Organising

See also Communication, Thinking, Politics, Platforms, Technology.

a big mess. to reorder and fx with others

Knowledge

See also Wiki, Semantic web, Open data, Thinking

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_society
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_literacy

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_management
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_management
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_science

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_knowledge

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_organization_system
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_and_information_science
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_vocabulary
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology_(information_science)

• http://i.imgur.com/sQt1Q.jpg

• Domain Knowledge or a Lack Thereof
• I Fucking Google Everything

• MIT: Haystack Group - Research on Information Access, Analysis, Management, and Distribution Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Our goal is to make it easier for people to collect, organize, find, visualize, and share their information. We are an interdisciplinary group of researchers blending approaches from human-computer interaction, social computing, databases, web infrastructure, information retrieval, artificial intelligence and the semantic web.

Notes

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note-taking
• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Note_Taking

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_notetaking_software

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_PDA

Notepads

See Writing#Software and services, Vim

Outliners

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliner
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_(list)

Fargo

• Fargo is a simple idea outliner, notepad, todo list, project organizer. Fargo files are stored in Dropbox. We only need to access a single sub-folder folder. We do not need access to your entire Dropbox (we don't want the responsibility), or any of your existing files. You can easily disconnect if you don't want to continue using Fargo.
  • http://scripting.com/2013/09/16/concordOurGplOutliner
  • https://github.com/scripting/concord

• http://littleoutliner.com/

Workflowy

• https://workflowy.com/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSmbnaPZVHE
  • Everything Is a List - "The genius of WorkFlowy, the note-taking app that changed the way I organize my life."
  • http://colemanfoley.quora.com/Mind-Mapping-with-WorkFlowy

Checkvist

• Checkvist - Minimalist keyboard driven online outliner and task manager for teams and individuals. Capture your ideas and notes, create checklists and plans, share with colleagues, and get everything done — together.

Outliner of Giants

• Outliner of Giants is a feature rich outline processor designed to support the creation and management of large corpuses of information, such as those generated by students, researchers, writers and project managers.

Personal information management

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_information_management - practice and the study of the activities people perform in order to acquire, organize, maintain, retrieve and use personal information items such as documents (paper-based and digital), web pages and email messages for everyday use to complete tasks (work-related or not) and fulfill a person’s various roles

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_information_manager - facilitates the recording, tracking, and management of certain types of "personal information".
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_personal_information_managers

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_knowledge_base

Evernote

• http://evernote.com/

• http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-28/as-evernotes-cult-grows-the-business-market-beckons

• http://alphaefficiency.com/how-to-turn-evernote-into-your-personal-wikipedia/

• Workflow Series: Why I love Evernote - An Overview (#4)

• http://lifehacker.com/5989980/ive-been-using-evernote-all-wrong-heres-why-its-actually-amazing [1]

Extensions

• https://evernote.com/webclipper/

• Chrome: Evernote Web Clipper

Software clients

• http://www.geeknote.me/ - cli

• https://github.com/nvbn/everpad
  • http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/everpad-evernote-client-ubuntu-linux/

• http://nevernote.sourceforge.net - NixNote

Other

• http://rednotebook.sourceforge.net/

• http://mindraider.sourceforge.net/

• http://keepnote.org/

• TreeSheets - The ultimate replacement for spreadsheets, mind mappers, outliners, PIMs, text editors and small databases.

• https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tomboy
• https://launchpad.net/tomdroid
• http://www.notesync.org/#!index.md

Reference management

See also Comms#Social bookmarking, Learning#Citation management

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_management_software
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software

• list.it is a simple, free and open-source note-keeping tool to help you manage the tons of little information bits you need to keep track of each day.

Information mapping

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_mapping
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_organizer

• http://haystack.csail.mit.edu/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map
• http://drichard.org/mindmaps/
• http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
• http://www.xmind.net/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_concept-_and_mind-mapping_software
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topic_Map

• Exploratree is a free web resource where you can access a library of ready-made interactive thinking guides, print them, edit them or make your own. You can share them and work on them in groups too. The Exploratree web resource has been developed by Futurelab and emerged out of our work on the Enquiring Minds project. It provides a series of ready-made interactive 'thinking guides' or 'frameworks' which can support students' projects and research.

• How to Make a Complete Map of Every Thought you Think [2]

Tools

• FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of one-click "fold / unfold" and "follow link" operations.

• SharedMind is a collaborative version of FreeMind mind mapping software.

