Category: Productivity

  • Get a finalized spec as much as possible

    If you develop software or web apps, you’ve most likely experienced working off of an incomplete spec.  I have, and it’s tremendously frustrating when all the work you’ve developed so far needs to be changed all of sudden because you followed the spec! So here are some points to keep in my mind and push…

  • Essential OS X tools

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    Since my conversion to Mac OS X at home, I’ve been coming across and using some essential or must-have tools to get the most out of my Mac. Here’s my list in no particular order: Firefox – Best browser by far! StuffIt Expander – Like WinRAR/WinZip in Windows. coconutBattery – Gives you definitive information about…

  • GTD anyone?

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    I read an article about GTD (Getting Things Done by David Allen) a few months ago but shoved it aside; however, with so many projects demanding my time recently, I started looking into it again (read: need better time management). I have just barely started using Allen’s system, but have found it to be SO…

  • Too much in your mind, mind map it!

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    With the coming of the information age, comes information overload. If you’re like me who reads constantly to keep up with technology, your mind can get overloaded with so much – acronyms, concepts, theories, how-tos – you name it. So the question is: what do you do with all that information stored in your mind…