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facebook has now been around for 8 years and made a tremendous impact on how we perceive social connections and act upon them in our daily life. facebook is becoming ubiquitous and is changing the way we interact with others ever more. Now it is not socially accepted to not have a profile on fb if you’re of the younger generation.

In the upcoming fb IPO, the company hopes to raise at least $5b. This seems low and the IPO will probably be oversubscribed many times, making it hard for…

When you agree to take an action, do you also give others a commitment of when you’ll do it by (the so-called “what-by-when”)?  As much as this practice is generally recommended in today’s business world, allow me to offer a contrary view: This practice has big downsides, and obscures a better way that comes from an altogether different paradigm.

The alleged benefit of routinely asking for or offering a “what-by-when” upon agreeing to do an action is simple…

I gave a lecture yesterday, and as I was starting to speak I looked out and saw faces consumed with fatigue and stress.  It’s finals time, and the students are suffering.  So, rather than talk about what I had planned, I switched gears and gave an impromptu lesson on Getting Things Done, which I’ve covered here.

I was shooting from the hip, and was afraid I’d dumb it down too much, but I think that by taking this quick approach it may have resulted in people actually…

“Why is it that paper and stuff keep piling up on my desk?”, I wondered. After starting to process my stuff like I’ve read in David Allen’s book “Getting Things Done” years ago, I realized my workflow was askew and somewhat not working properly. “Filing stuff should be fun and easy” – Allen writes.

After some time of self-analysis…

KOI implements GTD® effortlessly in your daily life and enhances your productivity more than compared to other systems.

Constant viewing of your Lists is not necessary: KOI shows you what tasks are due in a Worklist, grouped or filtered in Context.…