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Research has been done that says that the most number of things we can remember is seven plus or minus one. Well, guys, let's start with two;. I want to take a look at two things we can do as husbands to love the mother of our children:

How can a husband honor the mother of his children'?

1. By recognizing his own God-ordained role in the family
Men, we have a responsibility to lead our family, to care for our family, and to protect it. Too many of us fail to do this. It's more than a missed opportunity -- it's our responsibility.

2. By loving the mother of his children with sacrificial love
Men, we are called to love our wives as Christ loved the church. (Ephesians 5:25) Our children are watching what we do and how we treat their mother; they will learn more from what we DO than what we say. This will impact them and future generations (our grandchildren). Are you loving the mother of your children sacrificially?

Of course, there is much more that we can do, but I think these two points get to the core of our role and responsibility. Still, there are so many areas in which I can improve. How are you doing with this?

I'm blessed to have a wife that is a living and godly example of an excellent wife to her children. She is my Proverbs 31 wife. (yes, including Prov 31:21). I hope and pray that my daughters will grow up to be like their mother.

Her children do call her blessed and she deserves my praise.

Happy Mother's Day, Kathy. Eric Mack's personal blog


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Research has been done that says that the most number of things we can remember is seven plus or minus one. Well, guys, let's start with two;. I want to take a look at two things we can do as husbands to love the mother of our children:

How can a husband honor the mother of his children'?

1. By recognizing his own God-ordained role in the family
Men, we have a responsibility to lead our family, to care for our family, and to protect it.  Too many of us fail to do this. It's more than a missed opportunity -- it's our responsibility.

2. By loving the mother of his children with sacrificial love
Men, we are called to love our wives as Christ loved the church. (Ephesians 5:25) Our children are watching what we do and how we treat their mother; they will learn more from what we DO than what we say. This will impact them and future generations (our grandchildren). Are you loving the mother of your children sacrificially?

Of course, there is much more that we can do, but I think these two points get to the core of our role and responsibility.  Still, there are so many areas in which I can improve. How are you doing with this?

I'm blessed to have a wife that is a living and godly example of an excellent wife to her children. She is my Proverbs 31 wife. (yes, including Prov 31:21). I hope and pray that my daughters will grow up to be like their mother.

Her children do call her blessed and she deserves my praise.

Happy Mother's Day, Kathy.

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I have been running Windows XP for many years. Other than my unfortunate experience with Toshiba and the Tecra M4 Tablet, my experience with XP has been excellent. Since moving to my Lenovo T60p I have had the most reliable and productive work system in my experience. As many of you may know, Microsoft has announced the end of XP, however, their replacement, Vista, has not been well received by the IT community. (I do run Vista on my wonderful Lenovo X61 Tablet PC and as a Tablet OS it's the best, but I do feel like my productivity has taken a huge hit compared to XP.)

If I were forced to choose between Vista and a Mac OS on my primary machine,
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I have been running Windows XP for many years. Other than my unfortunate experience with Toshiba and the Tecra M4 Tablet, my experience with XP has been excellent. Since moving to my Lenovo T60p I have had the most reliable and productive work system in my experience. As many of you may know, Microsoft has announced the end of XP, however, their replacement, Vista, has not been well received by the IT community. (I do run Vista on my wonderful Lenovo X61 Tablet PC and as a Tablet OS it's the best, but I do feel like my productivity has taken a huge hit compared to XP.)

If I were forced to choose between Vista and a Mac OS on my primary machine, I might switch. My past concerns that key programs that I needed were not available for the Mac are gradually going away; some of my favorite productivity tools: Lotus Notes, eProductivity, Personal Brain, and MindManager all run on the Mac.

I would prefer to remain on my present laptop with XP; it is my most productive tool. Windows XP works great and I love the variety of Windows programs available to increate my productivity (e.g. GyroQ and Activewords, to name a few.) However, when I need to purchase my next computer, if Microsoft will not let my purchase XP and if they have not fixed all that is broken in Vista, I'll explore other options.

