Entries from March 2008

Mar 19, 2008

A Project a Day Keeps David Allen at Bay

GTD’s Weekly Review is all well and good in theory, but in practice I run out of steam doing high-order planning and brainstorming after 30 15 minutes. I mean it; I need to take a nap.

And I’ve got tasks for 19! projects in my handy Toodledo account right now. (And I’m not even that orthodox […]

Mar 18, 2008

How to Reclaim Your Productivity Mojo in 3 Days

This is a guest post by Mike St. Pierre of The Daily Saint

There are plenty of suggestions for the average Joe who is stuck in a rut but wants to get back into shape. In fact, the “diet wars” as proclaimed by PBS and a myriad of other media outlets constitute a multi-billion dollar industry. […]

Mar 13, 2008

You Eat Too Much!, or How to Stop Worrying and Love Your Job

For most of the people who read this blog, saying yes is easy. The bright, driven folk who read Lifeclever do so in part because they feel overwhelmed by their workload. No slackers in this bunch—at least, few normal people would call one of us a slacker, although I’m sure we sometimes think of ourselves […]

Mar 10, 2008

Get all the latest lifehacks with Alltop

Can’t get enough lifehacks? Head on over Alltop, a new site by Guy Kawasaki and friends. The Popurls-inspired site brings you the latest stories from popular lifehacks sites such as 43 Folders, Lifehacker, and Zen Habits. Oh, and LifeClever too ;-)

You’ll also find pages for a wide range of other topics including design, mac, food, […]

Mar 10, 2008

The One-Day Sabbatical

In academia, professors have the option of taking a year away from their home institution for the purpose of expanding their intellectual horizons. They might spend this time doing research in the field, teaching at another university, or writing a book.

For those of us working in a world without tenure and tweed jackets with patches […]

Mar 1, 2008

Design Writing Contest–Deadline This Tuesday

Jacob Cass at Just Creative Design shares a prize opportunity for you designers out there:

$5000 PRIZE GIVEAWAY - Graphic Design Group Writing Project

The Facts:

What: A graphic design group writing project with $5000+ worth of prizes
 Deadline: Tuesday 4th of March
 Do: Write [...]

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