Jun
30
Staying (More) Organized
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Two apps in the last few months have helped me a great deal to stay organized. I recommend them highly.
“Remember Everything” is their tagline. It’s an amazing service which is almost too powerful. I don’t use it all the time. But there are a number of things, images for instance, that I can ONLY track with Evernote. So it’s nice to have this tool in my arsenal in the fight against chaos.
Sometimes I need to leave myself a note. I don’t have a pen and paper, I’m not near email, so I use Jott. I just call up Jott, leave a voice message and Jott transcribes my message to text and emails it to me. It’s as easy as it gets. It’s just a really nice tool for those cases where all I have is my mobile phone.
I’ve kept up with the rise and fall of the GTD crowd. Maybe it’s never actually fallen. Maybe it never really rose. In any case, more structured approaches to staying organized never worked well for me because there are too many rules. I find that I’m much more capable and productive with a small number of really specific tools that allow me to stay connected in all of the odd circumstances I find myself in.
Lastly, I should mention Basecamp and Google Calendaras well. They’re my workhorses for collaborating and keeping organized.
So there you have it. Those are the tools I use to help me stay organized. What works for you? Drop me a comment or email to let me know.