What behaviors define the highly productive? What habits, philosophies, and strategies make some people consistently more productive than others? First, let’s figure out exactly what we mean by “productive.” Too often, productivity gets conflated with simply being busy. But that’s only part of the story. True productivity means not only getting work done; it means [...]
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This should be interesting…
I sent the following email to several school districts and a couple of 501(c)3′s in my area today… “A recent study by the Radicati Group on ‘Microsoft Exchange 2003 Total Cost of Ownership’ concludes that Microsoft Office is much more cost effective than Lotus Notes with an average acquisition cost of $450.39 per user with [...]
Ouch! Email and Productivity…
Looking to become more productive? “Yet another reason to shut down your email client (or close your Gmail tab) and process messages in batches: a study shows that it takes an average of 64 seconds to recover your train of thought after interruption by email. That’s more than a minute per email, and could easily [...]
Thought for the day…
“If you work just for the money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.” Ray Kroc (1902-1984) American businessman, founder of McDonald’s Corporation
I cancelled my XM Radio account…
Image via CrunchBase For 5 years, I was a massive fan of XM Radio. Living in rural Wisconsin like I do, it was my favorite entertainment option for a loooong time. So, why did I cancel? Here are a couple of thoughts: One, I was one of the early adopters that helped make them successful [...]
Google Apps Goes Premier
Here’s another move schools and 501(c)3s should make to get off Microsoft Exchange and its expensive licensing… “Google has launched a new version of Google Apps (formerly Google Apps for Your Domain), and it adds Google Docs & Spreadsheets and a pay service. There are now two editions of Goofle Apps: the free Standard Edition [...]
Productivity Hack: Write Mini Process Flows
“Creativity is one thing, but capturing it into a form that’s useful (to your needs) is another. I’ve got an idea that I plan to implement for myself: mini process flows. Now, your jobs that you’ll need done are different than mine. I’ll just show you mine as examples, okay?” Click here to read more…
Google Brings Offline Access to Docs and Apps
Image via CrunchBase “Google is rolling out a much-awaited feature for its hosted applications: the ability for people to use them even when they aren’t connected to the Internet. The first application to get this offline access will be the word processor, said Ken Norton, Google Docs product manager. ‘The design goal is to create [...]
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