calendar

23. Other time management strategies Document sharing (Google documents) A single version of the document