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Prioritise Your Notes with Colour-Coded Shorties
Posted by Adam Pash at 8:00 AM on February 20, 2008
If you're an index card junkie but you end up with a bottomless pile of cards before you have a chance to process your tasks, weblog LifeClever suggests ditching traditional index cards in favor of color-coded shorty flash cards. Then tasks can be easily distinguished using red, yellow, and green cards thusly:
If your most important tasks often get lost in the sea of your other to-dos, the colour-coded flash card method is a smart solution.
- Tasks to process immediately on returning to my desk.
- Tasks to process before the end of the work day.
- Tasks to leave for my Weekly Review.
Tags: how to | index cards | priorities | productivity | task management
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v00deux
Posted 10:37 AM 20/2/08
and it is the ultimate in portability, never needs batteries, etc. I am an "index card junkie" although until reading that I had no idea such a thing existed, I simply find them compact and useful. But I think the colors here are too distracting. Imagine reading notes written in black in on that red card--headache inducing.
v00deux
That_Bastid
Posted 10:37 AM 20/2/08
Paper is tactile, doesn't crash and doesn't give you ADD.
That_Bastid
vered
Posted 10:37 AM 20/2/08
I find it remarkable that people still use paper to manage and organize stuff.
vered
vered
Posted 11:57 AM 20/2/08
Very well said, THAT_BASTID and V00DEUX , although paper can be misplaced and computer crashes are not a problem when you have backup. Personally, I am grateful to technology for relieving my desk from paper clutter.
vered
Stephen Colon
Posted 1:48 PM 20/2/08
Post-it notes all the way. They're easy to find in multiple bright colors and are far less cumbersome.
Stephen Colon
MichaelTV
Posted 2:47 PM 20/2/08
I have six different colored pads of post-its affixed to my desk right now and one lined pad for schedules. It's nice to have something out-of-the-way and not cluttering the screen, yet completely and instantly accessible.
Spruces up the recycle bin a bit, too :-)
MichaelTV