If you would like to see XP stick around, there is something you can do. InfoWorld is trying to get 300,000 signatures. From InfoWorld:
Microsoft plans to end most sales of Windows XP on June 30, despite a deep reluctance by many business and individuals about moving to Vista. InfoWorld believes such an expensive, time-consuming shift with problematic benefits should not be forced on Windows users, so we have decided to rally XP users to demand that XP be kept available.
You can do your part to save Windows XP, here

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Warning. This guy is really upset and, toward the end, uses a few curse words to express that. (Sorry, I guess he's really upset with Apple.)

Have a great day. I'm off to reload my Vista PC; it keeps bluescreening.

Via: GTD Times
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Warning. This guy is really upset and, toward the end,  uses a few curse words to express that. (Sorry, I guess he's really upset with Apple.)

Have a great day. I'm off to reload my Vista PC; it keeps bluescreening.

Via: GTD Times

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Kelly Forrister is our presenter today, so I'm certain it will be a great day of learning and fun with a group of people committed to getting things done at work and play. I've had the good fortune to work with Kelly at four different organizations over the past 15 years. She's as passionate as I am about productivity and she's also a geek and we share a mutual interest for high-tech gear to support our productive lifestyle. (If you haven't done so, check out Kelly's blog.) Oh, and did I mention that Kelly uses Lotus Notes? She and I have been using Lotus Notes productivity since the early R3/R4 days.

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20080502GTDMasteringWorkflow.jpgKelly Forrister is our presenter today, so I'm certain it will be a great day of learning and fun with a group of people committed to getting things done at work and play.  I've had the good fortune to work with Kelly at four different organizations over the past 15 years. She's as passionate as I am about productivity and she's also a geek and we share a mutual interest for high-tech gear to support our productive lifestyle. (If you haven't done so, check out Kelly's blog.) Oh, and did I mention that Kelly uses Lotus Notes? She and I have been using Lotus Notes productivity since the early R3/R4 days.

The GTD Mastering Workflow seminar is a relatively new format for this material. Instead of the traditional 2-day seminar, David Allen presents a one day seminar, called GTD RoadMap, which covers the high-level perspective of GTD, including theory and application.  The second day, is called GTD Mastering Workflow, and it covers more of the hands-on DOING part of GTD.  Together they provide a great introduction, or in my case a refresher, to all things GTD.

The information in the seminars hasn't changed much - it's proven and it works. It's also simple. Too simple. That's why I find it refreshing to hear it again to see what I missed or what productivity tip I'm now ready to hear.

Well, the seminar is about to begin, so I'll sign off for now. Time and wireless-access permitting, I'll try to post updates on the NotesOnProductivity blog.

Eric

* Long before these seminars took on the GTD brand, they were called "Managing Actions and Projects". Same great stuff, finely tuned for results.

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I think Kelly's done a great job of defining the key requirements of a good GTD list manager. She proposes several key features to look for:
  • Sorting lists by context
  • Ability to assign a due date
  • Portable for on the go access
  • Easily accessible
  • More attractive to you than repelling
  • Doesn't force priority codes
  • Place to capture additional notes
  • Ability to search and sort in various ways.
  • Robust enough to handle all of your stuff.
The timing couldn't be better for me, as I'm in the process of doing a market analysis and writing copy for eProductivity for Lotus Notes, my own GTD implementation tool for Lotus Notes. I think Kelly's list serves as a good foundation of the core features that any sound GTD implementation tool, whether low-tech (e.g. paper) or high tech (e.g. Lotus Notes) should offer.

If you have not read Kelly's excellent blog post, I encourage you to read it: What makes a good GTD List Manager?

In addition to my own criteria, I plan to run vanilla Notes and eProductivity for Lotus Notes through Kelly criteria and see how they fare. Might make for an interesting discussion. I'll blog my thoughts over on NotesOnProductivity.
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I think Kelly's done a great job of defining the key requirements of a good GTD list manager. She proposes several key features to look for:
  • Sorting lists by context
  • Ability to assign a due date
  • Portable for on the go access
  • Easily accessible
  • More attractive to you than repelling
  • Doesn't force priority codes
  • Place to capture additional notes
  • Ability to search and sort in various ways.
  • Robust enough to handle all of your stuff.
The timing couldn't be better for me, as I'm in the process of doing a market analysis and writing copy for eProductivity for Lotus Notes, my own GTD implementation tool for Lotus Notes.  I think Kelly's list serves as a good foundation of the core features that any sound GTD implementation tool, whether low-tech (e.g. paper) or high tech (e.g. Lotus Notes) should offer.

