Productivity501 has some good insights into personal productivity, blowing away some of the common myths about working hard instead of working smart.
Take Work Less, Accomplish More. The general American belief is that you should be paid by the hour: even if you’re salaried, you probably think of yourself more as putting in X hours [...]

Productivity501 has some good insights into personal productivity, blowing away some of the common myths about working hard instead of working smart.

Take Work Less, Accomplish More. The general American belief is that you should be paid by the hour: even if you’re salaried, you probably think of yourself more as putting in X hours rather than accomplishing X things on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. It’s how we’re trained. But it’s an unproductive attitude.

If he went slow it would be easier and he’d make more money. If he worked quickly, it would be harder and he’d make less.

It effectively argues the case that anyone accomplishes more by setting a task goal rather than a time goal. This may not help you in your current job, but what about when you’re working for yourself, or employing others? What a simple, revolutionary way to get an edge on the competition?

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Lifehacker has a post recommending a new open source Wiki for organizing your life. It’s just an HTML document - no php or other scripting is involved. It’s described as ideal for people who like to use applications on portable UPS keys. Follow the link to the original post to get a [...]

Lifehacker has a post recommending a new open source Wiki for organizing your life. It’s just an HTML document - no php or other scripting is involved. It’s described as ideal for people who like to use applications on portable UPS keys. Follow the link to the original post to get a very detailed description of what this application can do.

Note: it’s designed for a computer desktop, not to be hosted on a server.

Lifehacker reports on a Windows/Mac download designed to make taking organized notes more simple, called ZuluPad. Kind of a cross between a wiki and a text-editor so that certain terms become links to all your other notes on those terms.

Lifehacker reports on a Windows/Mac download designed to make taking organized notes more simple, called ZuluPad. Kind of a cross between a wiki and a text-editor so that certain terms become links to all your other notes on those terms.