I’m gonna work on a redesign of this site. It really sucks now for validation and stuff.

In the meantime, good bye sidebar.

I’m trying to get a bit more productive, so I’m trying out David Seah’s Printable CEO.

The idea seems relatively easy, figure out the value of your work (erm… “when is something worth doing” is how he puts it) and then categorize like that. The system works on points - you categorize your work based on a 10, 5, 2, and 1 point list and then set a goal as to how many points you’re going to finish off every day. I’m aiming for 4 (but my work needs are a bit different… I’m a student on summer vacation!)

If you aren’t really sure what you want to do (often my problem!) you can use the Emergent Task Timer. There are printable forms that you can use egg timers with, or several online apps with timers built in. These use 15 minute intervals in which you just do something, anything. Then you simply tick what you’ve done based on a number of categories so you can figure out where your time has gone and where you want it to go.

Really there is a lot to Printable CEO. Lots of forms, websites, timers… a lot. But I can see that there is something easy in it - it’s just… well… a bit difficult to take at face value - mainly because no concise explanation of the system exists. I’m doing my best to figure it out… but I think that this system, or what I know of it so far, makes the most sense for me.

w00t for productivity.

Chris

[tags]productivity, pceo, printable ceo, lifehack[/tags]

Example of a recent email I received (this is an actual unabridged spam email):

subj: in worry avail

body: legatee, and sole executrix of that his last will and testament. and gratified Mr. Micawber, that he ran with a glass of punch into and we can hardly fail to encounter many, in running over. It is remote heights of snow, that closed it in, like eternal clouds. full measure of your noble trust in me, even under that mistake. this better, as I have esteemed you more and more. Oh, take me to The little elephant set the door of the parlour open, enabling me Mind. I tell you. said Uriah, continuing to warn me. If you Well, sir, there were violent quarrels at first, I assure you, Maybe shes not; maybe she is, said Mr. Peggotty. I think not, looked at Agnes so, that I would have given all I had, for leave to morning, when she requested an immediate settlement of the same, delay: enough of disappointment: enough of limited means. That was be long. She is rather long, notwithstanding; but by and by I hear Oh. You call THAT something to lend? returned Traddles, with a threads, I made no other comment on this information than that I still I must not forget that, when I lived at home with my papa and judgement more matured - no, gentlemen - upon my truth. a night or two ago; and I was to sit at work on the staircase, and gateways and churches. The rooks were sailing about the cathedral asking, as a favour, to be sentenced to transportation from Dora.

I’m also thinking “WTF?!”.

Copyfighters is a brand new site that we’re using to promote Last Manifesto.

Just reg’d it today and the dns already propogated so I had to scramble to put this temp page up - its a page you’ll probably recognize again in the future. Thanks to Dreamhost - you are without a doubt the best damn webhost on the planet.

Alssssssssso - anyone use Opera? I love it - although I can’t seem to convert yet for daily use. Something about it…

Chris