If you have not read Kelly's excellent blog post, I encourage you to read it: What makes a good GTD List Manager?

In addition to my own criteria, I plan to run vanilla Notes and eProductivity for Lotus Notes through Kelly criteria and see how they fare. Might make for an interesting discussion.  I'll blog my thoughts over on NotesOnProductivity.

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This is a GTD Community planned in part by my late friend Marc Orchant. Marc and I had spoken about this project and I'm delighted to see it continue on, if nothing else as a tribute to a topic he was so passionate about. - GTD. GTD Times is now in the capable hands of his friend, Oliver Starr.

GTD Times promises to become the premier go to site for all things GTD, and I'm excited to be a part of the community.

I'll start contributing to GTD Times, shortly. (I'll still be blogging here,too.)

I'm honored to be a part of the GTD Times team.

You can read Oliver's welcome and introduction, here.
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This is a GTD Community planned in part by my late friend Marc Orchant.  Marc and I had spoken about this project and I'm delighted to see it continue on, if nothing else as a tribute to a topic he was so passionate about. - GTD. GTD Times is now in the capable hands of his friend, Oliver Starr.

GTD Times promises to become the premier go to site for all things GTD, and I'm excited to be a part of the community.

I'll start contributing to GTD Times, shortly. (I'll still be blogging here,too.)

I'm honored to be a part of the GTD Times team.

You can read Oliver's welcome and introduction, here.

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Behind the scenes, things remain busy as we work with clients that are currently getting things done with Lotus Notes and eProductivity using David Allen's GTD methodology.

At the end of last year, we completed the eProductivity beta program, and at the end of this month, we will wrap up a four-month eProductivity workgroup pilot program. We are now getting ready to turn on the web site so that the world can see what we've been up to. We still have some work to do on promotional materials, strategic partner relationships and training people to become future eProductivity coaches to support enterprise deployments.

I've decided to make eProductivity available both as purchased or subscription software so that users may choose the option that will serve them best. I'm going to need a bunch of people to test the new license activation system, if you'd like to help and (get a free preview of eProductivity at the same time), contact me.

Otherwise, if you have signed up for the this eProductivity Newsletter, you'll be invited to a sneak preview, soon.
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Behind the scenes, things remain busy as we work with clients that are currently getting things done with Lotus Notes and eProductivity using David Allen's GTD methodology.

At the end of last year, we completed the eProductivity beta program, and at the end of this month, we will wrap up a four-month eProductivity workgroup pilot program. We are now getting ready to turn on the web site so that the world can see what we've been up to. We still have some work to do on promotional materials, strategic partner relationships and training people to become future eProductivity coaches to support enterprise deployments.

I've decided to make eProductivity available both as purchased or subscription software so that users may choose the option that will serve them best. I'm going to need a bunch of people to test the new license activation system, if you'd like to help and (get a free preview of eProductivity at the same time), contact me.

Otherwise, if you have signed up for the this eProductivity Newsletter, you'll be invited to a sneak preview, soon.

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Today, I share some thoughts on the value of getting connected to people who have a similar interest in getting things done and the information to help you become a GTD blackbelt.

To learn more about my Knowledge Worker Productivity equation and to join an ongoing discussion about using GTD & Notes, visit the Notes on Productivity Blog.
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Today, I share some thoughts on the value of getting connected to people who have a similar interest in getting things done and the information to help you become a GTD blackbelt.

To learn more about my Knowledge Worker Productivity equation and to join an ongoing discussion about using GTD & Notes, visit the Notes on Productivity Blog.

