Silver Clipboard: Time Management Tips and Personal Productivity Tools

You know who’s really organized? Monks. Why? Because they have nothing to organize.
The fastest way to a perfectly organized life is to have nothing at all. You don’t need to be that extreme, but you can learn from the idea: the less stuff you have, the less difficulty you’ll have keeping [...]

After yesterday’s scanning session most of your paperwork should now be on your computer. You’re probably standing before your workspace, marveling at how much clutter is gone, thinking it’s all over.
But it’s not.
Your desk is like a Roman coliseum where you do battle with your work – to maximise your chance of victory only [...]

Now that your workspace is set up you probably want to fill up that new filing cabinet of yours. But, before you do, you need to use the scanner you bought to digitize your files.
There are three big reasons to digitize:

Digital makes backup easy.
Digital makes searching easy.
Digital takes up zero space.

I [...]

Tying up your computer cable mess with a daisy chain from Wellington Grey.

If you’re tired of your computer cable mess, and you don’t have any twisty ties around, you can try this knotting method to store your cables neatly.

Several years ago, I switched from using disposable batteries to rechargeables — this paid for itself quickly and has been saving me more than $300 a year ever since. (For more on battery economics, see my money blog, Coin by Coin).
Most of the year, my demand for rechargeable batteries is pretty low. My [...]