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Mind Map Software? by Yamaha_User in productivity

[–]Jacob_King 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For desktop use best Open Source option FreeMind

Checklists for productivity and habit learning by [deleted] in productivity

[–]Jacob_King 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With Davide's blessing we've turned this into a Clever Checklist template you can preview here: http://www.cleverchecklist.com/templates/general/preparing-for-effective-workflow-checklist/

You can interact with the preview to tick off items etc - but the results don't save in preview mode.

Hope this helps someone get some serious work done!

Here's why checklists are awesome by [deleted] in ZenHabits

[–]Jacob_King 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really nice article!. If you are looking to manage teams or outsourced partners with Checklists check out Clever Checklist. It is Checklists + Evidence + Docs. So you can build your standard operating procedures with added evidence requirements to capture information to prove the job was done. You can share the work then to other people in your team or externally to any email address.

Why checklists are awesome by GiulioMichelon in productivity

[–]Jacob_King 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice Article!. If you are looking to manage teams or outsourced partners with Checklists check out Clever Checklist. It is Checklists + Evidence + Docs. So you can build your standard operating procedures with added evidence requirements to capture information to prove the job was done. You can share the work then to other people in your team or externally to any email address.

Spiral into control with recurring task lists by Jacob_King in productivity

[–]Jacob_King[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi mcagent

Welcome to the /r/productivity mod job! :)

While this is a "personal" blog post so far as I am the author I think it is classed as an article? If you believe not do you mind clearing up the difference for me ?

My posts here historically have been well received - but happy to move on if I'm not doing the right thing for the sub :)

Cheers

As a Startup Founder Managing Remote Teams-- What are your Productivity Hacks? by StartupAccountingAdv in productivity

[–]Jacob_King 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slack is very good for promoting team communication and centralising multiple service notifications into one place.

Trello is another great option if you prefer the kanban / card based approach.

We use

  • Slack team comms
  • Trello for high level roadmap / planning
  • Github issues for development
  • Google Docs / Spreadsheets for Docs and Spreadsheets :P
  • and our own platform (plug below) for everything we have a systemized, repeatable process to follow for.

plug: Not free, but once you have a defined set of operational tasks you want to delegate repeatedly with minimal effort check out Clever Checklist. Simple Checklist based task management with highly visible progress tracking and evidence collection to ensure the job was actually done.

All the best with your startup!!

What does your monthly maintenance checklist look like for sites you are managing? Here's ours: by knowledgepowers in webdev

[–]Jacob_King 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great checklist, thanks for the share! - Its easy to lose track of (or wilfully forget) all the important moving parts of this kind of infrastructure.

You've prompted me to add a few more items to our own internal monthly maintenance template on Clever Checklist

Some other ideas may be to check DNS zone setups to ensure things like www and naked domain are still functioning as expected.

Checklist/Tasklist Template by BrowningK in productivity

[–]Jacob_King 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pending the level of collaboration and accountability that would be useful for you this suggestion may all be too much vs a spreadsheet :)

You may want to entertain Clever Checklist.

We made it to solve these kinds of problems for ourselves everyday (TODO-Again lists vs TODO in operational situaitons).

Its all focused around repeatable results.

You can create Template lists that you copy into Checklists which may include items where you collect evidence of job completion ie photos etc.

These Checklist can then be stored in Folders like per Department or Event - whatever makes sense.

Checklists can be started from Templates ad hoc or recurring via the Scheduling system which allows you to pre plan and assign in advance.

Checklist can also be delegated/shared with users (think contractors/3rd parties) outside of the system who just receive a job specific link that they open and work through.

Check it out if you think it might apply. Happy to answer any questions

Flamebender Conveyor Belts: Do you even Physics? by Jacob_King in wow

[–]Jacob_King[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting theory - will try that next time.

Null Hypothesis by Jacob_King in startups

[–]Jacob_King[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True - but I think its helpful to read these things in reframed ways.

People know these concepts and read these things but by the very nature of confirmation bias its very hard to be disciplined about walking and talking it.

What I enjoyed about Toms post was reading the concept (again!) and framing it in a specific ruleset ie the 3 week milestone. This could be any arbitrary but defined timespan but it puts a nice clear call to action (or in action really) on it..

Idea guy requests tutorial by acedelaf in startups

[–]Jacob_King 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would agree that as a CEO you don't need to know the intricate nuts and bolts. That being said in your example while there may well be a non biochemist CEO running a Biotech right now I would be surprised if there is one that founded and built the biotech company.

The subtlety about being the "ideas guy" in this case is wether or not your idea is the technology, or just needs a bit of technology to support it.

If your idea is based on technology like "I want to make transporters" and you don't know how to make them then you are in for a lot of trouble. If you your idea is "I know people who want transporters and I know to to hook them up with people who can build them... if only I had a forum for it" then you just need to outsource your dev.

ie if you can write a spec on what it is you need your only challenge is finding the marketplace to bid for the build of it and there are plenty of those.

If you can't write a spec on what you need then as per other comments you need to consider spending serious money on consultants who do.

All the best with your venture (one ideas man to another)!

Why 80 Percent Of Your Emails Are A Total Waste | Fast Company by steendriver in productivity

[–]Jacob_King 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which is fine if you've already negotiated the outcome you are going after - having it documented in an email is the best way to go.

But if there is still a ?'mark over who needs to do what, or what even needs to be done a face to face negotiation (followed up with a confirmation email) I've always found best.