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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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