Task & Time Management – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

A Notability-based Digital Bullet Journal on a Tablet — Best of Both Worlds?

2021-01-06 | Reading time: 13 minutes

If you like to use a bullet journal, but do not like the disadvantages of paper — why not use a tablet and keep a digital handwritten journal. Essentially the best of both worlds. (An idea in progress.)
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Media-Shabbat

2021-01-06 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Disconnecting from the externally paced feed of the world — every weekend. With a media shabbat.
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Selective iOS Calendar Widget

2021-01-06 | Reading time: 1 minute

You can configure which calendars you see in the iOS up next widget, for example, if you have duplicate calendars on different platforms to increase resilience and want to see each appointment only once.
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Method to Make Sense of Your Data: Build the Wall

2020-08-25 | Reading time: 1 minute

A frequent problem in analyzing a situation is to make sense of your data, esp. when you have an abundance of information. In these senses it makes sense to build the wall.
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Microsoft Word Advanced Search and Replace

2020-08-10 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Word, can't live with it, can't delete it. But if you have to use it, have a closer look at the search and replace feature.
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Ditch the Man Cave, Bring Back the Study

2020-07-25 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just a very interesting meme that is worth thinking about ...
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Supervising Written Exams with Classical Music

2020-07-25 | Reading time: 1 minute

Something to do while supervising written exams
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Things Filter

2020-06-16 | Reading time: 1 minute

Your time is valuable — take care what you take in.

Image: Windows hourglass.
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Wall Board (to get an overview of/plan projects and tasks)

2019-08-25 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Currently trying out a wall board to get an overview of/to plan projects and task.
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The Gwen Novak Method of «Work eMail Interruption Free» Vacation

2018-08-23 | Reading time: 2 minutes

I think I might have adapted an old door-bell strategy to sift out unwarranted eMail interruptions during vacations.
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