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organization

Sync Your Notes Between Your iPhone and Computer

January 28, 2010

Some people carry around a note pad, others email themselves tasks that need to get done. But if you want a simple program that will synchronize notes from your iPhone to your computer (and vice-versa), give Simplenote a try.

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Make a To-Do List That Gets Done

January 27, 2010

Writing a to-do list and actually accomplishing the tasks are two different things. There is no right or wrong way to make a list, but if you want a better shot at actually crossing everything off, try a couple of these tips.
Write it down. Everything is digital these days, so physically writing a list can [...]

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Organize Your Social Media Campaign

January 6, 2010

Social media should be part of your marketing campaign. Like any other marketing technique, however, it needs to be organized and focused. Consider using a social media calendar to maximize your efforts.

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Quickly Organize Ideas on the iPhone

December 2, 2009

Idea Organizer combines your iPhone’s ability to take notes, take pictures, and record audio notes into one simplified app.
The notepad app included with the iPhone is nothing special. The audio recorder is visually attractive, but also fairly limited. The distinct advantage to Idea Organizer is that it allows you to link text with audio, or [...]

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Prepare for law school success during your pre-1L summer

July 30, 2009

Waiting for law school to start this fall and wondering what you should be doing to prepare? Here are my top 7 tips for using your pre-1L summer to prepare for law school success.
I encourage you to get physically fit and healthy, play, rest, challenge your brain, get organized, prepare others and prepare to win the [...]

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Reduce e-mail with social networking tools

June 29, 2008

Luis Suarez, who works for IBM from the Canary Islands, got tired of wading through piles of e-mail, so he moved most of his communications to social networking tools, especially blogs. To keep up with his co-workers, he used an RSS reader (I use Google Reader for the same thing) to stay on top of [...]

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Merlin Mann (and me) on Inbox Zero and other productivity issues

June 18, 2008

I sat on a panel with productivity guru Merlin Mann today. We talked about a range of issues, from information overload to the paperless law office to Getting Things Done and the Franklin-Covey method, all with reference to the life of lawyers.
If you are not familiar with Merlin Mann, check out the video below, “Inbox [...]

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There is no magic to organization

April 8, 2008

Beer companies sell illusions, not beer. They convince us that we will be smarter, more attractive, suave, etc., if we drink the beer. It rarely works. A screen-tanned blogger chugging Coors Light is no more attractive than a screen-tanned blogger without the beer. More tipsy, though.
Similarly, office supply companies sell us on the illusion that [...]

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Simplify your workspace

March 14, 2008

From Unclutterer comes a great post by Zen Habits author Leo Babauta on creating a minimalist workspace. Most of the attorneys I know life among piles of paper. While some defend their “system” of “organization,” most just don’t seem to know how to escape from the paper jungle they created for themselves.
So the first step [...]

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Organization is about systems, not software

April 23, 2007

Today I had a revelation: software, as good as some of it is, doesn’t have much to do with productivity, which is the fruit of organization. Software allows implementation of systems, which are where organization lives.
I have been dual-booting Ubuntu Linux and Windows XP Pro, thinking about Web 2.0 and XML, and learning about Getting [...]

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