Testing Time-Management Strategies – WSJ.com.

As most of you know, I’ve been spending the past year or so working on time management techniques, trying to figure out ways to keep creative, but still get work done quickly and efficiently.
In my new role, I find that I spend quite a bit of time juggling meetings, animating, giving [...]

I’m SUPER jazzed and excited to see Bluetoo venture’s Todoist application for the iPhone.  As many of you know I’ve been researching GTD applications and trying to come up with as system that works for my needs.
I’m currently using Toodledo which is a very nice application.. it’s well documented, has tons of support, and the [...]

After all this time of trying various task managers, it feels like I’m starting to settle on one.  Believe it or not, it’s one of the tools I started  out trying and discarding for various reasons, but after much hunting and pecking and trying and pulling and reading and writing.. I’m about *this* close to [...]

And so begins day 3 of GTDAgenda testing.
Since I’m an animator at heart (even though I do more managing and meetings now), I decided to try adding tasks to make notes of each fix I wanted to do on a shot I’m currently working on.
I created a project specifically for this shot, and then started [...]

After 2 days of using the online task management/productivity application GTDAgenda, I’m starting to get into a groove with the software and find my flow. I’ve still got a few issues that pop up here and there, but I’m getting a better hang of managing my todo lists, and displaying them in a [...]

In my quest to find the “perfect” GTD system for my use, I’ve decided to actually try a few todo systems for a week at a time until I find the one that I like the best.  I’ve got a rather complicated workflow that I need to support. Some things I’ve come up with as [...]

I thought it might be fun to explore another example of using contexts for those of you who’ve never used them or seen a benefit from them.
This is from my example of my “Fixing the bathroom” project in my previous post.
One of the tasks was to “restock the bathroom with supplies”.
So in the course of [...]

I have been thinking a lot about personal time management and how it can help artistic people handle the fact that they need to produce artistic work in a timely manor while still having time to explore and experiment.
It’s a common problem in the animation industry.. We have to be creative, unconventional, unique, exciting and [...]

A few weeks ago my friend Eric Scheur asked if he could re-post one of my posts about the Fear of Moving Past Blocking to the awesome website http://11secondclub.com.
You can see the repost here:
http://www.11secondclub.com/helpful_hints/the_fear_of_moving_past_blocking/
I thought it was a great idea. I hadn’t actually re-read my post in a while, but was very happy [...]