Free Online Graph Paper / Grid Paper PDFs

Use a planner? In need of Music Staff paper, hexagonal grid paper, Cornell Note Taking sheets, etc.?
This site has PDF generators that will make many useful sheets in a variety of sizes and colors. Very nice! Especially useful if you are an advocate of D*I*Y (Do It Yourself) planners. 

Define Words and Phrases using Google

Tired of going to dictionary.com to look up a word’s definition? You can do it in Google. You can even define phrases.
Simply type define: plus the phrase:
define:apoplectic
or
define:"coat of arms"

Automated Email Follow-up

Here, Michael Hyatt posts a helpful hint to make sure the tasks you’ve delegated via email don’t fall through the cracks. In a nutshell, you BCC these items to yourself and run a mail rule to shunt your reminder into the correct folder.

Now, whenever you want to track an assignment that you are delegating […]

Extending Firefox for Web Developers

Some best-of-breed FireFox extentions for web developers: 
The Mozilla Firefox browser is probably the greatest webbrowser in the world on it’s own. But ever since it’s extension feature matured around the release of Firefox 1.0 it has been an absolute killer application! For web developers it has become the ultimate tool to inspect, debug and test […]

Harnessing your interstitial time

A great article on filling downtime. Think about occasions when:

You’re stuck on hold with technical support
You’re waiting for a disk utility to finish defragging your hard drive
You’re in a line at the DMV that will take at least an hour
Your flight’s been delayed for an […]

PigPogPDA

What Is It?

A Moleskine hack.
An extreme Moleskine hack.
A simplified GTD system.
A complete personal management system for those who’s needs aren’t too complicated.
A rather over-the-top system for dealing with just the capturing and processing end of GTD.

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Ye Olde Hipster

Turns out the Hipster PDA paper system has an old precedent: 

43 Folders: Ye Olde Hipster

There is nothing new under the sun!
 

Using Thunderbird to Get Things Done

This article give a great overview of Getting Things Done using Thunderbird and other email clients: 
I’ve assigned my labels as follows: Delete, Archive, Action Required, Wait, Defer. Since Thunderbird assigns these as keyboard shortcuts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), I can go through my inbox and quickly triage items with an appropriate label. The color […]

How To Be Productive Working From Home

A very nice article for all those telecommuters out there. My favorite tips:

Stick to a schedule. Treat your days like a “regular” work day. Many people have found that a 9-5 or 10-6 schedule really helps keep them on track and productive.
Separate your “work” area from your “living” area.
Get out and about as often as […]

16 Reasons Managers Can’t Get Employees to Perform

Having trouble with employee productivity? Read this article:

It’s frustrating, isn’t it? You define tasks that you need your subordinate(s) to do, provide them the resources they need, and send them on their way to get it done. You wait. You notice it’s not getting done. You wait some more. It still isn’t getting done. […]