Information and Data Organization

Here’s how to organize your data and information effectively.

Journal Entries

Organization
Journal

If you’ve been reading our time management case studies, you’ll notice that a recurring recommendation is the use of journal entries as part of morning and evening rituals. The reason for this is simple: journals help you keep track of things, in a very useful way. It’s kind of strange that as kids, many of ...

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A Simple Personal Wiki with VoodooPad

Organization
Droids

If you’ve been using GTD or any other sort of task management system, on occasion you end up with an item in your inbox that makes you go “well… uh… what am I supposed to do with this?”

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Mindmaps, Notes and Spreadsheets

Organization
Mindmaps Mindmap

Let’s talk about Mindmaps. Specifically, what they are, when to use them (and when not to use them), and how they compare against, say, traditional linear note-taking. I’ve been using mindmaps for a long time. Somewhere around 10+ years. I used them through school, through university, and I continue to use them in the business ...

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Going Paperless With Your iPhone and Evernote

Organization
Going paperless with only your iPhone and Evernote

The lease on my apartment was ending in a couple weeks and I didn’t have any plans to renew it. Instead, I decided to live in Europe and Asia for a couple months and then return back to LA. As I was cleaning my apartment, I realized I needed to keep all these important paper ...

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