I recently published an infographic that summarizes my article comparing Listers vs. Schedulers. Let me know your thoughts about it privately, on Twitter.
Introducing The Notified Self
I just released a new post on Medium about notifications, interruptions and notifications that will occupy the attention of 2Time Labs for the next several months.
It’s a new concept called “The Notified Self” – the vision of a professional who is perfectly notified by the digital ecosystem formed by his/her devices, apps, platforms and programs. It’s the logical next step after the Quantified Self (QS).
In other words, now that all this new data is available from QS, how does it need to be managed in order to benefit the user? Or in other words, how do we focus our attention on the data so we don’t become overwhelmed?
Click here to see my long form post on how this problem needs to be tackled with respect to Interruptions. It’s the first part of a three part series. The second part on The Warned Self is here.
If this a topic you already have an interest in, it might be an opportunity to apply to the next InnerLab.
Can Time Be Managed? A Project
I just gave an update on a project underway here at 2Time Labs called “Can Time Be Managed?” Check this link for a short post on my book’s website.
Quora Update – Recent questions I’m Answering
I continue to enjoy Quora – the question and answer website in which thought-leaders can interact with other users in a close, social network.
It’s a great opportunity to bring the latest research, plus the ideas here at 2Time Labs, with a much wider audience. Here are some of the questions I have answered recently. Take a moment to go through them and find and read the responses. Then, take a moment to Follow me on my profile page if you’d like to see my responses in the future.
What are some time management and task organization apps to replace Timeful when they shut down?
Discover the science of time management [Research]
Here’s a new way to discover the research data behind time management – especially the stuff that’s most recent. Simply follow my hashtag “#scienceoftimemanagement” on Twitter. (Sometimes it shows up without the hashtag – just “scienceoftimemanagement.”)
It’s simple. I have two Twitter accounts – @2TimeLabs and @fwade. The first one sticks to the scientific findings I have discovered in academic papers that have been rigorously peer-reviewed. These studies typically involve hundreds of people and build (one step at a time) on the foundation of prior studies. They are very different from bloggers who wake up in the morning with good ideas and turn them into SEO-optimized, Top 10 posts before lunch-time!
The second one, @fwade, is may daily account that send out all manner of content related to time management. It picks up the best feeds from around the internet and RT’s them, while adding on the best content I can find on a daily basis. You won’t find me tweeting about my non-existent cats, or the reasons why Trump shouldn’t be elected President. It all about one topic – time-based productivity and all its variations.
Enjoy them both by visiting their pages and I’ll see you over there.
Technology that Stops Time Grabbers’ Bad Behavior Around Meetings
Time Grabbers are colleagues who have found novel ways to waste your time. In this column, I explore their ability to do so via meetings that either should never have been called, or are badly run. I suggest a few technologies that already exist plus a new one that I hope someone will invent soon.
Each of them can help your organization cut an important source of waste out of the picture in the new year, while giving you back a little piece of your peace of mind.
How to find other timehackers of like mind [Infographic]
If you have ever wandered around the Internet looking for a discussion of ideas related to time-based productivity, you may have foundered.
Here are the best forums and chat-rooms I have found, all listed in one place. Enjoy!
An email app that could thwart “Time Grabbers”
One of the frequent complaints I hear about corporate life is the time wasted in two activities you cannot quite ignore without incurring a social cost: email and meetings. In this article, I suggest that there should be an email app that gives immediate feedback to a sender, and argue that companies are not doing enough today to limit the prevailing waste and stress.
Read this unusual post – it’s the first part in a two part series – that starts by looking at programs and apps that could make a difference if they existed. They tell us much about how we can make things better today.
I am testing the Medium platform for the second or third time, so I posted this article here.
Why I Took a “Break”
Between June and October I haven’t posted a single time to my blog. I have a good reason… but the bigger story is that a new calendar software I was testing saved my skin.
Find out why at this post on my book’s blog and while you’re there, sign up for the exclusive private Beta i am excited to be launching.
Michael Einstein Interview
How do you prepare for a future in which there are not only more time demands, but fresh new channels of delivery? In this podcast from 2Time Labs, I interview Dr. Michael Einstein and develop into this question, based on his research.
Click here to listen in and don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.