April 2011
14 posts
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Time Flies with Task Management on Producteev
Jon in his Cherokee Six airplane.
“The most important thing about using Producteev is that I know things are getting done on time. It allows me to spend more time flying and doing other things I enjoy” - Jon Labrum Colorado-based business owner, pilot.
fave features:
separate workspaces
recurring tasks
filters
key benefits:
meeting deadlines
automation
workload...
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Summary of Eat That Frog | a method to rival #gtd?
A frog eating a goat by Chris
Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy is an excellent synthesis of much of the existing productivity literature to date, achieving about 80% of the total benefits from time management. My summary here attempts to condense the book into a few pages of critical insights, organized into four primary sections: organization, efficiency, identifying your strengths, and...
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New Digs: More Elbow Room in Our New Office Space
Welcome to Chez Producteev!
We outgrew our old office and now fit more comfortably here. Check out the video tour!
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An Easter Egg from Us to You | Staff Picks...
Easter: Best of Parent Hacks
Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way
Engagement Condition - How to Engage Employees in the Workplace (graphic)
5 Awesome Tips to Writing Emails That Won’t Be Ignored
How To Do a Productivity Reboot
How a Simple Timer Can Magically Improve Your Productivity
Simplifying Your Computer
8 Ways to Use Meditation to Improve Your Business
5...
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Managing a swift & beautiful user interface
Team Spotlight: Julien Rousseau — UI designer, front-end developer, pixel surgeon
fave features:
separate workspaces
starring system
hot! tasks
key benefits:
effortless collaboration between Design & Development
keeping track of little details
rapid push
Producteev is my sidekick in our quest to build a sleek graphic interface. Design has sort of evolved to create user interfaces...
Workplace Happiness & Engagement (graphic):...
via blog.socialcast.com
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3 #productivity Experts, inc Author of #gtd
Productivity experts are a dime a dozen. It seems like every other person who starts to follow me on Twitter is a self-proclaimed productivity expert of one kind or another. It’s definitely one of those industries where it can be very hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, to find a productivity expert that isn’t just “self-proclaimed”, but actually is a bona fide expert who...
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Really Good Community Tips on Time Management, inc...
We can’t let David Allen have all the fun! Below are some great tips from students who’ve mastered time management, one of whom has really gotten the hang of the popular Pomodoro technique. It’s centered on a daily routine with intervals of 25 minutes of uninterrupted work — a “pomodoro” — and 5 minutes on break. A kitchen timer, like the one pictured...
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5 Productive Ways to Use Color | Producteevity
Color theory and the idea that certain colors elicit psychological response was popularized by the research of Dr. Max Luscher.
Color choice — both in your surroundings and on your person — can greatly assist with improving your mood.
What colors are you drawn to and how do you use them? You can give your home and office a splash of the right color(s) to heighten productivity....
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20 Ways to Plan for Student Success with...
“As an undergraduate student at Penn State, using Producteev on my android phone (Astrid sync) along with the webapp and google calendar sync really keeps me productive. Also, using labels and the new smartsearch feature allows me to categorize my tasks, which kept me on track as I successfully applied and was accepted to medical school” - Chris Spearman, Penn State.
“I use...
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Sweet! Graphic: Benefits Coffee v. Tea
Click to Enlarge By Policy Expert
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From Procrastination to Concentration: Advice from...
“I add all the things people ask me to do during the day to a Producteev workspace. Then I keep 2 hours at the end of the day (or the next day) to do it” - Aric Lasry, CTO.
How do you effectively deal with procrastination? At first, our CTO’s answer sounded like the very essence of procrastination. I had to dig deep to understand it, and I’m glad I found an interesting...
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A Geeky Way to Use Producteev & Store Documents
Betcha didn’t know that Producteev — for task management — can double for document management? Yup. Not only can you tame your workflow, but your paper (or file) flow as well. I didn’t really believe my boss when he said this. Skeptical at first, I decided to put the idea to the test.
Prepare Before I could successfully transfer files, I had to clean them. I created...
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This Week: Support Center Re-locating
We’re packing our bags and moving the help desk this week. The new help desk will make it easier to:
report an issue
ask a question
submit a feature request
All in one convenient location!
It’s been a long road since mission accomplished and the Support Center you see now was launched. The good thing is, the upcoming help desk will be streamlined, simplified, and easily...
