The latest nifty tool I've stumbled upon is so simple it almost seems silly. I've been playing with it four a couple weeks now, and am really enjoying my personal Kanban board! What is "Kanban", you ask? Well, from the Personal Kanban website, "A kanban is a tool to visualize, organize, and complete work." Todd Clarke at GetLit (an IT blog) offers his usage of the board, complete with pictures. I love the layout he has used, and thoroughly intend to copy it. LOL The whiteboard I have setup at home is much simpler, but doesn't quite do the trick.
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| Todd Clarke's super-cool Personal Kanban board at LeanKit Kanban |
In a fantasy world, I would have a big flat-screen monitor on the wall of my office, displaying my own personal Kanban using something like the LeanKit Kanban site - and everything could be done with a few clicks of the mouse! As it is, however, I think I'll make do with my whiteboard, colored dry erase markers, and different colored sticky notes. :)
This is awesome. I also suffer from organizational challenges (love the term, btw). Mostly I start something, get interrupted, and then start something else instead of returning to what I was doing previously - sort of whatever is closest to me at the time. In this scenario hardly anything ever reaches a FINISHED point.
ReplyDeleteI like that there is a space for "Right Now". I'm constantly asking myself, "Now what was I doing?" This may settle that question.
The biggest problem with these, however, is reminding myself to sit down and actually figure out what it is I need to be doing. =)
Briana, thanks for the post on this and for the kudos? I totally luv this tool and now I understand that they are coming our with iPad and iPhone supported apps. This will really allow me to drop my other task management tool, Wunderlist, which I also love. Butt (not a typo) one tool is better than two for task management.
ReplyDeleteThis looks similar to the bulletin board my toshiba laptop came with. I love the bulletin board and for things I need to remember continually, I can place little sticky notes right on my desktop!
ReplyDeleteLove the blog today. :)
Very cool! Thank you for this :D
ReplyDelete*Looks around the bookstore wondering where a white board can go up*
I'm also very organizationally challenged--most especially at work. Lists are great, but I have to remember to look at the book I wrote them in. >.<