http://gigaom.com/collaboration/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/ Fri, 25 May 2012 13:21:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/collaboration/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64269 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:49:58 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64269 [...] Get Organized: Keep All Your Information in One Place [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/collaboration/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64268 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:20:11 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64268 [...] Web Worker Daily — Get Organized: Keep All Your Work in One Place [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/collaboration/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64267 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:00:41 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64267 [...] last year, and my invoices, contracts, and other important documents were either nonexistent or scattered all over my hard drive. This led to missed deadlines, long turnover times, and, eventually, annoyed clients. Even if [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/collaboration/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64266 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:18:19 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64266 [...] Get Organized: Keep All Your Information in One Place [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/collaboration/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64265 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:22:08 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64265 [...] Keep your information in one place. This is related to #2 above, but if your information is in multiple places, you’ll waste time looking for it. Try to keep everything centralized, to save time and searching. But even with those three factors, if you don’t develop the Habit of Now, things will fall apart. Instead of stacking a bunch of papers to put away where they belong later, do it now. If you don’t have a place for something, such as a folder, make one now instead of later. The Habit of Now, of course, isn’t always that easy to develop. We tend to procrastinate. However, it’s just like any other habit: if you focus on it for long enough, it will soon become automatic and easy. Here’s how to do it: 1. Write it down. Print out a big sign that says, “DO IT NOW”. Also list the actions you must do right away: filing, creating a place for something, putting things where they belong, the top item on your task list. 2. Log it. You don’t need to create a detailed log for each time you follow the Habit of Now … but it would be very useful to do a running tally. Just have a small piece of paper on your desk, and when you Do It Now, put a tally. You can also do a tally of the times you forget to Do It Now or procrastinate on it. The tally simply makes you aware of the activity, and reinforces the habit, and it really works. 3. Report your progress. Tell others about your habits — your spouse, your co-workers, friends. And tell them to ask you about it every day. Or put it on your blog, and let your readers hold you accountable. If you know someone else is watching, you’ll do your best. 4. Focus on this habit, and nothing else. Don’t try to change multiple habits at once. It’s very difficult, and if you diffuse your focus, you’ll be less likely to be successful. Try to focus on this habit for 3o days. 5. No exceptions. Don’t tell yourself, “Just this once won’t hurt.” That’s like a smoker who’s trying to quit saying, “Just one puff won’t hurt.” Well, that one puff will lead to two, which eventually leads to failure. Same thing with the Habit of Now: if you allow yourself to put it off even once, it will lead to the Habit of Whenever. 6. Make folders quickly. Always have a good supply of manila folders and labels, so you can make a new file folder in a jiffy. If it takes more than a few seconds to make a folder, you’ll resist doing it. When you have a documents that should be filed but doesn’t have a folder it should go in, you need to make a new folder and file it immediately. 7. File it now. Don’t let things pile up. Don’t have a “to be filed” folder. Just file it, right away. Same thing with anything else: put it away, now. Share This [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/collaboration/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64264 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:19:11 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64264 I’m using the exact One Place you’re mentioning here from the beginning of 2007. This place for me is Microsoft OneNote 2007, and it has replaced about 5 other applications for me. It works great with Outlook 2007 and I’m very happy with my setup.
I reccomend everyone to test it.

]]> http://gigaom.com/collaboration/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64263 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:07:17 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64263 [...] Keep your information in one place. This is related to #2 above, but if your information is in multiple places, you’ll waste time looking for it. Try to keep everything centralized, to save time and searching. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/collaboration/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64262 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:50:59 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64262 What a great article!
It’s so true, the web activity can be a mess, especially the social activity.
8hands is the best aggregator to organize the social networks.

]]> http://gigaom.com/collaboration/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64261 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:23:34 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64261 I agree with Frank; ToDoList rocks. It’s highly configurable with very fast search.

]]> http://gigaom.com/collaboration/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64260 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:04:57 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/19/get-organized-keep-all-your-information-in-one-place/#comment-64260 [...] Then I saw this: Get Organized: Keep All Your Information in One Place [...]

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