• http://www.mindmup.com/

• http://pearltrees.com

• http://popplet.com/

Knowledge domain mapping

• http://www.knowledgecartography.org/
  • https://vimeo.com/1164911
  • http://www.academia.edu/291221/Knowledge_Atlas_a_Cartographic_Approach_to_the_Social_Structures_of_Knowledge

• http://www.academia.edu/1647861/Author_Co-Citation_Analysis_ACA_a_powerful_tool_for_representing_implicit_knowledge_of_scholar_knowledge_workers

Archivism

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archival_science

Library

• http://www.subjectsplus.com/
• http://alacarte.library.oregonstate.edu/

Collaboration

See Politics#Collectivism, Thinking#Groups

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participation_(decision_making)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_design

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_decision_making

• The Joint International Symposium on Open Collaboration

• https://www.loomio.org/about#how-it-works

• http://turbulence.org.uk/turbulence-4/network-organisation-for-the-21st-century/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_democracy

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_is_not_a_commodity

• http://devslovebacon.com/conferences/bacon-2012/talks/maintain-less-mentor-more-community-building-techniques

• http://www.dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html

"challenging sensitively"

Cooperative

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative

• Cultivate.Coop is an online hub for pooling knowledge and resources on cooperatives. It is a space to collect free information for those interested in cooperatives and where people can build useful educational tools for the co-op community.

• http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/publications/dcm.html - 'The dotCommunist Manifesto'

Communication

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_communication

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_listening

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle - helps avoid point scoring

• http://alexgolec.github.io/orwell/politics

Debate

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentation_theory
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_map
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue#Structured_dialogue
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_of_policy_debate
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_ethics
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentation_ethics
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defeasible_reasoning
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essentially_contested_concepts
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicative_rationality
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogical_analysis
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_dialectics
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modes_of_persuasion

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogerian_argument

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toulmin_Model_of_Argument
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_arguments

• http://www.slideshare.net/DrDunley/toulmin-and-rogerian-arguments

NVC

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Rosenberg

• Thoughts <-> feelings <-> needs
• Observation -> feelings -> needs -> request
• Don't try to be perfect, rather progressively less stupid (anything worth doing is worth doing poorly)

• Center for Nonviolent Communication
  • NVC Research (on FB)

• NVC World
• NVC UK
• NVC / CC

• https://archive.org/details/JamieHeckertOnNonViolentCommunication-CpRecordings

Video

• Marshall Rosenberg - Nonviolent Communication - Online Training Course - 1.5m
• Nonviolent Communication - Marshall Rosenberg - CNVC.org - 20m
• CNVC.org - Session #1 - Introduction - Nonviolent Communication Training Course - 1h
• Nonviolent Communication Workshop - Marshall Rosenberg (2000) - 3h
• Nonviolent Communication Training Course - Marshall Rosenberg - CNVC.org - 9h!

• Marshall Rosenberg NVC Role Play / Marshall Rosenberg demonstrates Nonviolent Communication
• Marshall B. Rosenberg - How do you talk to yourself about making mistakes
• Marshall B. Rosenberg - Compassionate Communication with Trauma
• Marshall Rosenberg: How to prepare People for Your Weirdness

non-rosenburg;

• Parenting with Nonviolent Communication (NVC), part 2
• Naturalizing NVC
• Kelly Bryson, Non Violent Communication. NVC.The Langage of Love.

• Intimate Relationships Marshall B Rosenberg Part 1

to check;

• Alan Seid, Cascadia training. Also,The Communication Dojo.

Negotiation

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_resolution

• http://settlenow.org/BadFaithNegotiations.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_law

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactive_memory

• http://bikeshed.com/

Safe spaces

• http://occupylondon.org.uk/about/statements/saferspaces

• http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Safe_space

Consensus

See anarchism, horizontalism, etc. Politics

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision-making

• http://consensusdecisionmaking.org/

• Just do it - The Title of This Film was Reached by Consensus - Climate Camp
• Consensus (Occupy Wallstreet)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder_model - dutch government

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi_method
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_Delphi

• http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2013-01/026.html

Talking circle

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_circle
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_stick

• Stephen Covey on the Indian Talking Stick
• How to Conduct Talking Circles - traditional

Structured debate

See Comms#Structured_debate

• http://issuepedia.org/Structured_debate

• http://www.reasonwell.com/
  • http://www.reasonwell.com/about/Reasonwell+vs+Github+and+Stack+Overflow

