Month: April 2011
Essential Email Tip: Clean Your Inbox Weekly
When was the last time your e-mail inbox was empty? I can’t remember either. I know the Getting Things Done gurus say it’s an essential step to reaching productive nirvana. But I just can’t reach it. But look at it. I have less than 20 e-mails stashed in my inbox.Read More
Teambox: An Excellent Open Source Collaborative Project Management Solution
While there are approximately 3 million project management apps (I’m guessing. I lost count around 102,463), TeamBox manages to stand out from the crowd by being both open source and focusing heavily on collaboration. While many hosted web-based project management apps focus on collaboration, few of them are open source.Read More
Light a Fire! 4 Ways to Inspire Yourself (and Complacent Coworkers)
You know the type…it may even be you. That certain individual in the workplace who seems to get by on doing the least amount possible. It is frustrating when you’re working harder and they’re getting the same amount of credit. Although rare, it’s painful to attempt to distinguish yourself ifRead More
Clutterpad: A Complete Project Management App
Clutterpad is a full-featured project management app that considers itself “a way of doing things-not just a tool.” Clutterpad operates on 5 principles: Sheer Beauty Ease and Simplicity Define Productivity Complete Mobility Security Sheer Beauty Clutterpad believes that to want to use something, you have to like the way itRead More
The Four-Day Workweek: Pros and Cons
When you know a three-day weekend is just around the corner, do you try hard to tie up loose ends during the week so you can enjoy it? I know I do. When you get back to work on a Tuesday, doesn’t the rest of the week seem to flyRead More
ProjeLead: Another Contender in the Project Management Software Market
Project management software has become a more integral tool for businesses in recent years, and another contender has come to our attention in recent weeks: ProjeLead. ProjeLead touts itself as: “…a simple open source tool that will make project managers focus more on their project than on their project managementRead More
The Art of Persuasion: How to Hone Your Influencing Skills
The art of persuasion, of influencing the people around you, is a vital skill in the workplace. Without it, you’ll simply be ineffective. Sure, you can bend people to your iron will, or get people to do what you want with compulsion, manipulation or coercion, but at the cost ofRead More