Comments on: Quickly Prioritize Notes with Color-coded Shorties

By: gregory alter

gregory alter — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:18:07 +0000

I have used many todo organizing systems, both computer and paper. There is a real advantage to having one item per card active at any one time. As for saving paper, it is easy to get a total of 8 todo items on each card if they are one liners, or at least several at a time, as long as you cross out items not in use. Computer entry is fine if you have your laptop with you and it is “always on,” or an organizer with a keyboard you can actually type quickly on. For my own use, I am going to try these shorties, again. In the past, there was an executive todo system that fit in fancy leather holders of various sizes that sounds like the size is the same as these, and I remember it fondly except for the cost of refills.

By: slothbear

slothbear — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:28:18 +0000

Thanks for this idea! This presorting idea can be adapted to whatever system someone is already using — thus leaving the environmental concerns to each of us, right where they should be.

By: Dee

Dee — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:31:06 +0000

I think it’s an individual choice and what works for that person.. me personally I prefer index card for checklists as they are more durable than a regular piece of paper and I use the portrait style however I also use pocketmod as a to-do list that allows me to use a single sheet of paper into six smaller pages, I categorize it for Shop>Call>Do for ea. page and leaving the front and back covers blank having the inside pages lined .. I can place the pocketmod in my back pocket or purse. If it works as far as making the individual more efficient and thereby balancing the scales to allowing that person to have more time to do the things they like to do .. go for it.. My Two Cents

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:04:13 +0000

“…all require energy that doesn–™t grow on trees.”

So does running a computer.

The amount of paper she is “wasting” is a drop in the bucket compared to the voracious amounts of junk mail and newspaper inserts we all discard daily.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:53:20 +0000

@ Lex: Yes, paper is recyclable, but recycling paper, making more paper, and planting new trees all require energy that doesn’t grow on trees.

By: XXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXX — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:38:50 +0000

Well just imagine being more organized and saving a few trees in the process. LOL

By: Lex

Lex — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:48:00 +0000

Paper is recyclable and the paper companies plant more trees to renew supply.

By: XXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXX — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:04:22 +0000

That’s what I was thinking…. What a wasteful and inefficient way of organizing. You will need to come up with a method or organizing them, which might require more little paper. :(

By: lisa

lisa — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:45:27 +0000

who said anything about 11x17?! or one sheet of paper? i think you’re being unfair with that comment.

i’m not hating on your idea - i’m all for organization and i love lifeclever - i just don’t agree with notecards.

personally, i carry around an 8.5x11 notebook and use a homemade hieroglyphics system to mark notes per assignment. all my day-to-day ideas, notes, tasks to follow up on, etc are copied to & managed in excel or entourage. the notepads typically take almost two years to fill and it’s a cheaper investment, plus if you don’t use spiral bound they can be completely recycled.

i think you and i have the same process once we get back to our desk: rip though the notes and outline the rest of the day, right? it’s just a matter of preference.

By: David Moldawer

David Moldawer — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:22:14 +0000

Lisa and Georgio—I see shorties as a way to save paper. Lots of people use index cards for individual tasks. These are much smaller and thinner than an index card. There are advantages to one idea per card, so I don’t think it’s fair to suggest everyone has to carry around a large sheet of 11 x 17 and write in small letters to conserve. Used cards should just get recycled.