Tomorrow, the defending national champion and #1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide lines up against the LSU. The two have much in common. They are both from the SEC. They played for the BCS National Championship game in January. They have...

As a high school student, I could look at one index card and see my commitments for the day at a glance. Today, I open my browser and see my commitments at a glance. One place for everything then.One place...

A month ago, my personal organization system consisted of… Outlook Calendar Outlook Contacts Outlook Tasks Outlook Notes Outlook Mail I opened Outlook, and there I would see it all. Five buttons. Now, my system consists of… Google Calendar Google Contacts...

The posts throughout August have chronicled  my personal organizational system and how it has changed from high school to now. In particular, you have read about very recent changes as a result of changing Smartphones from BlackBerry to Android, and...

I am admittedly late coming to the Evernote table. The reason however, is that while it was filling a void for others, that same void simply has not existed for me. We all have notes to keep on a variety...

Of all the parts of my digital organizational system, tasks has been the most valuable. It also provides the biggest challenge when moving from one platform to another. Outlook Tasks allowed me to establish repeating tasks and never have to...

Since January 2002, Outlook has served as a very complete address book. Back then, most people maintained three address books: the pencil/paper one with names, addresses, and phone numbers; the one on their phones containing phone numbers; and the one...

For years, I have thought of the Google Calendar as a good auxiliary tool. Principals often ask about structuring a method for their administrative assistants to see the principal’s Outlook Calendar if they are not on an Exchange Server. My...

The last two posts are important in understanding this one. In January 2002, I moved from a paper-based organizational system to a digital one using Outlook synced to a Palm. Ever since, Outlook has taken responsibility for housing each of...

My last post tracked the personal organizational systems I have used from high school to present. The tools have changed, yet the tools are not the most important thing. The importance lies in the strategy; however, good tools make implementing...