May 19, 2005

(Yes, yes, I promised another article about an Emacs-based PIM, but I
wanted to write about this instead. I’ll write about PIMs eventually.)

What does it mean to be more productive? I love reading about
productivity tools and tips. I could spend hours just going through
the discussions at http://www.43folders.com . However, all of this has
to translate into concrete benefits. How can I improve my productivity?
Improvements include:

• Keeping better track of tasks
• Keeping my goals firmly in mind
• Making it easier for me to work on something than to procrastinate
• Finding ways to see the big picture

Why do I want to be more productive? Well, I’ve got my Big, Hairy,
Audacious Goals:

• Get people hooked on computing by offering highly individualized,
  experiential learning characterized not only by strong technical
  content but also excellent delivery.
• Help people totally rock through personal information management. I
  want to listen to people describe how they plan and how they want to
  plan, and I want to help them figure out how to support those
  methods through software or whatever.

With my BHAGs firmly in mind and a critical approach to trying out new
tools, I’ve found that I can successfully resist the urge to migrate
everything to the whizzy new PIM app of the day. This is important;
otherwise I’d spend forever playing around with this stuff. I still
love finding out how other people are doing things, though! =)

今日この番組でハッカーの問題をクローズアップするんだって。 This
program is going to focus on computer hacking issues today.

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