Spring Cleaning 2.0 Week

Apr 30 2008 ∞

Clean-up case study

Our twitter friend Xavier has committed to cleaning up his desktop, and you can see the challenge he faces with these screenshots (more available on flickr):

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look at all these bookmarks!

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what is all this crap?

To clean it up, he’s using some of the original Spring Cleaning 2.0 Week strategies, and added some of his own, such as downsizing/organizing his Facebook and consolidating his feed reader.

At mid-week, he’s posted an update, and he’s still at Inbox 0 (down from 1000!) and making a lot of progress in other areas, including that crazy browser toolbar.

Have any advice for Xavier?  Share it here or on his blog. Have some of the same problems? Tell us about it!

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Days 3 and 4: trimming the browser

Follow the link to learn how Kristen has her tabs down to 3.  Some tips for minimizing browser tabs:

  • Choose one browser and customize it
  • Create a homepage, such as iGoogle or MyYahoo
  • Find a bookmarking tool (such as Del.icio.us or Evernote) and use it religiously
  • Make this commitment: If I open a new tab, I will act on it immediately. Complete it, read it, or bookmark it for later.
What else?  Share your secrets to keeping a lean browser!
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Apr 29 2008 ∞
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OPEN THREAD: WHERE’S THE MESS ON YOUR DESKTOP? 

We’ve identified some likely suspects: check out your email inbox, browser tabs, RSS reader, and twitter stream…


Is information overload decreasing your productivity? If you can honestly answer “NO” to that question, tell us how you do it!
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Day 2: Stay outta my inbox!

Read this post about unsubscribing to mass marketing emails, then tell us - Are you convinced you still want to receive them? Which ones? Why?

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Apr 28 2008 ∞

How it started: Drew “Bringing it All Together” at PodCamp NYC. 

Thanks to theleetgeeks.com for the video.

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The genesis of Spring Cleaning 2.0 Week

It all started when Kristen Forbriger attended Drew Olanoff’s session at Podcamp NYC… he made fun of her and her beautiful Vaio… instead of crying in defeat, she decided to make some changes. 

Follow the link to learn more. 

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Apr 27 2008 ∞
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Kristen completes first goal of the week - 0 unread emails!

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