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It's hard to tell where the comedy ends and reality begins. It's like something straight from the Sampsons. (No, that's not a typo.)
Created by comedian (and homeschool dad) Tim Hawkins.
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It's hard to tell where the comedy ends and reality begins. It's like something straight from the Sampsons. (No, that's not a typo.)
Created by comedian (and homeschool dad) Tim Hawkins.

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Today, I share some thoughts on the value I found in hiring a productivity coach to help you learn how to get things done.

To learn more about my Knowledge Worker Productivity equation and to join an ongoing discussion about using GTD & Notes, visit the Notes on Productivity Blog.
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Today, I share some thoughts on the value I found in hiring a productivity coach to help you learn how to get things done.

To learn more about my Knowledge Worker Productivity equation and to join an ongoing discussion about using GTD & Notes, visit the Notes on Productivity Blog.

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Today, I share some thoughts on how to mobilize your Lotus Notes-based GTD implementation.

To learn more about my Knowledge Worker Productivity equation and to join an ongoing discussion about using GTD & Notes, visit the Notes on Productivity Blog.
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Today, I share some thoughts on how to mobilize your Lotus Notes-based GTD implementation.

To learn more about my Knowledge Worker Productivity equation and to join an ongoing discussion about using GTD & Notes, visit the Notes on Productivity Blog.

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To learn more about my Knowledge Worker Productivity equation and to join an ongoing discussion about using GTD & Notes, visit the Notes on Productivity Blog.
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Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/trackback?open&id=the-eproductivity-equation-technology-for-notesgtd http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/the-eproductivity-equation-technology-for-notesgtd GTD Eric Mack http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/the-eproductivity-equation-technology-for-notesgtd?opendocument&comments http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/the-eproductivity-equation-technology-for-notesgtd using Lotus Notes as a List Manager and Implementation tool for GTD.

To learn more about my Knowledge Worker Productivity equation and to join an ongoing discussion about using GTD & Notes, visit the Notes on Productivity Blog.

Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dxcomments/the-eproductivity-equation-technology-for-notesgtd http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/the-eproductivity-equation-technology-for-notesgtd?opendocument&comments The eProductivity Equation: Methodology Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:15:00 -0700 eProductivity equation and that is: methodology.

Here's the link to my post today about GTD as a productivity methodology.

To learn more about my Knowledge Worker Productivity equation and to join an ongoing discussion about the GTD methodology as an aspect of knowledge worker productivity visit the Notes on Productivity Blog.
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Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/trackback?open&id=the-eproductivity-equation-methodology http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/the-eproductivity-equation-methodology GTD Eric Mack http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/the-eproductivity-equation-methodology?opendocument&comments http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/the-eproductivity-equation-methodology eProductivity equation and that is: methodology.

Here's the link to my post today about GTD as a productivity methodology.

To learn more about my Knowledge Worker Productivity equation and to join an ongoing discussion about the GTD methodology as an aspect of knowledge worker productivity visit the Notes on Productivity Blog.

Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dxcomments/the-eproductivity-equation-methodology http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/the-eproductivity-equation-methodology?opendocument&comments The eProductivity Equation: KWP = M x T x K Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:35:00 -0700 how to ramp up quickly with GTD and Lotus Notes.

To learn more about my Knowledge Worker Productivity equation and to join an ongoing discussion about using GTD & Notes, visit the Notes on Productivity Blog.
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Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/trackback?open&id=the-eproductivity-equation-kwp http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/the-eproductivity-equation-kwp GTD Eric Mack http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/the-eproductivity-equation-kwp?opendocument&comments http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/the-eproductivity-equation-kwp how to ramp up quickly with GTD and Lotus Notes.

To learn more about my Knowledge Worker Productivity equation and to join an ongoing discussion about using GTD & Notes, visit the Notes on Productivity Blog.

Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dxcomments/the-eproductivity-equation-kwp http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/the-eproductivity-equation-kwp?opendocument&comments So that you know who you are dealing with... Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:15:00 -0700 Ben Poole's blog post' on Apple addition, I took the test.


Looks like I haven't reached the tipping point yet...

