{"id":261,"date":"2008-04-01T17:03:53","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T15:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/?p=261"},"modified":"2008-04-01T17:03:53","modified_gmt":"2008-04-01T15:03:53","slug":"web-based-time-management-tools-for-trade-unionists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/web-based-time-management-tools-for-trade-unionists\/","title":{"rendered":"Web-based time-management tools for trade unionists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.rememberthemilk.com\/img\/logo.png\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" \/>Trade unionists as much as anyone else need to make the most of their time \u2013 and the web is now full of <strong>time-management tools<\/strong> that promise to make all of us more efficient.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been using web-based tools for years to do several tasks which many of us probably still do with pen and paper \u2013 or on desktop PCs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\">Google Calendar<\/a> is already replacing traditional diaries (as well as Microsoft Outlook) for many, and is well worth a look.  It works closely with Google Mail, and both can be features of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/ig\">iGoogle<\/a> which is a wonderful start page.<br \/>\nThere are many web-based <strong>to-do lists<\/strong>, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tadalist.com\">Ta-da<\/a>  and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rememberthemilk.com\">Remember the Milk<\/a>; some of these will integrate nicely with Google Calendar.<br \/>\nAnother key time management tool is <strong>time-tracking<\/strong> software.  This is essential if you are working for more than one employer or working on more than one project.  There are several excellent web-based choices such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getharvest.com\">Harvest<\/a> , but my own preference is the free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toggl.com\">Toggl<\/a>.<br \/>\nI keep my <strong>address book<\/strong> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.highrisehq.com\">Highrise<\/a>, from the same company that offers Ta-da.<br \/>\nThe advantages to unions of using the web for to-do lists, calendars, address books and time tracking include <strong>reduced cost<\/strong> (the software is free) and <strong>continuous upgrades<\/strong> (you&#8217;re automatically using the latest version).  As you are downloading nothing, there is <strong>no risk of viruses<\/strong>. And as the software sits on a remote server and not on an individual PC, several staffers can share a single machine.  Those who spend time outside the office can access any of these sites on other computers, or on their mobile phones.<br \/>\nI meet people sometimes who don&#8217;t even keep a to-do list on paper, which I find strange.  Some people keep everything in their heads, including phone numbers.  For the rest of us, managing our personal information online is a great tool for time management.  And the better we manage our time, the better we serve our members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trade unionists as much as anyone else need to make the most of their time \u2013 and the web is now full of time-management tools that promise to make all of us more efficient. I&#8217;ve&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labour-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericlee.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}