• http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Debate_tools

TRIZ

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIZ - 'theory of inventive problem solving'

• http://www.trizexperts.net/5levels.htm

• http://www.triz.co.uk/

• http://www.triz40.com/

Anti-patterns

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_management

Technology

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_software
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collaborative_software

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzCZysm5lG8
  • http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL437C60BA04BBB6D0

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation
• http://moneyterms.co.uk/disruptive-technology/

• http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5313475

Project management

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_project_management

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management_software
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_project-management_software

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_(management)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizing_(management)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodology

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomy

Process

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_process
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_process

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure%E2%80%93organization%E2%80%93process

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outcome_(game_theory)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process

• http://secretvolcanobase.org/~tef/tefaq.rst.html

• https://vimeo.com/35965315

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_modeling

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop
  • http://jasonlefkowitz.net/2013/03/how-winners-win-john-boyd-and-the-four-qualities-of-victorious-organizations/ [3]

• http://braythwayt.com/2013/12/01/communication-check.html [4]

• http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2013/01/01/the_process_myth.html

Committee based

• http://www.diycommitteeguide.org/

chair, sec, clerk

Agile

• http://agilemanifesto.org/
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development
• http://moreagilemanifesto.org/
• http://darkagilemanifesto.org/
• http://www.halfarsedagilemanifesto.org/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_project_management

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_Modeling
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specification_by_example

• http://www.infoq.com/articles/self-organizing-organizations

• http://blog.cozycloud.cc/technic/2013/09/05/light-agile-development/

• http://blog.sprint.ly/post/43576389119/agile-anti-patterns-in-non-blocking-development [5]

• http://martinjeeblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/what-is-programmer-anarchy-and-does-it-have-a-future/
• http://michaelfeathers.typepad.com/michael_feathers_blog/2013/07/flipping-assumptions-with-programmer-anarchy.html

services;

• http://www.agilezen.com/?r=hn

Scrum

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development)

• http://www.scottporad.com/2013/03/19/poor-mans-agile-scrum-in-5-simple-steps/

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/127807/what-does-a-scrum-master-do-all-day

• http://www.scrummastermanifesto.org/

• http://dshimy.github.com/blog/2013/03/30/standups-are-not-poisonous/

XP

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_programming

(two [heads] are better than one, do the techno man)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobrowsing

Lean

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_technology_processes

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_construction
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_software_development
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_laboratory
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_higher_education
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_services
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_Startup

• http://www.fastcolabs.com/3020181/open-company/inside-githubs-super-lean-management-strategy-and-how-it-drives-innovation

Scale

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_integration

Open source development

• http://blip.tv/tech-love-live/osb09-donnie-berkholz-assholes-are-killing-your-project-2464449
• http://www.slideshare.net/vishnu/how-to-protect-yourhow-to-protect-your-open-source-project-from-poisonous-people

DevOps

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx8OBeNmaWw

PRINCE2

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRINCE2

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product-based_planning
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_control
• QA

Other

• http://blog.tallhamn.com/post/63665522838/running-a-halo-product-development-team [6]

• http://www.getblimp.com/

• Activism Labs - Project Management Tool - Vision & Roadmap

Task management

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_management

Todo lists

"the BEST to-do list is the one you use"

• http://sourceforge.net/directory/business-enterprise/todo-lists/language%3Aphp/
• https://github.com/flosse/listOfToDoManagers

• http://todotxt.com/

• http://1-3-5.com

• http://carlsednaoui.com/post/70299468325/the-best-to-do-list-a-private-gist [7]

Org mode

Emacs based

• http://orgmode.org/

• http://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1u52eu/can_people_share_their_orgmode_workflows/

Getting Things Done

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done
• GTD For Hackers
  • http://calnewport.com/blog/2012/12/21/getting-unremarkable-things-done-the-problem-with-david-allens-universalism/

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6668698

Kanban

• Kanban
  • http://team.skroutz.gr/posts/how-we-manage-to-manage/

• http://timebackmanagement.com/blog/closed-lists-kanbans-and-the-key-to-prioritization/

• https://kanbanflow.com

• http://www.personalkanban.com/

• http://jh3y.github.io/tyto/ [8]

Pivotal Tracker

• Pivotal Tracker
  • Pivotal Tracker intro
  • Introduction to the Concepts of Pivotal Tracker
  • Pivotal Tracker Tutorials

• https://pivotaltracker.com/projects/367813/stories

• https://github.com/tubbo/pv

Trello

• https://trello.com/

• https://trello.com/board/meteor-roadmap/508721606e02bb9d570016ae

• http://accidentalhacker.com/post/37883161398/rocking-gtd-with-trello

Other

• http://www.projectlibre.org/ - oss ms project

• http://listography.com/

• http://strikeapp.com/ - v. simply todo service

• Holly - Task tracking for nerds. Holly is TODO lists with an interface for the tech-savvy. If you aren't into code and text editors this will make you cry.

