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GTD – Getting Things Done

weiyen — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:37:29 +0000

A while ago now it has always been the case with me that everytime something came up that I would put it to one side and always say that “Yes I will do it someday” and then there would be a frantic rush as to get things done and stress starts to build in order to get these things done. That is until I have followed the process of Getting Things Done or simply known as GTD. To me GTD is simply a system that works on the premise that when we depend on our minds to get things done (which most of us do) then we fall into turmoil in terms of completing tasks. Likewise if we depend on a system that is flawed, then the mind starts to depend on itself and that does not help at all.

And this is where GTD fits in. David Allen the creator of the gtd system created this system to help well get things done.

GTD is a system that allows you to record and process your tasks and organize everything so that you can ease the mind so that it does not have to remember it.

This is in turn allows you to focus on getting the job done instead of remembering what to do next.

I have been using GTD for a long while now. Sometimes I do find that I deviate from using GTD but when I get back into the groove of things, I find that I become more productive as I am focusing on the things that make an impact to what is going on.

5/7/2010

weiyen — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:26:05 +0000

The weekend was pretty laid back. I have been pretty lazy and have not been posting as regularly as I should. This is partly in due to the lack of inspiration of ideas and facebook microblogging (status updates) is far easier than writing up a whole post.

Maybe I’ll start off with putting up a few vlogs as I am getting into video editing once again.

Getting Hacked on my Gmail Account

weiyen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:14:55 +0000

Interesting thing happened yesterday. Yes my Gmail account got broken into. It was not a nice experience having the mail acccount that you depend upon violated and spammed from. And then embarrasingly having to write to everyone in your contact list to say “Sorry”.

Anyway I digress. . .I found out about the account being compromised when my site lead sent me an email to ask “Did you send this?” and then when I tried to log into my Gmail account it came up with the error “This is not the right password, Access is denied” Several more attempts and it confirmed my suspicions.

Google is quite good in that it has a recovery process to deal with compromised accounts. I won’t go with the semantics but suffice to say that straight after I found out about my account being compromised I changed my passwords on everything that is important to me. Gmail, my online banking, just to name a few. Who knows what those people would have gone through?

These are some of things that I did. What about you?

Prime Minister John Key’s cast may cost more than arm and a leg

weiyen — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:53:37 +0000

After reading an article in the Dominion Post I was interested to read that John Key’s (NZ’s prime minister) bids on his cast on Trademe shot up to $10,000 or so. Originally I thought it was for the cast only but it includes morning tea with the man. The money Key raises will go to a charity. Apparently Key is nervous about the amount being raised.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4835958a23917.html

Finally Home

weiyen — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:01:07 +0000

Well I have arrived back home last Sunday. It has been quite relaxing and I do not plan to get to any work done over the holiday…although I was planning to get something done. I do plan to get some Alpha Five database work sorted out but we will see. I have to do something and be a bit productive.

I have to start to plan some new projects in the new year and hopefully we will get something sorted out. Anyway will post later.

Something different with this video?

weiyen — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:23:36 +0000

Do you notice something different with this video?

Flickr Photos-Dinner with the Walkers @ Canton Hong Kong Restaurant

weiyen — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:16:12 +0000

I had a wonderful dinner at Canton Hong Kong Restaurant.
The photos are below:

Found a place

weiyen — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:20:00 +0000

I found a place in Wellington. Its in Brooklyn which is way out of the city. It’ll take a while to get there by foot to the city but by bus it will take 20-25 minutes. It will take me right to the doorstep, I walk a bit and off I go. I figure I might buy this ‘all you can eat’ bus transport card that can take me where I want. . .seeing I have no car. Its only $137 a month. I’ll post pictures of it when I get my camera.

I am going to bed. So much stress. Heading back to Hamilton for a few days to pack some things up.

Sony t70

weiyen — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:34:10 +0000

IÂ am buying a new camera. My other one died and I was a bit gutted. The camera that I chose is the Sony T70. The reason why I chose it is because it has no moving parts for the lens, which means that it is not going to break. Also the touch screen is quite attractive, but I am a bit worried about the screen. I have to play it carefully. It has some technology features in smile on peoples faces. What it does is take a photo when people smile. Thats cool. Anyway I am going to bed now, its 12:27am here and I am looking at places to stay tomorrow…or today morning.

Looking for a home

weiyen — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:05:22 +0000

I have made it down to Wellington and this time I am looking for a place rather than a job. Looking for a place is much more complicated than I thought it would be, but it is quite an experience. One thing that I noticed is that Trademe and your contacts that you know are your friends. They truely are. It takes a lot of time. It is something that requires time and effort because there are so many people that are vying for the place. Its an interesting experience and I have to head to Wellington again so that when work comes I am ready.