A few details about my Apple adventures:
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Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/trackback?open&id=so-that-you-know-who-you-are-dealing-with... http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/so-that-you-know-who-you-are-dealing-with... Blogging Eric Mack http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/so-that-you-know-who-you-are-dealing-with...?opendocument&comments http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/so-that-you-know-who-you-are-dealing-with... Ben Poole's blog post' on Apple addition, I took the test.

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Looks like I haven't reached the tipping point yet...

A few details about my Apple adventures:
My first foray into computer graphics programming was with a friend on his Apple IIc. We wrote title animation for a video production. It took 2 weeks to program and an hour to render 60 seconds of video.

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I purchased my first Mac in the 1980s.  It was a Mac classic with 128K or 512K of RAM (I forget). I bought it in order to create our company logo:

No one calls me for Apple support.

I once stuck an Apple Mac logo sticker to my IBM Thinkpad.

I wrote this blog post on a PC.

I do think Macs are beautiful to look at, and I'll probably own one before long, which is why I'm making sure eProductivity for Notes works fine on the Mac.

Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dxcomments/so-that-you-know-who-you-are-dealing-with... http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/so-that-you-know-who-you-are-dealing-with...?opendocument&comments "How can I ramp up quickly with GTD & Lotus Notes?" Wed, 9 Apr 2008 15:58:57 -0700 Getting Things Done. He was also aware that while Lotus Notes is an excellent tool for messaging, collaboration, and information management, it wasn't supporting him in the way that he needed. He was calling to get eProductivity for Lotus Notes and some coaching to help him set up Notes to be more productive. After a fruitful conversation, and my promise to help him, he asked me, "How can I ramp up quickly with GTD & Lotus Notes?"
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Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/trackback?open&id=how-can-i-ramp-up-quickly-with-gtd--lotus-notes http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/how-can-i-ramp-up-quickly-with-gtd--lotus-notes GTD Eric Mack http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/how-can-i-ramp-up-quickly-with-gtd--lotus-notes?opendocument&comments http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/how-can-i-ramp-up-quickly-with-gtd--lotus-notes Getting Things Done. He was also aware that while Lotus Notes is an excellent tool for messaging, collaboration, and information management, it wasn't supporting him in the way that he needed. He was calling to get eProductivity for Lotus Notes and some coaching to help him set up Notes to be more productive. After a fruitful conversation, and my promise to help him, he asked me, "How can I ramp up quickly with GTD & Lotus Notes?"  (I get asked this question a lot, so I decided to write a short e-mail that would be very helpful and something that I could reuse again the next time the question arose.)  I promised to send him an email that night with some lessons I had learned and some tips for getting things done with Lotus Notes.  

Well, my e-mail turned into an 6-part essay of my lessons learned and recommendations from the past 15 years of using Notes and the GTD methodology.

Over the next several days, I will take a look at the methodology (GTD) and the Technology parts of the equation... and share my experience and response to this person's question of how to ramp up quickly with GTD & Lotus Notes.

I invite you to follow-along and join me in conversation about this topic.

Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dxcomments/how-can-i-ramp-up-quickly-with-gtd--lotus-notes http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/how-can-i-ramp-up-quickly-with-gtd--lotus-notes?opendocument&comments How I went on an Internet diet and GAINED 30 minutes a day! Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:15:00 -0700
Last year, I realized that when it comes to the internet (among other things) I was choosing to be fat. I was consuming more Internet calories than I needed and it wasn't even the good stuff. Worse yet, like junk food, the Internet -- the very tool that had enabled my high-tech lifestyle -- was distracting me from getting things done. So, at the beginning of 2008, I decided to reduce my daily internet intake in order to improve my productivity.

What I expected to be a one-month experiment turned into a 3-month adventure and I learned a lot along the way...

Continue reading...
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Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/trackback?open&id=how-i-went-on-an-internet-diet-and-gained-30-minutes-a-day http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/how-i-went-on-an-internet-diet-and-gained-30-minutes-a-day GTD Eric Mack http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/how-i-went-on-an-internet-diet-and-gained-30-minutes-a-day?opendocument&comments http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/how-i-went-on-an-internet-diet-and-gained-30-minutes-a-day Zig Ziglar tells a story of how for 40 years of his life he chose to be fat. That's right. You see, according to Ziglar, he never accidentally ate anything.

