March 14, 2017 Shortening You Text

Productivity

Up at 5:30 am and working from home due to storm.  

I've been thinking about my current method of getting things done.

In terms of branding I'd like to be known as a "Productivity Expert" kind of like David Allen.

I've been working on a tool for way too long to create a better to-do list. My goal is what I call STS or Smart Task Selection. Currently my tool helps with RTS or Random Task Selection.

I have > 200 items on my to-do list and I need a better way to manage this large amount of tasks. One way is in Excel I use the 80-20 principle. I have two lists of tasks and I try to keep my top 20% in one and the remaining 80% in the other.

A promising thing I'm looking at is the Tony Robbins RPM system for getting stuff done.

One cool feature I just added to my time-monitor software incorporates the A1R2 method.

A1R2 - Add 1 Remove 2

One issue I have is a proliferation of sheets. So anytime I add a new sheet I get a message of how many sheets I have and to delete two of them. I actually archive them to another sheet.

Shortening Text

I just wrote some software that shortens whatever you want by removing spaces and abbreviating words http://t2do.com/shorten.asp

If you call with no parameters it will allow you to tweet the shortened text.

Below is what it would look like.

Up@5:30Am&WorkingFromHomeDue2Storm.I'veBeenThinkingAbtMyCurrentMethodOfGettingThingsDone.InTermsOfBrandingI'dLike2bKnownAsA"productivityExpert"KindOfLikeTDavidAllen.IJustWroteSomeSoftwareThatShortensWhatevrUWntByRemovingSpaces&AbbreviatingWords Http://t2do.com/shorten.asp FuCallWithNoParametersItWillAllowU2TweetTShortendText.BelowIsWhatItWudLookLike

I don't know if this is useful but in theory it could save a lot of energy as you're using about 16% less space.

I want to make it more dynamic as it's currently uses a hardcoded lookup table.

Some possible changes:

• convert 
• "ing" to "ng"
• 
  
• remove unnecessary words
• the
• adverbs (words ending in 'ly")
• actually
• really