planning

Tungle Makes Cross-Calendar Scheduling Simple

7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re looking for a web-based application for scheduling meetings, you’ll find no shortage. Want that application to sync to common calendar applications like Google Calendar, Outlook and iCal? Prior to Tungle you were out of luck. More »

Take 18 Minutes To Keep Your Days On Track

5:30AM Rosa Golijan | According to the Harvard Business blog, you can organise an eight-hour work day and keep it on track by creating a ritual that’ll only take a total of 18 minutes each day. More »

Make Your Financial New Year Resolutions

12:00PM Angus Kidman | June 30 marks the end of the financial year in Australia. As well as inspiring lots of last-minute business purchases for tax purposes, it’s also a sensible time to make some new work and finance plans for the year ahead. More »

Set A Goal To Guide Your Decluttering

7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Beating up on yourself for having junk you need to get rid of and cluttered spaces doesn’t help. You need a clear vision to banish clutter. More »

Re-Establish The Weekly Review Habit

8:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Reviewing where you are and where you’re going is a critical, but oft overlooked, part of personal development. Get in the habit of giving yourself a weekly review. More »

Onyaka Is A Free Web-Based Staff Planning App

2:30AM Adam Pash | Got an important project that requires a staff of several people and want a simple tool for managing and planning out your schedule and staff? Webapp Onyaka can help. More »

Floorplanner Presents Your Plans In 3D

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Looking to re-arrange the stuff of your house or plan a dream room? Floorplanner is a web-based tool for planning rooms and furniture layouts using a simple but powerful editor. We originally reviewed Floorplanner in 2007, but since then they’ve introduced some helpful new features. We originally dug it because of the easy drag-and-drop interface and the extensive library of furniture, fixtures, plants and more are still there. One of the principle reader complaints back then was the lack of 3D planning, but you can now plan in both 2D and 3D, switching between the views for a long view of proportion and layout. The free demo on their site doesn’t allow you to save, but does give you a feel for the tools and layout—though you might be tempted to sign up, after a little Sims-style rearrangement. Or, you know, they put that PrtSc key on up there on your keyboard for a reason. Floorplanner has a free and premium tier; the limitation on the free plan is one house or apartment floor plan. If you upgrade to Floorplanner PLUS for $US27.50 a year, you can create up to five home plans. Floor Planner [via GeekSugar] More »

A Four-Question Business Plan to Jump-Start Your Inner Entrepreneur

11:08PM Kevin Purdy | The Wise Bread blog suggests that when most of us think “business plan,” we’re thinking of a 50-page, multi-charted, supremely detailed document that has every branch and angle thought out thoroughly. That’s also why some of us never end up launching on worthy business ideas. The basics of any plan, though, can be answered in four questions: What is your product or service? Who are your customers? When will things get done? When are bills due and when do you get paid? More »