Comments on: Giveaway: One Year to an Organized Work Life http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life Creativity is business too. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:40:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mahmoud http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life/comment-page-1#comment-1282 Mahmoud Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:01:03 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life#comment-1282 I'm a software developer, my biggest problem is organizing the changes I made to the software. I make many fixes and features then at the end I got confused what to do with all of these , where the scripts , and what is the order of deployment. another problem is managing my own "knowledge base", I like to save all of my investigations so I can find them whenever I need, But actually every time I find some good tool to save these resources (MS OneNote or saving them to a folder or using Firefox add-on...) and I end up with many tools each have a different set of resources. And finally I format my laptop and half of these resources are gone :). I’m a software developer, my biggest problem is organizing the changes I made to the software. I make many fixes and features then at the end I got confused what to do with all of these , where the scripts , and what is the order of deployment.

another problem is managing my own “knowledge base”, I like to save all of my investigations so I can find them whenever I need, But actually every time I find some good tool to save these resources (MS OneNote or saving them to a folder or using Firefox add-on…) and I end up with many tools each have a different set of resources. And finally I format my laptop and half of these resources are gone :) .

]]> By: Maria Elena Duron http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life/comment-page-1#comment-1246 Maria Elena Duron Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:18:53 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life#comment-1246 My biggest organizational challenge is that I overload my 'to do' list. I understand the urgent and important concept yet taking something from concept to practice is entirely different. I get passionate about several projects and want to get them all done - yesterday! Okay, I'm off to my next item on the list.... My biggest organizational challenge is that I overload my ‘to do’ list. I understand the urgent and important concept yet taking something from concept to practice is entirely different.

I get passionate about several projects and want to get them all done – yesterday!

Okay, I’m off to my next item on the list….

]]> By: JessieX http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life/comment-page-1#comment-1243 JessieX Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:53:34 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life#comment-1243 Oh, and my curiosity just happened to be drawn to LifeHacker today and a book about organizing, so I found your blog post coincidental and sweet. I'll meet you at The Bux if I'm you're random winner. :-) Oh, and my curiosity just happened to be drawn to LifeHacker today and a book about organizing, so I found your blog post coincidental and sweet. I’ll meet you at The Bux if I’m you’re random winner. :-)

]]> By: JessieX http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life/comment-page-1#comment-1242 JessieX Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:52:25 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life#comment-1242 My biggest problem in organizing my work is capturing things in my system (I use GTD with a Levenger Circa binder). I tend to act on things that come up NOW and not make them into projects or actions; concurrent with that "my biggest problem," I often neglect the work I have articulated to run around after the streaming-in-fast work. Oy. My biggest problem in organizing my work is capturing things in my system (I use GTD with a Levenger Circa binder). I tend to act on things that come up NOW and not make them into projects or actions; concurrent with that “my biggest problem,” I often neglect the work I have articulated to run around after the streaming-in-fast work. Oy.

]]> By: Ruth http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life/comment-page-1#comment-1240 Ruth Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:15:26 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life#comment-1240 My biggest organizational problem is that I am not motivated to complete tasks that don't have deadlines, even when they're important (such as re-designing our website). And I have not been successful at resolving this problem by setting my own deadlines, because I know that I just "made it up", and it doesn't serve as a motivating force (where as I always pay the bills on time, call the clients when I say, etc.). My biggest organizational problem is that I am not motivated to complete tasks that don’t have deadlines, even when they’re important (such as re-designing our website). And I have not been successful at resolving this problem by setting my own deadlines, because I know that I just “made it up”, and it doesn’t serve as a motivating force (where as I always pay the bills on time, call the clients when I say, etc.).

]]> By: JR Moreau http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life/comment-page-1#comment-1237 JR Moreau Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:33:43 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life#comment-1237 My entry: By far. my biggest organizational bad habit is finding absolutely stellar leads, sending out a bunch of emails and then forgetting about them after I send them. Following up is hard for me sometimes because I work a day job and I tend to get overwhelmed and forget if work gets crazy. My entry:

By far. my biggest organizational bad habit is finding absolutely stellar leads, sending out a bunch of emails and then forgetting about them after I send them. Following up is hard for me sometimes because I work a day job and I tend to get overwhelmed and forget if work gets crazy.

]]> By: Prolific Programmer http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life/comment-page-1#comment-1236 Prolific Programmer Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:18:42 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life#comment-1236 Me biggest problem is regarding prioritisation. I take a last-in, first out approach to time management -- meaning more recent projects are seen as more critical and get done first. I do remember due dates and eventually get everything sorted, but not without lots of (unnecessary) stress. Me biggest problem is regarding prioritisation. I take a last-in, first out approach to time management — meaning more recent projects are seen as more critical and get done first. I do remember due dates and eventually get everything sorted, but not without lots of (unnecessary) stress.

]]> By: Mel Edwards http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life/comment-page-1#comment-1233 Mel Edwards Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:44:57 +0000 http://www.thursdaybram.com/2009/01/08/giveaway-one-year-to-an-organized-work-life#comment-1233 This is a great idea, Thursday...to give away review copies. I'm all about sharing the wealth. This is a great idea, Thursday…to give away review copies. I’m all about sharing the wealth.

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