As presented in July to PodCamp Boston, this touches on numerous time-saving tips, tools, and techniques (most of which involve technology in some way).

1. HOW TO
Stay Productive
with SO MUCH
Social Media
PodCamp Boston
www.technotheory.com
www.awayfind.com
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2. Most of this is online at…
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3. Goal: Make the Most of Your Time
Tools that Cut Time from Your Day
Tweaks to Apps that Steal Your Time
Techniques for Creating Time
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4. Cut Through the Noise?
http://snipr.com/garyvnoise [garyvaynerchuk.com]
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5. QUESTIONS…
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6. Outlook vs. Gmail?
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7. Mac vs. Windows?
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8. RSS?
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9. Twitter?
5 50
minutes? minutes?
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10. Other Networks?
Others?
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11. Work from home?
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12. TINY TOOLS
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13. Jott
Got a quick idea?
Jott it.
• Call jott.com
and have it
transcribed to
email
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14. GotVoice & PhoneTag
Stop checking
your voicemail!
• Never lose a
message
• Get messages
transcribed and
emailed to you
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15. Anagram & Apple Data Detector
No more
copying/pasting
for appointments
& contact details
• Parse your text to
intelligently create
them
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16. Texter & TextExpander
Stop typing the
same thing over
and over
• Custom keyboard
abbreviations to
insert frequent
phrases
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17. TimeSnapper & RescueTime
Never lose something you worked on
Time tracking is much easier
• TimeSnapper tracks your activities with
screenshots & text filters
• RescueTime lets you compare your
productivity with co-workers
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18. Mailexpire & Mailinator
Sign up with temporary email addresses
Prevent spamming from shady websites
Create a temporary address in seconds
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19. BugMeNot
You must sign in
Don’t
to view this page! feel like
USERNAME* signing up?
PASSWORD*
SIGN IN
Don’t.
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20. TWEAKS
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21. 100 Google Results
Stop clicking Next in your Google results
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Next
• Click Preferences
• Change Number of Results to 100
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22. Change Your Contact Preferences
please do not mail me
please do not phone me
please do not e-mail me
please do not text message me
Save Preferences
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23. Limit Your Contact Methods
How many email
addresses do you
check?
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24. Stop Email Auto-Check
Alerts
Distractions
Manage expectations
Do real work
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25. And on your cellphone, too…
Quality of response
Does it really
save you time?
Out of site,
out of mind
http://snipr.com/autocheck [Technotheory]
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26. TECHNIQUES
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27. In the Stream, Out of the Stream
Get your value
and then get
AWAY.
Flickr Photo: bullish1974
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28. Alert Account?
Monitor your brand with a
separate account
http://snipr.com/listenguide [Technotheory]
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29. The Essential and the Incidental
Decide on
your goals
Group together
the incidental
Flickr Photo: OceanView2008
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30. Developing a Filter Habit
If it doesn’t demand immediate action,
why are you staring at it?
It takes 30 seconds a few times
per week. BE RUTHLESS
Unsubscribe or DELETE FILTER
http://snipr.com/filtermail [Technotheory]
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31. Close the Loop
Remove ambiguity and additional
questions. Make action happen:
Are you around for a call?
How’s Monday (5/26) between 2 and 4
or Tuesday (5/27) between 10 and 3?
If not, what afternoon is good for you
for a 30 minute call?
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32. Cone of Silence + Batching
Start a task
“Cone of Silence”
Don’t multitask
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33. To reiterate: stop checking your email
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34. Be Responsive, not Too Available
People will respect a consistent response
within a reasonable amount of time
A few hours is still good customer service
http://snipr.com/tooavailable [Technotheory]
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35. Purge Your Mind
Sit still, and make a long-ass list
Achieve “Mind Like Water”
http://snipr.com/makealist [Technotheory]
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36. Learn your Circadian Rhythms
Schedule around your body’s cycle
Wide awake Dead tired
Thought-intensive, Bite-sized tasks
creative tasks and those that
require movement
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37. Get Away When You Can
• Flickr Photo: wili_hybrid
• GotoMeeting, Skype Video, Basecamp
• Incentivize an hourly rate based on travel
http://snipr.com/workremote [Technotheory]
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38. Done with work? Go Home
http://snipr.com/justgohome [Technotheory] Flickr Photo: laertes
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39. Thank you. Let’s keep in touch…
www.awayfind.com
www.technotheory.com
jared@setconsulting.com
twitter.com/technotheory
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