Comments on: It Always Starts Innocently Enough http://www.misszoot.com/2009/11/12/it-always-starts-innocently-enough/ misszoot.com - the mundane life of a horribly geeky mother of 3 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:23:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mrsgryphon http://www.misszoot.com/2009/11/12/it-always-starts-innocently-enough/#comment-766695 mrsgryphon Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:02:12 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=5562#comment-766695 I recently got the Palm Pre (love. it.) and have started using Evernote (www.evernote.com) to help keep myself organized. It's amazing - it syncs between the phone and my laptop, so I always have an up-to-date version of my notes, and I'm finding a ton of ways to use it. You can clip screen captures and save them, drop in files that you might need later (like travel confirmations etc.), send photos to your evernote notebook (see a Christmas gift you don't want to forget about? Take a photo and save it!). I've been converted :) I recently got the Palm Pre (love. it.) and have started using Evernote (www.evernote.com) to help keep myself organized. It’s amazing – it syncs between the phone and my laptop, so I always have an up-to-date version of my notes, and I’m finding a ton of ways to use it. You can clip screen captures and save them, drop in files that you might need later (like travel confirmations etc.), send photos to your evernote notebook (see a Christmas gift you don’t want to forget about? Take a photo and save it!). I’ve been converted :)

]]> By: brit http://www.misszoot.com/2009/11/12/it-always-starts-innocently-enough/#comment-766680 brit Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:10:34 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=5562#comment-766680 oh man, you totally ratted yourself out. I owe you big time....so one little slip....I totally um, forgot? oh man, you totally ratted yourself out. I owe you big time….so one little slip….I totally um, forgot?

]]> By: Devilish Southern Belle http://www.misszoot.com/2009/11/12/it-always-starts-innocently-enough/#comment-766651 Devilish Southern Belle Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:03:24 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=5562#comment-766651 Aren't post-dinner naps the best? Love the photo! I am so excited I squee when I think about the NM premiere, exactly a week and six hours from now! Are you going to the Monaco? Do you have other folks going with you? Email me! Oh...and for the phone....can you star your gmail mail that you want to get back to later? You might be able to remember to check your starred mail at regular intervals. I wouldn't know, because my phone doesn't have 'real' mobile web. Aren’t post-dinner naps the best? Love the photo! I am so excited I squee when I think about the NM premiere, exactly a week and six hours from now!

Are you going to the Monaco? Do you have other folks going with you? Email me!

Oh…and for the phone….can you star your gmail mail that you want to get back to later? You might be able to remember to check your starred mail at regular intervals. I wouldn’t know, because my phone doesn’t have ‘real’ mobile web.

]]> By: Heather http://www.misszoot.com/2009/11/12/it-always-starts-innocently-enough/#comment-766646 Heather Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:54:23 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=5562#comment-766646 That picture makes my insides go all squishy and awwww :P That picture makes my insides go all squishy and awwww :P

]]> By: Vicki http://www.misszoot.com/2009/11/12/it-always-starts-innocently-enough/#comment-766639 Vicki Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:26:58 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=5562#comment-766639 I need to see my appts on paper so I carry a calendar in my purse and write it down immediately when I become aware of something. I make a point to review the calendar every morning when I am having my coffee so I can remember where I am supposed to be. I put everything on it, even things like guitar lessons for my son that he has been going to for years or I will forget. Seeing it in black and white on paper is a comfort to me, just like I have to use the old fashioned check register (which makes my hubby nuts!) I need to see my appts on paper so I carry a calendar in my purse and write it down immediately when I become aware of something. I make a point to review the calendar every morning when I am having my coffee so I can remember where I am supposed to be. I put everything on it, even things like guitar lessons for my son that he has been going to for years or I will forget. Seeing it in black and white on paper is a comfort to me, just like I have to use the old fashioned check register (which makes my hubby nuts!)

