Soul Sharing - Gmail and Cockpit

By now, most of the Gmail users would've enabled the tabbed inbox configuration.

For emails, I conceived of a somewhat similar (though technically and practically I must admit, it could be tougher) arrangement quite a few years (more than 6 years) back. We would all agree, Gmail team has done this job beautifully though it's 2013 :).

While we couldn't execute the email stuff back then, what we've done with daily planning for an individual is very much the same as Gmail's execution of tabbed inbox. Care to find out the soul-sharing? Order a copy of Cockpit now! 814 000 2228.

Junu Yang and the That Thing project

I found this project by Junu Yang posted on collabfinder, a site that helps one connect with prospective collaborators on interesting projects.

The need's there, Cockpit's already there and a lot aren't aware.

More fun!

You can write to cockpitplanner at gmail or call 8140002228 to order or to find more about this.

15 Years of Silliness

The planner that we have typically received as gift, and sometimes bought, and most often used over the years is called the Franklin Planner. It entered the market in 1997 (details here). Safely, it has been more than 15 years. And very safely, and sillily, we have also used it for years together.

The other day, 5th Oct, I called an old friend on his birthday. He asked me what have I been upto and I shared some details about launching this planner called Cockpit.

His immediate response on hearing the word 'planner', "Annual diary na! Woh joh gift mein milti hai... Woh toh rough-pad ki tarah use karta hoon!"

I couldn't agree more. Personally, while I could never plan with it, I never used it as a rough-pad either. But I've seen a lot of people in my family, and among friends, use such 'planners' as rough-pads. Sometimes, going well beyond the year that it's meant for.

And yet, one has to wonder that, for years, businesses have continued to gift the same thing over and over again. Not their fault, there really was nothing available. The word 'Planner' sounded good. Leather covers looked good. The binding technology has improved. So calling the 'leather-bound papers' a 'planner' seemed perfect, irrespective of the fact that it didn't work like it needed to.

So here's CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF SILLINESS. Cheers!

If you relate to what I have written, you might want to check Cockpit Planner. If you receive planners as gifts you might want to inform your gifter about Cockpit :). And if you buy one every year, like I used to, you've got an option which will do the job for you, every single day.

The 4A'es of Planning

That's a hoax I could perpetrate.

Actually it's RCPS.

Those are the broad stages in the order given - top to down - that the mind would follow if it gets down to planning really really meticulously.

Also the thing is, for us to schedule, it becomes imperative consciously or unconsciously to pass the 3 stages. Without that, scheduling could often be a real pain and it often is.

Interesting point also is that the typical 'calender', 'to do list' diaries and apps, and the annual dated planners directly ask you to schedule. Really speaking, they haven't figure out how to make us recall and categorize. Obviously, if it's difficult to recall, it's difficult to prioritize anyway. If you can't prioritize what's the point of any schedule. In essence, work still happens rather haphazardly.

With Cockpit, the first two stages become so obvious and simple. Recally and Categorizing. Once the first two stages are crossed, you'll see that Prioritizing and Scheduling also become very easy to pull off.