• https://www.droptask.com - very visual

• http://www.taskfreak.com

• http://www.dominican.edu/dominicannews/study-backs-up-strategies-for-achieving-goals

RTM, etc.

untried;

• http://todo.ly/

• https://app.getblimp.com

• https://hollyapp.com

• https://www.blossom.io/ - $, lean kanban

• http://gtgnome.net/

other

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management_software

• http://www.rexbox.co.uk/epicwin/

• http://www.lengrand.fr/2012/10/my-almost-perfect-setup-to-stay-focused/
• http://stackoverflow.hewgill.com/questions/787/56.html
• http://blog.vivekhaldar.com/post/28465017852/productivity-porn

• http://www.itworld.com/print/289060

• http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/45722/best-tool-to-manage-scrum-and-or-kanban

• http://markforster.squarespace.com/blog/2009/1/6/autofocus-system-instructions.html?printerFriendly=true

• http://spotbloq.blogspot.de/2012/08/true-do-idea.html
• http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/10/todont.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month

• http://scottberkun.com/2007/asshole-driven-development/

• https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1SGcfQz13ce4FfB-QHKF3WLwxHoCRGBouuvZn-3aoX0k

• http://www.iphandbook.org/handbook/ch08/p02/
• http://colinpurrington.com/tips/academic/labnotebooks

uncons, bar/foo camps, cons, etc.

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcbackstage/2007/07/edinburgh-tv-unfestival-sat-25.shtml

• http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3341-pattern-vision

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configuration_management
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration

• http://daltoncaldwell.com/thoughts-on-organizational-complexity

• http://blog.sprint.ly/post/41801740808/visions-of-a-post-agile-world

• http://blog.habbit.me/blog/2013/2/24/hello-habbit

• http://davidseah.com/blog/2005/09/the-printable-ceo/

• http://www.taskjuggler.org/
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TaskJuggler

• https://idonethis.com/
• https://dispatch.io/

• http://taskcoach.org/
• https://www.subtask.com/

• http://todo.cryto.net/about

• http://questhub.io/ - social

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taskwarrior

Time management

• http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/2328/whats-a-good-time-tracking-app-preferably-free

• http://www.slideshare.net/egarbugli/26-time-management-hacks-i-wish-id-known-at-20

• http://freelanceswitch.com/productivity/6-cool-tools-to-track-your-time/

Pomodoro

• http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_technique_software

• http://pomodoro.me
• http://tomatoi.st
• http://www.focusboosterapp.com/live
• http://tomato-timer.com/

• http://jfdin.com/

Time sheet

• http://www.getharvest.com/

Sleep

See Health

Calendar

• Baïkal offers ubiquitous and synchronized access to your calendars and address books over CalDAV and CardDAV. Baïkal implements the current IETF recommendation drafts of these industry standards for centralized calendar and address book collections.
  • https://github.com/jeromeschneider/Baikal

• calcurse is a text-based calendar and scheduling application. It helps keep track of events, appointments and everyday tasks. A configurable notification system reminds user of upcoming deadlines, and the curses based interface can be customized to suit user needs. All of the commands are documented within an online help system.

• Khal is a CLI (console), CalDAV based calendar program, allowing syncing of calendars with a variety of other programs on a host of different platforms.
  • https://github.com/geier/khal

Event management

• http://www.doodle.com/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp

• http://www.radishworks.com/MissionManager.php

• http://frab.github.io/frab/ - conference

Open Space

• http://www.openspaceworld.org/
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology

Ticketing

• https://ticketbud.com/

Room booking

• http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/
• http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/getopenroom/
• http://libki.org/

Travel

• http://www.dopplr.com/

Tools

• noprocrast - A gem to stop you procastinating. Noprocast automatically adds and removes items from your /etc/hosts, rendering addictive websites useless. Ruby.

• workmode - command line tool for blocking sites to be more productive

Microfinance

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5557180