Comments on: What To Do During Your In-Cube Sabbatical http://gigaom.com/collaboration/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/ Fri, 25 May 2012 05:52:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mbedeone http://gigaom.com/collaboration/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58913 Thu, 17 May 2007 01:36:24 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/09/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58913 http://ngadutrafik2007.iblogger.org/

]]> By: rationalpsychic http://gigaom.com/collaboration/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58912 Tue, 15 May 2007 03:34:24 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/09/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58912 My “trick” which I have discovered via accidental methodology is to develop a pile of useless papers, folders and other documents 2-3 feet high. When you find you haven’t had to scramble for something in the pile in over a month, you can safely assume that the half-life of all the material in the pile was shorter than you thought. The pile still probably breaks down to 1/3 fileable and 2/3 trashable. Time to correct: under 1 hour. Benefit to tackling this is that it makes you look busy and as if you are turning over a new leaf.

]]> By: next STEPH http://gigaom.com/collaboration/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58911 Thu, 10 May 2007 20:43:55 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/09/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58911 By teaching, I am able to train myself. There is always a former student or colleague from my teaching that eventually needs help with a project.

]]> By: Michael's Thoughts http://gigaom.com/collaboration/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58910 Thu, 10 May 2007 17:56:33 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/09/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58910 Daily Report, May 10

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]]> By: Rob http://gigaom.com/collaboration/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58909 Thu, 10 May 2007 14:19:37 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/09/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58909 Talk about timing. I had a day just like that yesterday. While I wasn’t between projects, I didn’t have the creative urge to work on them so I re-focused on some of the tasks I’ve been putting off.

I managed to do 2 helpful tasks – I archived all my old mail from my desktop client to gmail (I’m migrating to web based email from desktop) and I updated my personal knowledgebase by migrating more documents online from my data server (again in an effort to be “desktop free”). I also explored Wiki technology to see if that will help me. Interestingly jotspot (which I’ve had an account with for a long time) is becoming very functional. My next day like this I’ll be looking more at jot.

]]> By: Johnny http://gigaom.com/collaboration/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58908 Thu, 10 May 2007 11:08:17 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/09/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58908 Reading your comment, I can arrest myself here. Over time I have created and sorted my Outlook foldertree to fit my workings. But anyways, too often I need to search to find my whateverIneed. Maybe I should try to just simplyfy and go for your way.

But, I would like to mention something as we’re speaking of this. Right past new year, my jobs, workinglife and I felt, most of it all was a just a big mess. And it was!…
I had almost no conroll over what I needed to do (actuall promised to-dos), planned projects, things to clean up. I’m also a instructor and run a Taekwon-Do martial arts club in my town, and I’ve got a lot to do there to, and I’m actually very dedicated to it. I also needed to seriously get a grip on the economical part.

I’m ALSO working at a hotel in town, only every other weekend. (Gives me time to do some own work at night). One day, I decided (all by my self) that I want to sort out all this…

I wrote and sketched, with pen and paper, ALL my to-dos. Everything, and I do mean everything that was on my mind. That also includes private things, work related, thinks related to training, things I would like to do, if I had the time. Everything.

I then created three main categories: Work, Taekwon-Do and Privat.

]]> By: dennis parrott http://gigaom.com/collaboration/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58907 Wed, 09 May 2007 22:17:23 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/09/what-to-do-during-your-in-cube-sabbatical/#comment-58907 here’s an easy to implement email tidy-up trick i learned from Russ before he retired recently.

it was Russ’ contention that no matter what email you were hunting for you always ended up using the search tools to find the thing. he felt that no matter how good your folder organization was you were bound to hunt for the email with the search tools.

so Russ then decided he no longer needed to make folder hierarchies by project and topic and … he shifted to two folders other than the inbox; an annual “sent items” folder and an annual “received mail” folder. he NEVER deleted anything (that is a tad anal, who needs those viagra ads and Nigerian scam letters?)

i was driving myself crazy chasing after the “perfect” folder organization. once i adopted Russ’ method, i save time every day over what i used to spend cleaning out my inbox. i use Russ’ sent/rec’vd folders with a very few extras for holding “golden” items (passwords/sw registration numbers/etc.), e-commerce receipts and folders for stuff i get from the copious lists i belong to… it seriously cuts down the amount of thinking i have to do to keep a tidy inbox.

try it…

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