GTD system – instructions including applications here:
https://lukasbarda.cz/metoda-gtd-getting-things-done/
GTD:
ZTD as an alternative to GTD:
https://zenhabits.net/zen-to-done-ztd-the-ultimate-simple-productivity-system
The Pomodoro method – instructions including applications here:
https://lukasbarda.cz/technika-pomodoro-pro-zvyseni-produktivity/
Topic of attention:
The topic of well-being / a healthy relationship with technology:
- Base towards itself: https://lukasbarda.cz/ziskejte-kontrolu-nad-online/
- Foundation towards children: https://lukasbarda.cz/jak-vychovavat-deti-v-online-dobe/
Digi wellbeing tips and tricks on the techniques and tools I use:
- https://lukasbarda.cz/offline-and-happy-nastroje-bez-kterych-se-neobejdu/
- https://lukasbarda.cz/digi-pomocnici/
Keyboard shortcuts:
MS Edge (but they will mostly work in other browsers as well)
Windows keyboard shortcuts:
- Screen recording – Windows logo key + G
- Minimize all windows – Windows logo key + D
- Align window to the left – Windows logo key + left arrow
- Align window right – Windows logo key + right arrow
Browser shortcut tip (if I had to choose just one):
Have you (accidentally) closed a tab in your browser and need it back? Press CTRL + SHIFT + T to bring it back. After pressing this combination again, other cards will be opened in the order in which they were closed.
Introduction to artificial intelligence tools:
https://lukasbarda.cz/co-je-chatgpt-a-jak-funguje/
AI chatbot details on my blog:
https://lukasbarda.cz/osobni-zkusenost-s-ai-modely-a-chatgpt/
The most common exercise books and notebooks:
- Microsoft To-Do's personal task planner (https://to-do.live.com/)
- Team task planner from Microsoft Planner
- Microsoft One Note notebook
- Google Keep – https://keep.google.com/
- Roam – https://roamresearch.com/
- Notion – https://www.notion.so/
- Evernote - https://evernote.com/intl/cs/
- Obsidian – https://obsidian.md/
Digital whiteboard / flipchart:
- Office Whiteboard (found in Teams)
- Miro – https://miro.com/
Other Gadgets and Apps:
- Asynchronous collaboration - sending videos - https://www.loom.com/
- Asynchronous collaboration - sending videos (solution in Office 365) - Stream
- Dictation in PC (https://www.speechtexter.com/ ) or directly in MS Office (except Powerpoint for now)
- Deepl Language Translator – https://www.deepl.com/
- Google Language Translator – https://translate.google.com/
- Dictation on mobile (microphone icon on keyboard) vs. Voice messages
- Trello board to manage process, statuses, etc. (https://trello.com/ )
- Forest - Meter with virtual trees, paid (https://www.forestapp.cc/ )
- Mouse Cursor Pointer (Mouse Settings / More Mouse Options / Pointer Options / Show Pointer Location When CTRL is Pressed)
- Clipboards in Windows
- Alt + Printscreen (only active window) vs. Printscreen (full screen)
- Minute minder in Windows 10 (in the Start menu under Alarms and clocks)
- Processing information and e-mails to be read later - Combination of label in Outlook / Folders Read / Pocket tool (https://getpocket.com/ ) then anywhere else and the habit of going through it once in a while (Regularity and e.g. blocking in your calendar will help overcome the fact that I don't want to do it). The fact that we don't want to get involved, but perhaps shows that the information is not a priority. If it is not needed, I generally do not load the information into the forum and just archive it in case I need it sometime in the future. This approach is working well for me so far.
