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By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:22:46 +0000

@Monika,

Well, you know how it works – it just encourages me to work harder to get my own stuff going – and that little Mac is a key part of one of my plans. Once that takes off, maybe I’ll have enough money to buy Macs for all of my friends

By: Monika

Monika — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:21:00 +0000

@ Brett: I get you about your boss, man, I do feel for you. I know how it is when others hold the reigns over our heads and we have to march to somebody else’s music.

You know, I’m so jealous about your Mac. Can’t wait to get my own.

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:36:50 +0000

@Monika,

That’s right – it won’t work for everyone, unfortunately. It won’t work for me in my current job, for instance. If I telecommuted I could probably do it, however – but if the boss has “instant access” to you, he can always load on extra stuff and invite you to useless meetings

LOL about RescueTime – it told me what I already knew! I kept it on my machine until I switched to my Mac, and though they have a Mac version, I’ve not put it on yet. I might, but we’ll see.

-Brett

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By: Monika

Monika — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:52:20 +0000

@ Brett: yes I also like the idea, it just isn’t feasible with me being blog editor of several blogs. I have to write post, approve comments, reply and do all that is needed to keep the blog alive.

Therefore I couldn’t cram all my work into the first few days of the week. Oh well, can’t have everything and for me this actually works rather well.

I keep Saturdays and Sundays free for enjoyment to keep the balance.

I tried RescueTime and the application is great but i never spent enough time looking at the stats and have since un-installed it.

By: Monika

Monika — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:49:27 +0000

@ Rebecca: it seems we do the same thing. I love my little untech gadget too and like you I write post ideas and even design new sites from scratch while the ideas flow.

Haven’t used GDocs for draft ideas or list but i do use them for storage of old client work. No need to clog up my computer. Like you already said, having a backup of ideas does help when the brain is stuck.

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:12:11 +0000

I have a daily schedule which works well for me, but I must say I like Abhijeet’s idea to “front load” the week. That seems to make a lot of sense, especially if you make good use of your weekends to rest up.

I also use this http://www.rescuetime.com/ as a nice way to see what I’m doing on the computer.

(It tells me that I’m on Twitter too much, sometimes…)

-Brett

By: Rebecca Leigh

Rebecca Leigh — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:35:55 +0000

@Monika

I love my notebook (a quad ruled moleskine pretender) which goes with me everywhere and is great for capturing ideas the moment they are conceived (a good habit worthy of a whole separate post) and writing up notes or drafts (particularly when you need a break from the screen).

But I do, as soon as convenient, transfer notes from the book to GDocs. I have a separate ideas lists for the topic areas I mainly write in, and new stuff just gets added on the end.

It’s comforting to have a big list of ideas in waiting to full back on if needed!