To conquer your todo list, adhere by your to-be list

Posted by Jørgen on Apr 16, 2012 in Productivity

So, you have your to-dos neatly organized into hierarchies replete with contexts, flags, due dates, reminders and God only knows what else. Yet, somehow, it feels as if though the vast improvements you were expecting have eluded you. More likely than not, this stems from not paying an appropriate amount of attention to your to-be list.

Quotes: de Saint Exupery on perfection

Posted by Jørgen on Apr 10, 2012 in Quotes

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” -Antoine de Saint Exupery

How my iPad got the better of my productivity

Posted by Jørgen on Mar 28, 2012 in Productivity

As of this writing, I have just executed a spectacular, productivity-related facepalm at some 20,000 feet in the air. The culprit? My iPad. Hey, want to know where I’m headed? To a – wait for it – seminar on business productivity with iPads.

Creating simple, captivating presentations

Posted by Jørgen on Mar 27, 2012 in Productivity

It is with presentations as it is with much else: less is more. If you’ve ever suffered through a meeting with slides jam-packed with Times New Roman 8 pt text, catastrophic clip art or illegible spreadsheets, you know what I’m talking about. Here are my ground rules for creating simple, captivating presentations.

Defocus: Wherein man takes flight with wings of his own

Posted by Jørgen on Mar 20, 2012 in Defocus

For milennia, man dreamt of growing wings – figuratively, as well as literally. Come 2012, dutch engineer Jarno Smeets succeeds in reverse engineering the principles upon which birds take flight, and creates a strap-on harness which lets him take flight under his own power.

It’s an amazing sight to behold, and for someone primarily occupied with the figurative parallel of human flight, it’s inspiring to see accomplished – thanks to ingenuity and perseverance – what has eluded the capabilities of man for several thousand years.

Quotes: Christopher Parker on the credit-card nature of procrastination

Posted by Jørgen on Mar 14, 2012 in Quotes

“Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill.” -Christopher Parker

War on clutter: let’s get physical

Posted by Jørgen on Mar 13, 2012 in Productivity