Inbox Zero

This presentation is so awesome. I actually read about something similar in a book called Organized for Success: Top Executives and CEOs Reveal the Organizing Principles That Helped Them Reach the Top. I've accomplished it at work, but fell behind in my personal email account. The idea is to keep your inbox EMPTY by processing it regularly. He references GTD a lot. It's a book called Getting Things Done.

He included a lot of the content from the video on his 43 Folders website.

The first 35 or so minutes is his presentation. The rest is Q&A.

Email Control

I have successfully gotten my work email under 40mb. We have a 50mb limit and for the past few days I have been aggressively deleting, filing and saving emails as html or text documents to get my in box and folders under control. I am excited!

I also found out that I can post to my blog from Google Docs. That's really cool, especially since it means that I don't have to log on to blogger...when I'm at work.

Google Notebook...

I know I mentioned it yesterday, but I just (yes, at 6:30 in the morning) copied and pasted a css tutorial that included screen shots into my Notebook and it's all there. Wow! This may actually save lots of trees. Of course, it would be a really bad thing if I didn't have internet access, but I always have the option to send my notebook to Google Docs and export that as a Word file to save on my computer. However, considering the fact that I live online...I should be okay *crosses fingers*.

I was even able to highlight the sections that I wanted to stand out. I could have changed the font and everything. This may change the way I do research forever...

I Love Google Notebook Too!

It's great. I've been using it (as recommended by someone on some blog) to use it as a to do list. I've created notebooks for work action items as well as personal ones and completed items. I like keeping track of what I've done as opposed to checking it off a list and having it disappear. I was using Ta Da list for a while and it worked fine as well, but I can do other things in my notebooks that makes it a great storage area. I tend to do internet research a lot...so, instead of printing or copying, pasting and saving an article, I can either copy and paste the link in my notebook or grab the text that I like and put it in my notebook. I create notebooks for each of my "research subjects" and it's all organized and accessible from work or home. I love it! I'm now researching how other people use it :)

I Love Google Docs

I love Google Docs. I just coerced my collegue to use it as a collaboration tool so that she can send me exactly what I need and not worry about sending me 50 emails. So far so good...now only if I can save others in my office from the horrible email volleyball that takes up waaaay too much time. I sent an email so people could take a look, but I'm not sure if I'll have any takers. Everyone is so old school and so NOT into working smarter...what a shame :(

New Name

I'm still obsessed with my hair, but I thought I'd blog about other topics every now and then and wanted the title to match. Funny...I did do that bantu knot out experiment, but it didn't create the look I desired. However, it did do a great job of stretching my hair!