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How To Be More Productive, Part 1

    I sat in on a call with Helen Raptoplous recently and she did a good job of extending Robert Plank’s productivity philosophy. Plank is a prodigious producer of content on the web so he has learned a thing or two about how to do more in as short a time as possible. Thought I’d share my notes from the call with you.

    This Part 1 on How To Be More Productive is Helen’s take on the Plank 4 Things Theory, with her own enhancements.

     

    1. Be really clear on what you need to work on. Focus on only one priority project at a time
    2. Start each day knowing what things need to be done. Have a list of four things that you can actually complete in one day. One of those things should relate to your highest priority project. The other three thingsRead More »How To Be More Productive, Part 1

    Traffic: A Lesson in How Important it is.

      On a recent road trip I came across a crystal clear real-life example of the importance of having traffic coming to your online properties. The story of two garages, directly opposite each other, while driving through Buhladelah. Moral of the story? No matter how pretty or flash your online space is, if no-one gets to see it, it may as well not be there! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h2D7QSPdS2w

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      Outlook Email Addresses: All the Tricks

        I wrote about this guy and his post a few years back and I find I still have to remind myself to go there when I need sorting out with my Outlook issues. Popped back there today as I need to clean up Outlook again and noticed he has updated and extended the tricks and techniques to grab your email addresses from Outlook (if you’ve been naughty and not saving to address book as you go!) as well as : extract email addresses in bulk extract email addresses from folders and sub-folders remove duplicates extract all attachments in one go search for an… Read More »Outlook Email Addresses: All the Tricks

        Just Do It: Make a Product

          It wasn’t that difficult, after all.

          Facing a four and a half hour drive during the day annoys me.

          Not the driving itself: the lack of productivity involved is what gets me. There’s not a lot you can do when your hands are glued to the steering wheel and you need to be alert and focused.

          Or is there?

          About an hour into the drive, when I’d exhausted the phone calls I needed to make (thank you Siri!), it struck me…

          I’d seen a video by Peng Joon who was tied to his car for an hour or so driving to a conference. So he rigged up his equipment and punched out a one hour video during the drive.

          Inspired by that, I plugged my iPhone into the phone holder on the windscreen, clicked on the video and switched the lens to record from the front.

          Beautiful!

          I was now in production mode!

          A couple of minutes to gather myRead More »Just Do It: Make a Product

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