- Doodle (https://doodle.com/ ) – planning a meeting of several people
- NFC tags (https://www.google.com/search?q=nfc+tag )
- Reading aloud (various applications have this function, in Word the function is after the Revision tab
- Alternative keyboard for your mobile Microsoft Swiftkey (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/swiftkey?activetab=pivot_1%3aprimaryr2)
- Virtual Reality Glasses: https://www.alza.cz/gaming/oculus-quest-2-128gb-d6695608.htm
- The timeline of your Google account (in the Other activity / Location History section) – https://myactivity.google.com/
- Tool for working with PDF (editing, splitting, merging, etc.) – https://www.ilovepdf.com/ (never put anything internal / that would normally be subject to NDA / GDPR)
- Nord VPN - A tool for secure communication on the Internet - https://nordvpn.com/
- iPhone Shortcuts – https://support.apple.com/cs-cz/guide/shortcuts/welcome/ios
- Android Shortcuts (IFFFT) – https://ifttt.com/
- Financial management – https://www.spendee.com/
- You can find all your Microsoft applications in the upper left under the dots after signing in to https://www.office.com/
- Rule for MS Outlook delaying outgoing e-mails by one minute (must remove .jpg from the file name after downloading it) for download here: https://lukasbarda.cz/download/outlook-pravidlo-zpozdujici-odchozi-emaily-o-jednu-minutu/
- Delaying incoming emails on Gmail: https://www.boomeranggmail.com/
- https://track.toggl.com/timer
- https://www.logitech.com/cs-cz/software/logi-options-plus.html
Saving articles for later:
Extended area:
- Duet https://www.duetdisplay.com/ (cost approx. 250,-) + tablet
- Portable external display with USB cable https://www.electroworld.cz/asus-mb169c-lcd-monitor-prenosny (cost approx. 5,000)
- Second monitor https://www.electroworld.cz/hp-24fw-3ks62aa-stribrny (cost approx. 2,500)
iPhone Tips:
- Siri voice assistant in Czech (https://helloemma.cz/ )
- Searching and accessing a specific application (swipe down and search will show)
- Joystick in text (hold space bar)
- Screenshot of the screen (Hold the Home button + Power button on the side), you can also draw with your hand in the picture
- Undo the last action in the text (Shake mobile)
- Screenshot of the entire web page (Browser feature, such as Safari) https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/10/how-to-take-screenshot-of-entire-web-page-on-iphone.html
Android Tips:
- Searching and accessing a specific application (swipe down and search will show)
- Screenshot of the screen (Swipe your hand over the entire screen, "like a wiper across a car window")
Scan documents and create PDF files on mobile:
- MS Lens
- CamScanner (https://www.camscanner.com/)
Alternative applications:
- Vivaldi Browser – https://vivaldi.com/
- Tor Browser – https://www.torproject.org/
- Duckduck Go Search Engine – https://duckduckgo.com/
- Email Client – https://sparkmailapp.com/
Online storage and collaboration:
Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud
Questionnaires and collecting feedback:
Google forms, Microsoft Forms
Voice assistants for the home:
- Alexa https://www.alza.cz/hlasovi-asistenti-amazon-alexa/18881597.htm
- Google Mini https://www.alza.cz/hlasovi-asistenti-google-reproduktory/18881598.htm
More inspiration from the Melvilles:
Books:
- 7 Habits – https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/7-navyku-skutecne-efektivnich-lidi-10751
- GTD – https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/gtd-umenie-byt-produktivny-bez-stresu-27916
- GTD – https://www.melvil.cz/kniha-mit-vse-hotovo/
- Zen to Done – https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/zen-a-hotovo-61794
- Battle for attention - https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/boj-o-pozornost-414262
- Flow – https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/flow-319928
- Hooked – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22668729-hooked
- Relaxed productivity: https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/pohodova-produktivita-536307
- Hyperefficient: https://www.amazon.com/Hyperefficient-Optimize-Your-Brain-Transform-ebook/dp/B0CDWJR44T
- Eat that frog: https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/snezte-tu-zabu-10709
- Not working: https://drimalka.com/neprace
- Four-hour workweek: https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/ctyrhodinovy-pracovni-tyden-69617
- Four thousand weeks: https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/ctyri-tisice-tydnu-494823
Corporate AI tool:
https://copilot.microsoft.com/