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New Organizing Tool - Product Review
October 9th, 2007 by StephenPosted in GTD, Gear, Product Reviews |
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The folks at Bubble Planner have a new tool for tracking information and Getting Things Done: The Mini-Bubble. This little “hPDA”-style notebook is just under 3″x5″, so it is very portable and with the Circa/Rollabind rings it is very handy.
The Mini-Bubble is divided into four color-coded sections, all printed on both sides. There are useful pages for:
- A simple list
- Contextual “bubbles” for planning small multi-part activities
- SMART planning
- Daily agenda, by hour
- Tracking Ben Franklin’s Virtues
Disclosure: I have to admit that I am a fan of the Bubble Planner products, and the company is a partner (of sorts, see the affiliate link in the sidebar) on this site. Be assured, however, that I do not review products that I have not used, and I give my honest opinion (see the previous review)
I have been using the Mini-Bubble for a couple of weeks, mainly for work-related lists and notes. I am going to start using the Virtues tracking next week, and compare it to the results of the previous experiment. The blog at My Bubble Life has more on these Virtues:
…[Ben Franklin] developed a behavior modification system for his conduct at the young age of 20, when he was returning from London on an 80-day ocean voyage. It is partially based on Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.”
His plan included 13 virtues, which in his own words, “I determined to give a week’s strict attention to each of the virtues successively… Proceeding thus to the last, I could go through a course complete in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year.”
Overall, I give this product a score of 4 out of 5, with high marks for usefulness, portability, and design. Please share your thoughts in the Comments.
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October 9th, 2007 at 9:45 am
STEPHEN, thanks for this review. I’ll try to get one as well. I’ve been using the Behance Action Runner and love it so far.
Keep up the good work,
Mike
October 10th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
I love playing with new checklists, planners, and the like, but who only has five Next Actions? I’d fill up five of those pads in half an hour!
October 16th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
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