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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 09:48:41AM -0400, Stephen Adler wrote: > Guys, > > Yesterday I had a bit of a meltdown at work due to being overwhelmed > with deadlines. After the smoke has settled, I realized that my life has > gotten so complicated, with meetings, tasks, deadlines, etc. that I have > to start using some kind of software tool to keep my work life > organized. It used to be that I could remember everything that needed to > get done, but I've reached a new stage in my career where that's not > possible. > > So... can you guys recommend a software pages to organized ones > professional life, with meeting dates, reminders of tasks that need to > get done etc? What are the popular applications for the gnome and/or kde > desktops? Everybody finds something different. Here's what works for me: - I carry my phone everywhere, so I use: - an alarm clock set for every repeating meeting or event - Google Calendar with audible alarms set for every one-off meeting or event - I maintain a text file in my home directory called TASKLIST. - every day at 8AM, 2PM and 4PM, a cron job mails me TASKLIST - I keep track of what I'm doing or need to do there. - It's organized into a very few categories, based on urgency: URGENT SOON DEADLINE and EVENTUALLY I don't keep track of items once they've been completed or fall off the list for some other reason; I do archive all the TASKLIST emails in a folder where I could consult or search them if needed. -dsr- -- http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. You can't defend freedom by getting rid of it.
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