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Time Management? It's the Attention, Stupid

Those of you who follow Getting Things Done know that you don't manage time, you manage tasks. Scott says he "thought [time management] was all about being organized and careful planning", but "the number one thing you can do to . . . is be very selective about what you choose to do...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-25-2008
The Problem with Multitasking

A recent NYT article discusses multitasking and the impact of interruptions on the quality and speed of our work. In a recent study, a group of Microsoft workers took, on average, 15 minutes to return to serious mental tasks, like writing reports or computer code, after responding to incoming e-mail...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-30-2007
Major Blackberry Outage

Starting last night, I'm stopped getting "capital EDGE" connectivity on my 8700. The last e-mail I received from my BES server was at 5:15 EST last night, and I've only been getting e-mails intermittently from my BIS servers. Turns out it's not just me - there's a widespread Blackberry outage in the...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-18-2007
Email Tips

Some tips on how to write better e-mail. Not only is it polite to follow these guidelines, it also makes it more likely that you'll get a response in a timely manner. Write better subjects . If you want your e-mail to get answered, you should write a subject that is meaningful to the recipient, not the...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-04-2007
Start++ brings WDS shortcuts to the Vista start menu

Brandon recently released a tool for Vista that brings Windows Desktop Search-style shortcuts to the start menu (and command line). Users of WDS on XP may recall the “Deskbar Shortcuts” functionality that allows you to create little aliases between words or characters with commands and searches. For...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-01-2007
The Joys of Vista - New user folder structures

In the past, we had C:\documents and settings\User\My Documents. Now we have C:\Users\User\Documents. Better yet, the Documents finally is just for documents. Instead of putting My Videos and My Music and My Pictures within the My Documents folder, they have been moved up a level and are now "even" with...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-28-2007
The Joys of Vista - Search is Everywhere

I already mentioned the updated Start Menu , which allows you to search. But there are Search Boxes literally everywhere in Vista that allow you to filter the results. This search box is in everything, including Windows Explorer. In Explorer, you can click the Save Search icon in the toolbar and save...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-26-2007
The Joys of Vista - Quick Launch keyboard shortcuts

You can launch programs in your Quick Launch toolbar using the Win+ position . So if you have Outlook as the second item in your Quick Launch toolbar, you can open it by pressing Win+2. ( via Lifehacker )

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-25-2007
The Joys of Vista - The New Start Menu

I absolutely love the new start menu. No more Start -> Run (Win+R). Instead, you can just press the Win key and start typing the name of the program you want to run. It even searches your favorites, history, documents and e-mail. In fact, I don't even really worry about organizing my Start menu anymore...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-24-2007
The Joys of Vista

I've been running Vista for awhile now off and on during the beta, and it's been on both my desktop and tablet since it was released to manufacturing. Though the cost may preclude some folks from running it, I've really fallen in love and I hate using XP at work. As they say, it's the little things ...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 01-22-2007

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