Archive for May, 2010

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Posted on May 31, 2010 by LJ

Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. Since today is a holiday in the U.S., I’m going to skip the usual productivity post and let you in on something that really knocked my socks off. About a month ago, I started hearing about a book. People I respect were reading [...]

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To Kindle or Not To Kindle?

Posted on May 28, 2010 by LJ

Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. The Kindle has been fascinating me for some time. I was an early adopter of Ebook readers, starting with the Rocket Ebook more than a decade a go. But the Rocket line died due to company purchases and mismanagement. I was disappointed. I [...]

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Time for dinner!

Posted on May 27, 2010 by GuestPost

This is a guest post by Trish Smith, Owner of Simple Meal Plan. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. How many times in the last few years have you heard or said those words? When we were growing up, it was a [...]

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Picking up is not cleaning

Posted on May 26, 2010 by LJ

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. Something I read in a blog came back and hit me square between the eyes…picking up is not cleaning! I know, it probably seems obvious, but that is one thing that trips me up. I spend time picking things up and congratulate myself [...]

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Open Loops 5/25/2010: Articles I Think Worth Passing Along

Posted on May 25, 2010 by LJ

Tuesdays are open loop at SimpleProductivity blog. I have to love a website that tells me to go do something else (“Seriously.”) Lifehacker profiled such a software at “To-done Assigns You Tasks Based on Your Available Time” The book Organizing the Creative Mind popped up all over my reading a [...]

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My GMail Management Strategy

Posted on May 24, 2010 by LJ

Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I use GMail as my main mail program, and I use it as one of my first-line productivity tools. My system is a hybrid mish-mash of ideas I have picked up everywhere, and it suits my purpose. The purpose of this article is [...]

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