Todoist has been my task manager of choice for a few months now, and while I still find that I’m missing some features that would make it even better (URL schemes, Start Dates, etc.), I still find that it has a lot to offer that many task managers out there don’t. But perhaps the thing that I’ve found most appealing is the ability to use multiple labels for a task.
3 Things is a weekly series that highlights three things you can do to overcome a challenge, enhance your productivity, and improve other aspects of your work and life. The reason any of us are trying to improve our productivity is to deliver the goods more consistently. By “the goods” I mean quality stuff. Delivering
Behance’s popular Action Method online service shuttered on June 1st. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Action Method, here’s a brief rundown, courtesy of Lifehacker: “The Action Method proposes that you leave every event, whether it’s a meeting or a brainstorming session, with a set of concrete tasks you can perform, called
I’m a big American football fan. Primarily the NFL, but I’ll watch the CFL and college ball from time to time too. But Sundays are my big football days, the days where I’ll watch my favourite team (the Cincinnati Bengals – incidentally also Todd Henry’s favourite team) play from September until early into the next
This week I’m introducing a new series here at Productivityist. 3 Things is a weekly series posted every Sunday that highlights three things you can do to overcome a challenge, enhance your productivity, and improve other aspects of your work and life. Each of the things also offers an app or product recommendation that can
“You are a mashup of what you let into your life.” – Austin Kleon Accessibility is one of the things we have more and more opportunities to obtain in today’s world. You can bring your office wherever you go thanks to the development of smartphones and tablets. You can have your data pretty much anytime,
In recent weeks I’ve made a shift in my Productivity Path. While I still love what The Omni Group is doing with OmniFocus, I am using another application for my task management these days. Actually, I’m using two. For the past six weeks, I’ve been using Asana for my larger team-oriented tasks and projects and
There are a ton of task management apps out there. I’d go as far as to say there are too many for the person who wants to use one because they wind up spending a ton of time exploring their options instead of really getting familiar with one and sticking with it. I’ve used many of these apps, and I still do experiment with them because that’s part of the work that I do.
But it’s not all of the work that I do.
Using The Strikethrough System allows you to add meaning and value to your captured items through the use of contexts at the time of capture — a time when it’s freshest in your mind. That’s more than what a simple to-do list offers, and that’s why I use it every single day.
The following is a guest post by Chris Humphries. Chris is a Digital Media Specialist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He works with students, faculty, and staff to solve media production-related hardware and software problems. He’s passionate about technology, BBQ, and coffee. You can find him on Twitter as @chrishumphr1es, or at his
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