James Rodenkirch

If you have worked with me over the past few years you know I often try to find ways to reduce effort required with tracking time on a task by task basis. In fact, I’ve blogged about this topic before (see original post). I’ve tried many different setups including software packages, multiple spreadsheet setups, web based applications – you name it. All these solutions work, but they never really fit with my work flow or they added too much cruft to make me want to use them. Continue reading

If you are like me, you probably spend time every so often reassessing the methodologies and tools you use to organize your life or work. I find myself spending large amounts of time trying to streamline processes in an effort to squeeze every bit of productivity out of my day, but I usually find that my efforts make little difference, or I just revert back to old habits.

I’ve been on a work related productivity kick lately, I found myself spending too much time during my morning routine which eats into my work day. Things like RSS news feeds, facebook updates and email sorting were starting to take WAY more much time than it should. I’ve wasted hours on stupid facebook games like mob wars, and hours sorting through news feeds I never actually read, and more hours sorting through my email trying to maintain some sort of organization while retaining some resemblance to a task list. Continue reading