Task classification | Importance | Urgency
1 yes yes
2 yes no
3 no yes
4 no no
Mobile Device (something with mini- western keyboard): iPhone/blackberry; in the future, possibly cellphones with Google Android (Nokia as the cell phone provider)~
Mac/PC: Mac offers best integration with Apple Products, PC has best integration with softwares, Windows/Linux double system is a must
Google Products as web portal: Browser accessed
Hopefully time consumption:
70% time dealing with my own career related information
20% time dealing with leisure reading
10% time dealing with entertainment~
Time Management:
Planning:
Google Calendar
Remember the Milk (to do list) imported into google calendar
Outlook Synchronized with Google Calendar
Execution:
G-Calendar tasks text messaged to Mobile Device
Unconcious Knowledge Management (for leisure reading and long term knowledge accumulation)
Source:
Google Reader for RSS
Track particular website updates
Videos/Audios: podcast + webcast + youtube, etc.
iPhone/Blackberry - online reading/email/...
Plastic Logic (e-reader? possibe substituted by iPhone)
Evernote for online notemanagement
Manage - classify/tag/information processing:
Download to desktop/specific folder: To Read List
File name, PC folder as a coarse classification (for easy retrive by Window/Google Desktop Search)
MindMap (Brainstorming)
Google Wave for long distance project (cooperation, interation)
Information Retrieval:
Windows/Google Desktop Search (personal knowledge - gain and retrieve)
gmail search
Research/Task Oriented Knowledge Management (short term, high density of researching on specific topics, short term project oriented)
Initial Phase, gathering background:
Lectures + Seminars + webcast + videos + youtube (videos all played at 130% speed by KMplayer ) | Textbooks+Review Articles | *** Talk to Experts (plan ahead of time what to learn and make appointments with experts) | google products
Deeper Phase (Independent research): #### literatures **** Databases
Management:
Download to desktop/specific folder: To Read List
File name, PC folder as a coarse classification (for easy retrive by Window/Google Desktop Search)
CiteULike for academic citation management - synchronized to EndNote
***Spreadsheet in Excel
Wiki (high information dense management - for personal reviewing a field)
Brain Storm (interaction with others, mapping the knowledge in my own brain):
Mindmap - face to face interaction (for personal/group discussion, especially useful for drafting stage)
Google Wave - long distance interaction with other people(for project progress control during execution)
Microsoft Project Manager + another Progress Control designed for engineers (construction projects) - timeline
Personal Skills Planning and Management (Long term leisure planning, must execute, but can execute leisurely)
Wiki Tool: confluence
Mind Map
Review all the previous plans to see what may be missing~
Financial Tools:
Excel Spreadsheet! King of finance!!
Google Finance (Stock and Commodity) - personal portfolio~
Real Estate in Shanghai and U.S.(I don't really trust the online information, prefer field trip and direct inquiry)
Firefox extension (update scanner) for making investment decisions: tracking startups/venture captalist report/government report/company news/new technology
Youtube: Bloomberg News, BBC, and other companies news updates
Virtual Personal Network:
Facebook (private network)
xiaonei.com (almost obsolete)
Twitter managed by Seesmic Desktop (managing public community)
MSN - very very private
Google Wave~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(
Multitasking:
listen to podcast, or any mp3 files during boring mechanical experiments: Language learning: Japanese, German, ?Spanish?
