Kingdom productivity

I am leaving this arena for now!

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:38:56 -0800

One of my New Year resolutions for 2008 is to have a blog outside of a community. Since I don't have time enough to maintain different places I decided that from now on people who want to can follow me on my productivity blog here.

I also started to use Twitter, so if you want to follow me using that, Kiddokay is the username.

Mozy free backup space (2GB and growing)

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:12:17 -0800

Hi there,

The number of online backup solutions is growing and growing. Some are free, others reasonable cheap. One I am currently trying out is Mozy. The fun part is that they have a referral system where both parties get extra free space. So by signing up using this link: https://mozy.com/?ref=WBUH97 not only will I get an extra 256MB of free backup space, but you will too.

Mindmapping online | Mindmeister

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:47:12 -0800

It has been a while since you heard about me. I am amazed about the tools there are online to help you with productivity and sharing information. Since I collaborate with people who are not always around it is just great to be able to work on projects together in a virtual space.

Change of perspective

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 14:25:30 -0800

The week before Christmas I had to visit London again to meet up with some people from Apple. For those of you in London know what flying to London meant that week. Fog all over the place but little did I know when I left for the airport.

We were scheduled to fly at 13:50 hr from Amsterdam. When I arrived at Schiphol around noon I was told that my flight was cancelled but the kind lady suggested to book us on the 10:50 flight cause it was delayed and scheduled to depart around 15:00 hr at that time. But that changed quickly so without time to finish coffee we rushed to the gate. So we went on that plane together with around 200 upset people, they had waited for 4 hours. From our perspecive: we won 20 minutes cause the plane took off around 13:30 hr.

Offsite days

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:48:36 -0800

For about 2 years now I work from home every Wednesday. This has proven a very effective way of staying productive. This may sound weird but it is actually true. Every Tuesday I gather the stuff I want to do from home. And Thursday I return fresh and up to speed with all the input that has been thrown at me.

Since last summer I have added an extra new habit, every quarter I am going totally offsite for one day. This means no email, no phone. You won't find me at home, I am just going somewhere. Just to do higher level thinking about God, work and life.

Word 2004 tip

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:50:20 -0700

Sometimes you don't see things that have been there all along. I remember one of our boys screaming because he couldn't find a toy that was right in front of him.

I was wondering why Word didn't have a simple way of opening the three, four files you are currently working on. Well, on OSX in Word 2004 there is a Work menu item that does just this. Never saw it before, now I use it everyday!

Busy but not overwhelmed

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:00:11 -0700

I am enjoying a week off. The kids are free from school. During my weekreview last Friday I saw that my project and next actions lists are too long. But since I know everything that needs to be done is on my lists I can safely disconnect this week.

Flow

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:29:32 -0700

In my busy life with balancing time between family and a handful of big projects at work I try to read and study different aspects of productivity too.

One of my favourite subject these days is flow. How is it possible that sometimes time flies when you are working and sometimes it just doesn't seem to work out. I am reading articles and books on this subject for instance from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He has written quite a deal about this subject. If I find new insights I will post them in short here. Comments on you experience with flow are welcomed!

Try Google Reader if you haven't already!

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:57:29 -0700

I will share some of my news clippings on productivity I find on the Internet by sharing them from within Googlereader. To see it for yourself look here...

Googlereader

No blog <> no productivity?

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:04:55 -0700

I wrote my last post almost two months ago. On the way back from another short trip to London last week I pondered on this.

Does the lack of blog items mean that I am no longer productive anymore? Or will writing more posts display my lack of productivity?

And even more, what is productivity? As you can imagine I got stuck so I wanted to ask you this: what's your description of productivity?

Short update on London trip

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:47:41 -0700

Just a short update on my trip to London. It was great. Interesting conversations, great meals with good friends, nice seminar, it was all very encouraging. Seeing people at work in Gods Kingdom amazes me, always.

One morning I woke up very early and went to Hydepark. I sat on a bench, enjoying the blessings God gives His people.

Personal productivity

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:50:59 -0700

One of the reasons that I go to London next week is to attend a seminar with David Allen. About 2 years ago I stumbled upon his book "Getting things Done" and it changed my life.

Here I come!

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:10:47 -0700

In about ten days I will go on a short business trip to London. I had some time today to prepare myself a bit. Using the internet is fun. Here is a short rundown I did preparing for my stay:

I booked a hotel in less than 10 minutes. It's close to Hydepark so I can go for a walk in the park. I am used to do that where I live, cause I am just 5 minutes away from a nice forest.

Amazed

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:40:47 -0700

I went to two weddings yesterday. At one wedding I was reminded of a discussion I have every now and then about the texts of newer worship songs. To some they are shallow and not as deep as traditional hymns.

Well, the bridegroom of one wedding yesterday lost his mom two months ago. One of the songs we sung during worship included these lines:

Using your time well

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:10:47 -0700