Comments on: 3 lessons from Marc Andreessen's productivity heresy http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:04:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joshua Volz http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60625 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:01:04 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/20/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60625 With respect to Marc’s productivity article, I really liked the 3 lists approach he advocates. I started out doing it in notepad, but that quickly because cumbersome. I wrote a small program to help keep track of it. It’s free to download and use forever. It runs on Windows. Here’s the link:

http://vizonware.com/downloads.html

If anyone has any suggestions, comments or ideas please don’t hesitate to email me.

]]> By: anuj http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60624 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:12:52 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/20/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60624 wow….this guy almost echoes the thoughts at TaskBin…i mentioned at another place on webworker that my priorities are today, tomm, this week and soon. of course every now and then something needs immediate attention and i make it a ” NOW ” item.

The todays items are my todo list, tomm’s tasks are watch list and so on. Call it structured procrastination or just http://www.TaskBin.com i guess its the same..

]]> By: Andrew White http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60623 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:56:49 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/20/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60623 I think the big take away from Marc’s article isn’t so much “here’s my plan, follow it religiously to productivity nirvana”. Rather I got “here’s my plan, it greatly reduces nonproductive-yak-shaving cruft”. Its a nice outline of how to build the minimal structure to ensure you’re capturing your tasks and managing your time, but warns against letting the process replace the product.

I’d recommend people who liked Marc’s article, but found it too far from GTD or too lose for them check out Leo at Zen Habit’s Zen To Done.

]]> By: Me & Me blog archive » Good Me: USPS Offers Tips to Prevent Identity Theft http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60622 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:46:14 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/20/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60622 [...] And, with all the recent articles around email’s nefarious influence on everything from productivity to personal relationships — old school seems more and more new school. In light of this love [...]

]]> By: Matthew Lowes http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60621 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:42:00 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/20/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60621 Checking, reading and processing email can be a big distraction. I always close out my email when I really want to get some work done.

]]> By: adubinsky http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60620 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:25:11 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/20/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60620 He’s right about email being a productivity killer. Blackberries are real attention stealers.

Basically, if you can read or respond emails in a meeting, you probably don’t need to be in the meeting at all.

]]> By: Milko Georgiev http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60619 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:30:51 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/20/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60619 Well, I definitely think that the 3 list idea works just great. Reading your emails, but also having separated IMs for work and home, trying to minimize the internet ADD are great means too. Schedule, however, even if indicative is still a good idea. Focusing on a certain topic need a schedule – this is the way to keep disturbances away.

]]> By: Barbara Saunders http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60618 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:04:03 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/20/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60618 What I’d prefer is no daily schedule and no scheduled meetings or activities with no particular purpose. However, since I’m an introvert, I like to be able to prepare for conversation. People dropping by rattles me as much as the weekly status meeting frustrates me. Drop me an email, tell me what it’s about, and if we NEED to meet I want to set up a time with a buffer of solitude surrounding it.

]]> By: A Tentative Personal Finance Blog http://gigaom.com/collaboration/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60617 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:09:03 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/20/3-lessons-from-marc-andreessens-productivity-heresy/#comment-60617 I’m not so sure about doing away with a schedule. I need my day broken down so or else everything’s in disarray.

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