Posted on May 6, 2013 by LJ Earnest
I am always on the lookout for new time management pieces to slot into my current system. When Francis Wade emailed me and asked me to read and review Bill’s Im-Perfect Time Management Adventure: A Business Fable, I thought why not?
Continue ReadingPosted on April 8, 2013 by LJ Earnest
One of the things I hate is not having my passwords stored securely. I use different passwords for sites (which is good), but which spawns dozens of passwords. My memory isn’t that great (which is bad).
Yet storing the passwords in the browser is really insecure. A person with minimal hacking skills and a desire to get in will crack that wide open in a few minutes.
A few weeks ago a software manufacturer, Samsbox, contacted me with a request to look at their software: a completely encrypted site with super encryption and no way for them to access the data.
Continue ReadingPosted on February 27, 2013 by LJ Earnest
It isn’t often I rave about software. But I found something that has taken my blog reading and made it so easy that I actually look forward to processing all my feeds!
I stumbled upon this after another round of Pocket/Pinboard left me frustrated with my blog reading. I looked in the App Store for “Google Reader” and “Pinboard” and Mr. Reader popped up. I figured it couldn’t be any worse than what I was using, so I plopped down my money and decided to give it a run.
It exceeded all of my expectations.
Continue ReadingPosted on February 13, 2013 by LJ Earnest
As a consultant, how I bill my time is important. And in order to bill properly, I have know calculate properly.
Calculating time can be a pain in the neck. 60 minutes, plus all the increments therein…nothing goes nicely to base 10. In the past I have just resorted to working in quarter hour increments. But even that can get tricky, adding increments up on the calculator.
That’s where Calcloc steps in to fill the breach. Calcloc is a calculator that can handle native time calculations.
Continue ReadingPosted on November 30, 2012 by LJ Earnest
Have you ever gone anywhere juggling multiple bags?
When we travel, it is inevitable that my daughter cannot manage her suitcase, leaving me to juggle her luggage as well as mine.
There is a solution. It’s called the Train Reaction.
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Posted on November 21, 2012 by LJ Earnest
I have a hard time reading non-fiction. But put the concepts in a novel, and I am right there! The Dalai Lama’s Cat is a book that teaches the concepts of Buddhism through a work of fiction. And simplicity is a key to Buddhism.
Continue ReadingPosted on November 15, 2012 by LJ Earnest
Building a new habit, or doing something consistently can be hard. One method to help is the Seinfeld method, where you have a visible reminder of your winning streaks. This gives one more reason to keep up the habit – you don’t want to break the streak.
Wonderful Day is a way to keep track of how many days you have done something.
Continue ReadingPosted on September 7, 2012 by LJ Earnest
Recently, another task and project manager came across my desk. I agreed to review it because I was interested in seeing how it stacked up against other software I had been looking at.
ToDoIst is a project and task manager that works on iOS, and has a web component to make it easy to use. Written by Ist Apps, it is a step in the right direction for managing projects; however, it is not without it’s drawbacks.
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