Last year, I realized that when it comes to the internet (among other things) I was choosing to be fat. I was consuming more Internet calories than I needed and it wasn't even the good stuff. Worse yet, like junk food, the Internet -- the very tool that had enabled my high-tech lifestyle -- was distracting me from getting things done.  So, at the beginning of 2008, I decided to reduce my daily internet intake in order to improve my productivity.

What I expected to be a one-month experiment turned into a 3-month adventure and I learned a lot along the way...

Continue reading...

Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dxcomments/how-i-went-on-an-internet-diet-and-gained-30-minutes-a-day http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/how-i-went-on-an-internet-diet-and-gained-30-minutes-a-day?opendocument&comments What can we learn from SharePoint as a collaboration tool? Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:30:00 -0700 Michael Sampson, sent me final copies of his two most recent independent research papers that evaluate SharePoint 2007 as a team collaboration tool.



In the past 6 weeks, much as been written about these papers, both praising and challenging Michael's collaboration report card. Rather than get into that discussion, I'd like to tell you a little about the 7 Pillars of collaboration model and why I think it's a valuable tool to evaluate any collaboration tool, whether it's SharePoint, Lotus Notes, or a cloud computing application. Then, I'll provide some links where you can learn more about SharePoint and how it rates according to Sampson's 7 Pillars of Collaboration model.

Continue Reading...
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Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/trackback?open&id=what-can-we-learn-from-sharepoint-as-a-collaboration-tool http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/what-can-we-learn-from-sharepoint-as-a-collaboration-tool eProductivity Eric Mack http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/what-can-we-learn-from-sharepoint-as-a-collaboration-tool?opendocument&comments http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/what-can-we-learn-from-sharepoint-as-a-collaboration-tool Michael Sampson, sent me final copies of his two most recent independent research papers that evaluate SharePoint 2007 as a team collaboration tool.

Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Analysis

In the past 6 weeks, much as been written about these papers, both praising and challenging Michael's collaboration report card. Rather than get into that discussion, I'd like to tell you a little about the 7 Pillars of collaboration model and why I think it's a valuable tool to evaluate any collaboration tool, whether it's SharePoint, Lotus Notes, or a cloud computing application. Then, I'll provide some links where you can learn more about SharePoint and how it rates according to Sampson's 7 Pillars of Collaboration model.

Continue Reading...

Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dxcomments/what-can-we-learn-from-sharepoint-as-a-collaboration-tool http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/what-can-we-learn-from-sharepoint-as-a-collaboration-tool?opendocument&comments I’m baaaack; I’ve been busy getting [many] things done Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:30:00 -0700 Internet Vacation (more on that later today) and I'm just returning to my network life.
No TV. No Internet (well almost no Internet). A cabin in the woods, and lots of snow.

It's been a wonderful three-month break and an extremely productive period of time.

However, it's now time for me to crank up the old blogging machine and join in the conversation.

It's good to be back. I hope you'll drop by and say hello.
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Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/trackback?open&id=im-baaaack-ive-been-busy-getting-[many]-things-done http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/im-baaaack-ive-been-busy-getting-[many]-things-done Blogging Eric Mack http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/im-baaaack-ive-been-busy-getting-[many]-things-done?opendocument&comments http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/im-baaaack-ive-been-busy-getting-[many]-things-done Internet Vacation (more on that later today) and I'm just returning to my network life.
ManwLaptopInMountains.jpgNo TV. No Internet (well almost no Internet). A cabin in the woods, and lots of snow.

It's been a wonderful three-month break and an extremely productive period of time.

However, it's now time for me to crank up the old blogging machine and join in the conversation.

It's good to be back. I hope you'll drop by and say hello.

Originally posted on Eric Mack Online ]]> http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dxcomments/im-baaaack-ive-been-busy-getting-[many]-things-done http://www.ericmackonline.com/ICA/blogs/emonline.nsf/dx/im-baaaack-ive-been-busy-getting-[many]-things-done?opendocument&comments