Archive for the 'productivity' Category
The Cult of GTD
Monday, March 26th, 2007Speaking of the ‘Creative Class’, Behance is an interesting site I just found. They’re stated mission is “to help creative people and teams make ideas happen”, based on their theory of “Productive Creativity. ” They do interviews with various notable creative professionals, and make some nice-looking productivity tools to boot.
This is leading to my own trend speculation - the productivity trend (I’m not in the trend game, so maybe that’s old news). There’s various blogs out there devoted to productivity/efficiency that are gaining in popularity, notably 43 folders (run of course by a ‘BGM’ and true ‘Guru Joe’ - Merlin Mann) and lifehacker, that cover (if not create) techniques for out-smarting the bewildering array of systems we now live with and in. From my limited forays into the area, the book Getting Things Done (known as GTD to devotees), is a sort of prime mover in the field. This feels to me like a facet of Web 2.0 and the DIY movement in general, with it’s air of subversion and self-empowerment.
It looks like some really useful tips breaking on those sites. I can definitely use this one: Get Human.