But I am just really curious why it happened. Was CCnet receiving alot of harrassment or attacks from other irc people?
Just curious as to what brought it about.
But I can see where this new chat is much easier to use for people, probably alot more secure too.
Blessings on all of you running CCnet, the best darned christian chat on the whole net!!!

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The 69th idea in the manifesto is:

Use a minimalist productivity system. The minimal Zen To Done is all you need. Everything else is icing.

motion gears | Photo/illustration by ralphbijker

Take a look at the illustration above.

Notice anything funny about it?

The gears are at a standstill and won’t be moving anytime soon. They mechanics look great but when you put these gears together like they are — nothing’s going to get done.

Our workflow systems are often exactly like these gears — especially when others are involved.

The mechanics look good on paper, but putting them into practice, using them in the field is an entirely different story.

Call it a productivity system, getting things done or a simple workflow — whatever you call it, be sure you have one that works for you.

Having now read Leo’s Zen to Done, I like it.

It’s simple.

It’s complete.

It gets things done.

My process has been similar although not as exact.

I tend to take notes in several places

• Evernote for photos, text, audio on the go via my phone
• My phone’s internal camera
• Notepads
• Post it notes

Following Leo’s advice (and many others) I’d be best to simplify and start inputing my notes in one place.

I’ve been gradually moving more and more towards Evernote while on the go, but sometimes it’s not the easiest input method when meeting with others. However, I do always have my phone with me and it doesn’t require me to carry around one more thing like a notepad.

But there is something about taking analog notes. Even if I lose the paper I made my notes on, I tend to remember the tasks better when I write them out.

And once you notes are taken… don’t forget to process.

Notes are worthless if you leave them as notes and don’t process them as tasks on your to-do list.

Just like inbox zero, be sure you’re processing your notes daily to keep track of your tasks and goals.

And like all these other great pointers — be sure it’s something that works for you.

So what does your workflow look like? Are you a GTD person or ZTD or some hybrid in between?

BONUS: Chase Jarvis’ photo/video workflow (HT ChurchCreate):

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The 48th idea in the manifesto is:

Simplify your filing system. Stacking a bunch of papers just doesn’t work. But a filing system doesn’t have to be complicated to be useful. Create a simple system.

Scanning paperwork | Photo by Jonathan Blundell

I’m still working on my filing system both at home and at work.

We’re probably doing better at home than I am at the office.

My preference is to scan everything and toss it in the trash, but because of the nature of my job, that’s still not possible — even though it’s been requested that we move to a paperless office.

So typically, I scan everything (work related) at the office and toss everything that’s not legally required to be kept.

Unfortunately, it’s that pile of legally required paperwork that grows on my desk. Since it’s supposed to be filed in another location, it normally piles up over several weeks (or months) until I take the time to go file it elsewhere.

At home, I’d also prefer to scan and then toss everything, but we haven’t gone out and found a good scanner yet to do the job. (Got any suggestions?)

Instead, we typically clip our incoming bills to the fridge (so they’re visible), file any important papers in our one drawer filing cabinet (home, new home, newer home, truck, car, car insurance, health insurance, etc. etc.), and then throw everything else away.

No matter what you do, the key is to process your paperwork consistently.

Don’t let it pile up — because then it only gets that much harder to do.

Secondly, toss anything and everything you don’t need.

It’s far easier to process and file papers when you have less of them to process.

Finally, create a system that works for you.

Whether it’s alphabetical, by topic, or by date, create a filing system that makes sense to you and you can stick to it. I’m not going to be the one looking for your important papers, Leo Babauta wont, and neither will David Allen.

It’s got to be a system that works for you, keeps your paperwork easy to search through, keeps the number of papers to a bare minimum and keeps your clutter down to zero.

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The 27th idea in the manifesto is:

Create a simple system for house work. Another example of a simple system is clean-as-you-go with a burst. Read more.

Cleaning in bursts | Photo by Jonathan Blundell

While we don’t have a schedule for our short bursts, this is how much of the cleaning around our house is done — especially with our house on the market.

If we notice things (or dirt or dust) starting to pile up, we’ll start a quick burst of cleaning.

It might be 5 minutes here, 5 minutes there but it makes things so much more manageable. If we keep it up during the week, we’re never spending more than 30 minutes or so on the weekends cleaning.
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Between my wife and I, I’m not sure how we could do it any other way.

It’s just so much easier for us to take care of things when we notice them, rather than ignoring them, hoping they’ll take care of themselves (that is except for that stack of mail ).

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The 26th idea in the manifesto is:

Create a simple mail & paperwork system. If you don’t have a system, this stuff will pile up. But a simple system will keep everything in order. Here’s how.

Piles of paperwork | Photo by Jonathan Blundell

Arghhh! Paperwork!

I sure wish the rest of the world could just go paperless. It’s so much greener and I can organize my electronic files so much easier….

But we all know we don’t live in a perfect world — yet.

I wrote about wanting a simple paperwork system for our mail on Monday (knowing this post was coming up and hoping one of you would have some great suggestions for me).

It’s been two days and I haven’t found a perfect solution yet, but I may have taken a step in the right direction.

Rather than carrying the mail into the house and tossing it on the bar like we typically do, I decided to try a slightly different approach. When I arrived home Monday, I sat all the mail on our dryer in the laundry room — it’s the first room we usually enter the house through but rarely seen by others.

Then I immediately started processing the mail.

With our garage and our paper recycling bin right next to me, I was able to process out the junk immediately and toss it in the recycling bin.

I took the important stuff (a new DVD documentary I had ordered from a friend) and left one or two envelopes that were addressed to my wife. I’m assuming she either trashed them or did something else with them because I haven’t seen them sense.

So I’m sure this method isn’t perfect yet — but it’s a step — and that’s a big part of living simply.

Quit sitting around pretending you’ll do things better in the future — and start doing them!

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