Comments on: Ask advice: how to keep a project daily log

By: Kate Davis

Kate Davis — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:36:40 +0000

Manuel,
Thank you for your comment. I am looking to manage myself and I will have a look at OmniFocus, although I do not have either a mac or iPhone.

By: Manuel Schuh

Manuel Schuh — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:32:01 +0000

Do you want to manage a team or only for you. For one person OmniFocus is a good partner on Mac and iPhone.

By: Kate Davis

Kate Davis — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:23:56 +0000

Log Home,

Thank you for your comment. I have recently got a new mobile phone that enables me to sync with Outlook so I am experimenting with that. I have heard about Toodledo, but have not used it, perhaps I should have a look at it.

By: Log Home

Log Home — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:15:24 +0000

Personally I use a pretty extensive system on my iPhone and an online manager. It’s call Toodledo which has a notes option, Toodledo is first a GTD which allows for you to get things done and keep it in order, but for project management notes I use the Notes version. This allows me to keep everything going efficiently and effectively.

By: Zoo York Sale

Zoo York Sale — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:57:09 +0000

I keep a small journal with me with for daily logs. It’s quite helpful. Nice article. Thank you.

By: Kate Davis

Kate Davis — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:23:45 +0000

Shari,

Thank you for the information about your upcoming article. I already subscribe to Whakate so I look forward to reading it.

I am already finding keeping a daily log is useful to help me review what I’ve achieved in a day, particularly all the things I was not intending to do.

By: Kate Davis

Kate Davis — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:20:22 +0000

Juggling Frogs,

Thank you for the advice, I found it very encouraging to starting my own book. I’ve kept it for about a week so far and I’m already finding it useful as a store of information. However I suspect I’m writing in too much detail at the moment, but I suspect as I get used to writing the log I will know what is worth recording and what isn’t.

By: shari

shari — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:19:20 +0000

“High achievement generally goes hand-in-hand with good time management skills, and time logs are a great way to track your time usage and eliminate time drains. Learn more on how to use them and achieve higher productivity.”

This is an excerpt from an upcoming article at Whakate.com. The article provides useful info on working with a time log as well as links and other sources related to the subject.

http://www.whakate.com/readerinformation/upcoming-work-with-a-time-log/

By: Juggling Frogs

Juggling Frogs — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:40:29 +0000

I keep a log. The to-do list is a plan for the future, while the log is a record of the past.

I use a Moleskine marked with page numbers for both of these. The list is, well, a list. But the log is open-ended.

When something log-worthy happens, I write the date and time on the left hand side of the page, and put a “heading” on the right hand side. The heading is very simple and underlined, usually someone’s name, or the name of a committee. Then I just take notes.

When I’m between things (such as waiting for something to begin) I thumb through the book/log and enter any headings that matter in the front of the book as an index.

I put a little box next to to-do items that happen as a result of the conversation/meeting/research, and an asterix next to any action items that I’ve promised to deliver. The rest is just notes.

So, if I make or receive a call from Mr.X, I’ll write

Mr. X 7/28/08 3pm
Yada yada yada.
(box) check back next week for fax from Ms. Y
(asterix) Email order number and address of company Z to Mr. X before (date)
Yada yada yada
Yada yada yada