Edison - Fredrik's Experiments

Only do things I have planned Completed

Created by Fredrik 19 days ago | Tags Productivity, Planning, GTD

Overview For one week I will only engage in things I have written down and prioritized. I always jump on the newest issue showing up so I will try to do the opposite. See experiment

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Matthew Cornell Good experiment, Fredrik. Thanks for the summary. Avrum: Re tracking, I lay out some simple ways to collect data in my ebook (http://matthewcornell.org/products.html#where-did-my-day-go). Basically you tally or sum things of interest, such as # interruptions/day, # times pulled off-task, etc. Just paper and pen. Ask me if you need something more specific.

11 days ago

Brock Tice Fredrik: I had similar problems at work in the past, where I was responsible for producing research, but I was the lab tech/Linux guru, so people would always interrupt me with questions and problems. I made some attempts to use a "Do Not Disturb" sign, or set a time in the afternoon specifically for that stuff, with moderate success. The most successful thing for me (... See more

10 days ago

Learning a new language Completed

Created by Fredrik Apr 22, 2010 | Tags Language, Learning

Overview Learn phrases to use as a tourist in Thailand.
Learn by using free sources from the web.
See experiment

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Fredrik Back after the vacation I could I went a bit overboard when learning phrases to use. In the end I maybe used ten of them in three weeks as English still is the universal language. Had a great trip anyway and a fun experience in learning where I learned some techniques to speed it up.

Jun 21, 2010

Matthew Cornell A big congratulations, Fredrik. I bet the trip was a mind blower.

Jun 22, 2010

Ping Completed

Created by Fredrik Jan 01, 2010 | Tags friends, social networking, business

Overview I am going to spend some time per day "pinging" people. That is just contacting them to open the connection again and keep new connections alive. See experiment

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Liza Cunningham Cool, thanks for the feedback. Great to have you as an early adopter!

Feb 25, 2010

Matthew Cornell That's helpful feedback, Fredrik. I second Liza's thanks for jumping in early!

Feb 26, 2010

Fredrik's Experiments

Only do things I have planned Completed

Learning a new language Completed

Ping Completed

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