Getting Things Done

I have been a consultant of sorts since high school, and I have been doing it in some fashion ever since. And ever since I have been doing unstructured work, I have been searching for and experimenting with ways to capture everything, execute and reference information.

I have had some great systems (The Franklin Planner) and some not so great (The Apple Newton), but the whole time I have adapted, learned and adjusted... I really thought I knew it all when it came to time management and organization.


A little more than a year ago, my world changed by taking a manager role in the support department for a (then) small start-up NewsGator Technologies. Recently, my work world changed dramatically again when I left the highly structured world of technical support and moved back into the world of fast paced, high profile sales and professional services.

Armed with a new quiver of tools, and faced with being out of the free-form task and client Malay for a few years and compounded by working highly structured support queues for 12 months, I needed a Chaos Theory refresher.

My research revealed this book by David Allen / Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Paperback)

Not only did this book teach me a few new tricks, I really felt connected to the author. This guy really gets me! I highly recommend you buy this book!!

I dedicate this blog post to my good buddy Peter Tighe for shaming me into posting more often. :)

BC

This had great meaning when I first heard it...

But now, I have no clue.  Maybe it will strike someone else?

 

The reward is not in your admiration of the work, but in the work its self. (I can’t find the quote reference on the net, so maybe it came in a dream)

PS. Checkout my Newsgator blog @ BC Blog

 

Computerization

I use a computer so much now, that I can’t even mess up the date!!  It used to be that I would get the year wrong until at least late January.  You know, checks, documents, etc.  We since everything is on computer, I haven’t had that problem.  Crazy!

 

 

Playing at the Apple store

I’m playing with Apple’s Photobooth and drooling over the new MAC laptops at the Flat Irons Apple store. I think I need two or three of these MacBook Pros, but I’m holding out for the MAC tablet…

… Yes Michigan tanked in the Rose Bowl, but at least they made the show. Was your team there?