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GTD Masters: Interview with Jason from BlackBeltProductivity.net

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This post is part of a series I�ve dubbed the GTD Master Series – a collection of short interviews with well-known GTD bloggers who many consider to be masters of their craft. Enjoy!
Today on GTD Masters, we’ll be chatting with Jason Echols, the second half of the productivity duo over at Black Belt Productivity. [...]

GTD Masters: An Interview with Michael from BlackBeltProductivity.net

Written by Brett Kelly

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This post is part of a series I�ve dubbed the GTD Master Series – a collection of short interviews with well-known GTD bloggers who many consider to be masters of their craft. Enjoy!
I first started shooting the breeze with Michael, half of the two-man productivity assault team at BlackBeltProductivity.net, after posting something about del.icio.us [...]

We’re Back! Quick Site Update

Written by Brett Kelly

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As some of you might’ve noticed, the site was offline for about 12-14 hours, through this afternoon. My hosting company had a scheduled power outage last night that went horribly haywire, but all appears to be well now.
Apologies for any inconvenience!

Weekend Homework: Questions for Merlin Mann

Written by Brett Kelly

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Ever since I came up with the idea for the GTD Masters Series, I’d secretly hoped to get the chance to interview the great Merlin Mann of 43Folders.com. And as I was pretty certain he wouldn’t just volunteer his time, I thought I’d ask him – so I emailed him a couple days ago [...]

Rethinking Analog GTD and Why Stikkit is Making Me Drool

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So after spending a few months with this new-fangled GTD thing using only paper-based tools, I can’t help but notice all the super-cool web apps that keep cropping up all over the place. I’ve played with a couple of them (SimpleGTD, Vitalist and Nozbe – the last only briefly), and while some of them [...]

How to Talk to a Programmer

Written by Brett Kelly

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Just about anybody that works in medium-to-large size company has probably experienced the dreaded IT/Help Desk guy. You know the one I mean – the poorly-dressed, over-confident, slightly smelly guy who knows how to get your deleted email back or maybe get rid of those annoying pop-up windows. Well, if you think that [...]

How to Make Your Weekly Review More Fun and Fulfilling

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One of my most difficult hurdles in implementing GTD has been a consistent weekly review. My schedule is somewhat erratic at times, and while I normally have ample time on Friday nights to do the review, I often have a hard time mustering the energy to delve into a 2+ hour endeavor. You [...]

GTD Masters: An Interview with Frank from WhatsTheNextAction.com

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This post is part of a series I�ve dubbed the GTD Master Series – a collection of short interviews with well-known GTD bloggers who many consider to be masters of their craft. Enjoy!
Author of WhatsTheNextAction.com, one of the most popular GTD-related blogs on the web (and recently featured in an article on cnn.com about David [...]

GTD Masters: An Interview with Glen of LifeDev.net

Written by Brett Kelly

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This post is part of a series I’ve dubbed the GTD Master Series – a collection of short interviews with well-known GTD bloggers who many consider to be masters of their craft. Enjoy!
In this installment of the GTD Master Series, we’ll be hearing from Glen from LifeDev.net. I’m sure most of you are [...]

Hacking Life: Intelligently Managing Your ‘Spare Buttons’

Written by Brett Kelly

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How many times have you gone out and bought a new article of clothing, gotten it home and found little paper envelope containing a couple extra buttons for your new threads? Thankfully, my wife buys most of my clothes (really, it’s wonderful), so I rarely encounter this. But this past weekend, in preparation [...]