]]> By: Cara http://www.misszoot.com/2009/11/12/it-always-starts-innocently-enough/#comment-766632 Cara Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:43:16 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=5562#comment-766632 I don't move the email out of my inbox until its properly noted on the calendar (and even non-events go on the calendar, as a reminder to get it done), and then once it is it goes out of the inbox and in to a folder. Or deleted. That way, it doesn't matter whether its read or not. I don’t move the email out of my inbox until its properly noted on the calendar (and even non-events go on the calendar, as a reminder to get it done), and then once it is it goes out of the inbox and in to a folder. Or deleted. That way, it doesn’t matter whether its read or not.

]]> By: Jen Ambrose http://www.misszoot.com/2009/11/12/it-always-starts-innocently-enough/#comment-766626 Jen Ambrose Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:42:35 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=5562#comment-766626 I bought myself a huge old whiteboard and try to keep a tasklist on that board. That way it is up there and in my face. Then I would take things from the phone, or email, or whenever I remembered, and then add it to the board. It's what has worked for me. Especially for things that I know that I'm going to forget that are outside the normal routine. I bought myself a huge old whiteboard and try to keep a tasklist on that board. That way it is up there and in my face. Then I would take things from the phone, or email, or whenever I remembered, and then add it to the board. It’s what has worked for me. Especially for things that I know that I’m going to forget that are outside the normal routine.

]]> By: Susan http://www.misszoot.com/2009/11/12/it-always-starts-innocently-enough/#comment-766622 Susan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:02:42 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=5562#comment-766622 Strangely enough, I'm trying to wrangle my To Do list right now, like right at this very moment -- or, rather, right after I stop getting distracted by my feed reader and click back to my new favorite website: Toodledo. Toodledo has an iphone app that syncs with the full website, it syncs with google calendar, and you can email your to dos to it. So, in your case, you could just hit forward on an email from the soup aisle, and voila! It's on your to do list, which will be on your calendar and on your iphone and on the internet ... it will be everywhere! And there's lots of reminder, alarm, priority, folder, etc. settings to play with. I am going to will myself to use this thing and get my life in order. I have no choice. My world will crumble if I don't get. it. together. now. Strangely enough, I’m trying to wrangle my To Do list right now, like right at this very moment — or, rather, right after I stop getting distracted by my feed reader and click back to my new favorite website: Toodledo.

Toodledo has an iphone app that syncs with the full website, it syncs with google calendar, and you can email your to dos to it.

So, in your case, you could just hit forward on an email from the soup aisle, and voila! It’s on your to do list, which will be on your calendar and on your iphone and on the internet … it will be everywhere! And there’s lots of reminder, alarm, priority, folder, etc. settings to play with.

I am going to will myself to use this thing and get my life in order. I have no choice. My world will crumble if I don’t get. it. together. now.

]]> By: Miss Shell http://www.misszoot.com/2009/11/12/it-always-starts-innocently-enough/#comment-766616 Miss Shell Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:43:54 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=5562#comment-766616 I had the same problem, then I started using the calendar on my phone (I have a BlackBerry, not an iPhone), and setting alerts WAY in advance. If I have an appointment on Tuesday, I set the alert for Sunday, then reset it for Monday, then again for about an hour ahead of the appointment on Tuesday. That way I'm not getting a reminder 15 min. before something needs to be done and going "Oh, crap, I'll never make it on time!!" I also have a List Maker app that I use all the time, or I will quickly type something into notes, then I check these things at home when I get the time. I had the same problem, then I started using the calendar on my phone (I have a BlackBerry, not an iPhone), and setting alerts WAY in advance. If I have an appointment on Tuesday, I set the alert for Sunday, then reset it for Monday, then again for about an hour ahead of the appointment on Tuesday. That way I’m not getting a reminder 15 min. before something needs to be done and going “Oh, crap, I’ll never make it on time!!” I also have a List Maker app that I use all the time, or I will quickly type something into notes, then I check these things at home when I get the time.

]]> By: Mymsie http://www.misszoot.com/2009/11/12/it-always-starts-innocently-enough/#comment-766609 Mymsie Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:05:59 +0000 http://www.misszoot.com/?p=5562#comment-766609 I'm a slave to Outlook. Also helpful? http://www.listography.com/ I’m a slave to Outlook. Also helpful? http://www.listography.com/

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