Byrnesys Blabberings

I sit at my desktop for most of my day at work, so this morning I decided to do a little spring cleaning and it turned out pretty well.

I created my own productivity GTD-esque system after sustaining inbox zero (find out more about that here) to the point that its a habit, so here is my desktop (click on it to see the full size) and a break down of the structure and programs.

Firstly though, I know you are wondering where the killer background came from, It was made by Victor Huckabee, a YWAMer I met in Switzerland a few years ago who is now a designer for, amongst other things Blood:Water Mission. Check his stuff out here.

So, here’s how it works, top left is navigation, our offices servers are like folder rabbit warrens so the folders I use the most I’ve created shortcuts for. I also have RDP which lets me connect to other users computers on the network as I’m often trouble shooting something for someone, this means I can stay on my lazy backside without running down 2 floors to their computer.

Top right, are the files I use everyday, believe it or not I know very little about excel despite the amount of contact we have had over the last 3 and a bit years.

Bottom row are the more play-related activities, Id list the more interesting ones:

Photoshop (elements), which is used for the odd bit of marketing design that I don’t outsource (truth be told I’m not good in Photoshop and I should probably outsource a WHOLE LOT MORE of our design.

Tweetdeck which I evangelised about a little while ago is my portal for all things twitter-related.

Windows Live Writer which is what I use for blog writing.

Chrome – The Default browser of choice (even if it has become a little buggy)

iTunes – Never quite broken out of the mainstream pen with music players, I never liked winamp.

Dropbox – A brilliant file sync tool which syncs folders across mac and windows machines, Im using a free account at the moment, but I wouldn’t be too surprised if I was lured into a paid account, works like magic.