So last Monday, was a very sad day. My laptop died on me.
DEAD. As in, motherboard fried. Now, you have to understand, i’m somewhat of a
power user, i like to run a billion things at the same time and a normal laptop
processor just doesn’t cut it for me. Everyone made fun of the boat i toted
around the office, Clients in South
Africa gawked at it, but hey, it was a true
Desktop replacement! i’ll miss my dell 9100. RiP.
So, now i’m working on my laptop that work provided me
almost 2 years ago. it’s plain torture, the thing goes BSoD on me several times
a day (corrupted video memory) .. but hopefully the replacement should show up
this week.. i hope. i was almost
tempted to pull out the ‘ole credit card and buy my own again, but i’m close to
being cc debt free… :sigh:
Anyway, i bring this up because it’s made me think a lot
about productivity. Productivity is a big thing no matter what you do (or don’t do). And even though i have other computers around, not having a fully functional laptop has made a rather large dent in my productivity, both personal tasks that i need to get done, and work. Looking at my last post, i’ve
done a horrid job of managing my piles this last week. it seems the only pile i
paid attention to was my work pile. And if you were to take a step into my
flat, you’d agree with me 100%. The proverbial 'piles' are not so proverbial. .... And NO i can't blame all them thar large piles on teh broken lappy. ... but some of them i can.
i wont even attempt to go into my 'to-do' piles, but sheesh, it’s
gonna change. i saw over on Lifehack.org recently, that they’re starting a Productive
interview Section. i’m digging what i’m reading, (as i always do on lifehack). i’ll
be implementing some of these things as i try and drudge through my piles. i'll keep y'all updated as to teh piles 'o ryan.