GTD and Productivity Links – 19th October 2008
I have been at the A4U Expo for the first half of this week and this gave me a well needed break from work to recharge my mind. Listened to some great search engine marketing talks from people like Joost and Mediadonis. Had a really good cruise down the River Thames on the Silver Sturgeon and generally enjoyed myself with old and new friends.
Oh well, back to work and here are the links for this week.
My new theme for this blog has now gone to coding so hopefully I can release it to you all in the next week or so. Looking forward to this as it is a well needed relaunch of the blog. The past few weeks have been very busy and I have a busy end of the month.
iBlueSky – Mind Mapping for the iPhone and iPod Touch Review
I recently did a review of MindMaker, the first Mind Mapping tool for the iPhone and iPod Touch. My review outlined a great concept but it was lacking some key features such as the ability to import and export maps and work in landscape mode.
I was very happy when i received an email from the creator of iBlueSky asking me to take a look at their app that provides competition for Mind Maker. I got the app installed and working right as I was leaving the house to attend the A4U Expo in London.
I was planning on writing the review when I got back from the A4U but I did get the chance to try it in the very first session of the A4U Expo. The first session was from Joost de Valik and was about Search Engine Optimization for WordPress.
GTD and Productivity Links – 12th October 2008
Well, this is the only blog post I have managed this week but there is a good reason. For the past four weeks I have been writing a new ebook for Cisco Press entitled Securing Networks with ASAs Fundementals.
My deadline for the ebook was today, 12th October. I had a slightly delayed start to the project as I needed to free up one of my ASAs so that I could work through the configuration and make screenshots etc. So, for the past week I have been working on the ebook in every spare minute I have had. I have had around 5 hours sleep per evening and really put in the hours. Turning out 20,000 words and 82 figures for the ebook which Cisco Press will launch in a month or so.
GTD and Productivity Links – 5th October 2008
Another busy week, mainly due to the fact that I had a news story published by the BBC in the UK and it got a lot of coverage. Sometimes things happen that change your planned work week and this week definitely was one of those weeks.
Here are my cool links of the week for all things GTD and Productivity related.
I have a crazy week ahead as I have a book deadline for Sunday the 12th so I am going to be busy evenings this week writing away. I also have a new brand coming for this blog. All exciting stuff and I cannot wait to get it out there.
Ziglar on Setting Goals – Zig Ziglar
Just thought I would post these great videos from Zig Ziglar. Zig is one of my all time greats when it comes to motivational speakers. His mix of humor and great beliefs make him a pleasure to listen to an learn from.
Enjoy the videos and I would love to hear your comments on them.
Setting Goals 1 of 3
GTDAgenda – Review of the GTDAgenda GTD and Productivity Application
This is the second in my review series of GTD Apps. This time we are reviewing GTDAgenda.
GTDAgenda is a Web Based application based around the GTD philosophy. One downfall is the fact that you need an Internet connection in order to use this system so you cannot easily take it with you.
GTDAgenda.com is a website designed to assist individuals in increasing their productivity through David Allen’s Getting Things Done model. It does an admirable job of shaping the foundation of his advice into a practical, easy-to-use system that could easily change people’s lives through regular use.
Email Productivity Experiment – Update 3
This is the fourth post in my mini series about email productivity. For those of you who missed the first three I have provided links to them below.
Email Productivity Experiment
Email Productivity Experiment - Update 1
Email Productivity Experiment - Update 2
After the last installment of this series, I had changed my email collection timer from the default 5 minutes to one hour. I had seen quite an increase in productivity as I was working on emails in batch rather than what seemed to be every five minutes.
GTD and Productivity Links – 28th September 2008
Last week has been a very productive week. Not managed to do another email post but I have to do one pretty soon as some unexpected projects have turned my email testing upside down and I think I have realized some shortcomings of fixed systems that I would love to work around.
It just so happens that I also have a beta invite to an email solution that may fit the bill perfectly for me.
Anyway, more about that later so let's get onto this weeks links.
MindMaker – Mind Mapping for the iPhone and iPod Touch Review
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Being an avid Mind Mapper, I was excited to see the release of MindMaker, the first Mind Mapping application on the iTunes store for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
I have been using the app for a couple of days and thought I would post a little review of my findings of the app. I am quite experienced in using Mind Mapping applications having used them for around 8 years. My current favorite is Mind Manager from MindJet which works like a dream on my Mac. Mind Mapping works for me and has helped me pass many exams and helps me plan important events.
How a YouTube User Got Things Done – Part One
This is part one of how the YouTube user, Jimmy Yukka implmented what he calls his GTD Office in order to get things done.
This is part two along the same lines.
I found this via the YouTube GTD Channel that I talked about in yesterdays link post.
