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Re: 21 Great Blogs

James @ Organize IT — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:10:45 -0000

Thanks for including my blog, much appreciated!

Re: Productivity Systems Don’t Suck, But Sometimes I Do

James @ Organize IT — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:24:32 -0000

Thanks for linking to my Organize IT article. When things go wrong I typically "blame" myself nowadays. It's probably because I took on too much, didn't get enough sleep, focused on the wrong tasks... whatever. We are not machines. I learn from the experience and move on. It's amazing how little we really think about stuff sometimes. Whenever I would fall off the bandwagon I used to try out a new system, without really bothering to figure out that maybe I was the problem, I had bad habits in place, the wrong expectations and attitudes.

Re: Productivity Systems Don’t Suck, But Sometimes I Do

James @ Organize IT — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:39:47 -0000

I believe the gripes in the post were all legitimate, even if they weren't all mine (the high level aspect and the weekly review were my biggies), though of course many of them will be based on a person's own experiences of implementing GTD (the issue of quality if you are a person doing high detail work, for instance). Maybe I should do 9 reasons why GTD works to provide a nice, balanced perspective :)

Re: Productivity Tweet of the Week(ish): Efficiency vs. Effectiveness

James @ Organize IT — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:43:06 -0000

Thanks for picking up on my tweets.This week I've been trying to do a lot more than I usually would just to keep my efficiency up. Irregardless of how effective you are, efficiency is the big value on which you can measure your performance. It's a great productive boost just to test your efficiency from time to time.

Re: Why Working Long, Hard Hours Gets You Behind (?)

James @ Organize IT — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:45:11 -0000

Great read. Now that I feel I've "got" productivity it's such a refreshing experience because I seriously feel like I'm moving forward. I'm not just using it to just get more and more things done anymore, I'm being very selective and applying the productivity to key interests. I've got the techniques and habits in place that allow me to write regularly and consistently... and do it all without any stress and other ills.

Re: What do Avatars Mean to Us

James @ Organize IT — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:42:59 -0000

I feel kind of obligated to have some form of picture of myself, it's meant to humanize the person behind the blog/comment/twitter account right? I'm wasn't especially comfortable about it because I don't want every stranger in the world being able to see me but it's just another obstacle I'm having to overcome as I advance my blogging and delve deeper into social networking.

Re: The Alternative Productivity Manifesto

James @ Organize IT — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:19:52 -0000

Wow, I'm going to mention this in my weekly blog recap. Regarding point two about increased productivity/pay cuts, I'm very careful about what responsibilities I get given to me nowadays. If it matches my pay, fine, but otherwise things get tricky. I remember when I was working as a team leader with a team leader wage (no salary, paid by the hour) yet I was expected to come in at crazy hours for little pay and essentially do managerial tasks. I wasn't so much getting a pay cut as being a charity case.

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Re: 21 Great Blogs

James @ Organize IT — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:10:45 -0000

Thanks for including my blog, much appreciated!

Re: The Alternative Productivity Manifesto

James @ Organize IT — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:19:52 -0000