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About Patricia Dwyer

My experience with both computers and management makes me uniquely qualified to help you manage your digital life. We’ll start with a free one-hour phone consultation so that I can understand your systems and your needs, and then we’ll agree on a plan to address those needs. At the completion of our plan, you’ll be well on the way to understanding and managing your digital life.

How to Use Evernote for “GTD”

“Getting Things Done” (or GTD) is a popular productivity method first made popular by David Allen’s book in 2001. The GTD system utilizes an “action management system”. It’s most often used for incoming information like emails, texts, and phone messages.
The GTD flow goes like this:

Examine each item
Is it actionable?
If not,

trash it, or
move it to a “someday/maybe” list, or
move it to a reference list.

If it is actionable, determine if it will take less than 2 minutes. […]

By |May 4th, 2016|Digital Chaos Control|Comments Off on How to Use Evernote for “GTD”
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How to Use Evernote to Keep Email Organized

Email can be difficult to deal with in an efficient and organized way.
Keeping emails organized into folders can help you to find the right email conversation, as can using your email search tools. But email correspondence is just one part of the story. If you’re trying to put together the history of working with a client, for example, you’ll have to search separately for related client files and notes. It’s not difficult to do, but […]

By |May 3rd, 2016|Cloud Services, Digital Chaos Control, Email Management, Evernote|Comments Off on How to Use Evernote to Keep Email Organized
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8 Tips to Manage Client Information Using Evernote

In my previous blog post about Using Evernote, I referred to using Evernote to manage client information.

Evernote is a great tool for creating memos, checklists, and reminders about clients. It’s also a good way to keep your client information all in one place and keep it organized.

Here’s how to use Evernote to manage your client information:

For each client, create a new notebook.
 

Evernote notebooks can be “stacked”, meaning that you can create […]

By |May 2nd, 2016|Evernote|Comments Off on 8 Tips to Manage Client Information Using Evernote
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Three reasons to use Evernote for Team Collaboration

Evernote is a great organization system because you can organize your notes, documents, photos, and emails all in one place.

As an Evernote user, you have the option of sharing notes and notebooks with others. But for true collaboration with team members that gives you a shared work space, admin controls, and more, you need the Evernote for Business plan.

Your team members can add research notes, to-dos, points for follow-up, web clippings, etc. Members can initiate […]

By |April 27th, 2016|Cloud Services, Digital Chaos Control, Evernote|Comments Off on Three reasons to use Evernote for Team Collaboration
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How to Recharge Your Brain Like an Evernote Employee

If you ever drive through Redwood City CA on Highway 101, you may notice the Evernote headquarters right beside the freeway.

Redwood City is better known as an enterprise technology hub, home of Oracle headquarters and its spin-offs. (You’ll see the Oracle headquarters down the road with its distinctive buildings. But, unless you work with enterprise databases, you probably won’t get that flash of recognition that you experience when you see that elephant logo.)

Evernote has only […]

By |April 26th, 2016|Cloud Services, Digital Chaos Control, Evernote|Comments Off on How to Recharge Your Brain Like an Evernote Employee
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How to Get More Organized With Writing

If you’re a writer, whether it’s creative or business, you know that the bulk of a writing task is doing research and/or making notes. When you sit down to compile that research and start your writing, it helps to have those notes, web clippings, photos, etc. organized.
Having a good organization system for your writing can help so much with getting inspired, getting started, and saving time.
I suggest using Evernote for this. (You can read my […]

By |April 25th, 2016|Cloud Services, Digital Chaos Control, Evernote|Comments Off on How to Get More Organized With Writing
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How to Organize Using Evernote Notebooks

Evernote Notebooks – the First Level of Organization
 

If you’ve read my blog post on Evernote here: Use Evernote For a New Level of Organization then you know that it’s a great way to organize your digital information.

Navigating the Evernote interface is dependent on the platform that you’re using it on. I have a desktop PC, a MacBook, and a smartphone – all of which are running Evernote. (You can also use Evernote through their web […]

By |April 21st, 2016|Cloud Services, Digital Chaos Control, Evernote|Comments Off on How to Organize Using Evernote Notebooks
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Use Evernote For a New Level of Organization

Have you heard of Evernote?
It’s hard to tell you what it is in one sentence. It’s a note-taking application, you can use it to create to-do lists, you can use it to organize files into notebooks, you can use it to scan documents and make them searchable, you can use it to “clip” and save web pages, etc. The list goes on and on…

Whether you’re someone who likes to keep digital information organized or whether […]

By |April 20th, 2016|Cloud Services, Digital Chaos Control, Evernote|Comments Off on Use Evernote For a New Level of Organization
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Are you a desktop piler or closet piler?

If you don’t keep your digital files organized, chances are you are not as productive and efficient as you could be.
Are you a desktop piler?
Then you may also be someone who automatically saves files to the desktop.  This means that you have icons all over the place. Your computer desktop is much less visible than your actual desk desktop, so it may not bother you at all, except when you need to find something.
Are you […]

By |April 19th, 2016|Digital Chaos Control, File Management|1 Comment
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Inbox Zero Eliminates Overload – by Michael Neuendorff

Do you suffer from email overload?
Terrible, isn’t it? Every time you open your Inbox the email just flows in like a waterfall.

The challenges with managing email are myriad. Here are a few:

Feeling overwhelmed before even getting started
Losing track of an email and asking the sender to send the email again. (Now there are 2 copies in the Inbox!)
Difficulty prioritizing
Looking at, but not dealing with emails. This becomes an unproductive pattern.
Email seems more like a curse […]

By |April 19th, 2016|Digital Chaos Control, Email Management, Task Management|1 Comment
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ABOUT PAT DWYER

My experience with both computers and management makes me uniquely qualified to help you manage your digital workflow. We'll start with a free one-hour phone consultation so that I can understand your systems and your needs, and then we'll agree on a plan to address those needs. At the completion of our plan, you'll be well on the way to understanding and managing your digital workflow.

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Patricia Dwyer, Proprietor
Phone: 650.517.3142
Email: pat@digitalchaoscontrol.com

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Pat is very knowledgeable, organized and patient. She explains things clearly and made it all very easy for me. I highly recommend her to anyone needing help with any kind of technology.
Bill Welch, San Mateo, CA
Pat was a patient problem solver and I'm much happier with the organization of our iTunes Library now. If you want an IT expert who listens well and responds to your needs, I highly recommend her.
Beth Harrison, San Carlos, CA
Pat's prompt and expert help got me back online with my email straightened out in no time at all. Her calm approach soothed my frustration and made the whole experience a positive one. I would highly recommend her to bring order to your digital life.
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