Over at Sparkplugging, Dawud Miracle has some great tips he’s learned through years of experience about getting things done when working from home.
While I don’t work from home, I find these interesting since there are times that I need to do some work at home.
One of the tips I found most interesting is “Remember your family has rhythms & schedules – AND HONOR THEM”.
He discovered that his work breaks would often upset the rhythm of his family’s day and that his being home during day affected his family.
There’s great advice there, go read the rest of his tips for …read more

Engtech has a great post: 14 Tips to Get More Done in Less Time.
My favorites are:
Write down ideas and get back to them later. Amazing ideas aren’t always so amazing after a night’s sleep. If you act on every new idea without finishing the one you’re working on then you’ll never complete anything. Same holds true for programming. Get it working, then refactor.
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Curb useless information addiction. Most news has no long term value. Mainstream media is bad for focusing on what’s popular versus what is useful, but niche media like blogs are just as bad for focusing on “what’s hot …read more

I am having quite a bit of trouble keeping organized at work these days.  I am bouncing between a couple different clients and a handful of different projects for each client.  I’ve been doing a horrible job of keeping track of hours worked and then spend more time than I should need to on getting my timesheet prepared each Monday morning.
At home, I’ve been doing a decent job of plugging away at some of the big projects but not such a good job with some of the smaller projects.  I forgot my ATM PIN about a week ago and keep …read more