Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Tear/shred receipts, copies of credit applications, other documentation containing personal information, don’t just throw it in the garbage. Six points for merchants : Make protection of personal information a company priority; designate someone in your business to coordinate privacy policies and practices.

Credit Card 100

Credit Card Holidays Policies Ergonomics 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 26, 2010

We you receive document revisions, toss the orginals. Don’t keep routine memos or anything that gives you information you already know or have. Record meeting information on your calendar, then toss the memo.

Management 100

Management Filing Ergonomics Health 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

If you are a Lotus Notes user, this long-awaited document is for you! Lotus Notes is the groupware of choice for my employer and GTD is my system of choice for keeping organized (however poorly implemented). The two have come together in an ebook from David Allen Company.

Ergonomics 100

Ergonomics Calendars Health 2006 100

Ian's Messy Desk

AUGUST 25, 2010

Determine what documents you need for school registration. Assess what the kids have, what they need, what can be handed down and what needs to be thrown out. Then, with list in hand, hit the stores. Round up your papers. Eliminate last-minute searches. Organize your mornings.

Clothes 100

Clothes 2007 Ergonomics Calendars 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

It doesn’t matter whether you use an electronic document system like Eric Mack , or a shoe box in your closet: if you can’t retrieve the information when you need it, the system is not effective. She understands the first measure of an effective productivity system: 1) You can find things that need to be found.

Ergonomics 100

Ergonomics Health Medical 2006 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 16, 2010

For example, if we have to deliver a document at an office and collect a document from another office which is on the same block, both these tasks can be done together. Once you have a list of the things you need to complete, set priorities and decide which jobs should be done first.

2008 100

2008 Ergonomics Health Holidays 100

Ian's Messy Desk

JULY 28, 2010

The trick for any of them is to learn to use MULTIPLE TAGS so that you can find them, otherwise – for example, your searches will pull up a thousand documents with the word ‘HTML’ in them. and use a free program like Coperinic, Google Desktop to find them quickly.

2007 100

2007 Filing 2009 AT&T 100