April 7 is No Housework Day: Keep the Mess Lose the Stress, Relax

April 7 is No Housework Day and people are encouraged to take a break from cleaning and relax.  Keep the mess lose the stress is the mantra of the day as people across North America will be ignoring their mops...

A Declaration of Independence from E-Mail by Luis Suarez

You might have read with interest as I did I Freed Myself From E-Mail’s Grip (NY Times, June 29).I did not know its author Luis Suarez until then.He confirms his Declaration of Independence from E-Mail via his blog ELSUA on July 4th. He addresses head on the skepticism...

Taking Back Your Life: When E-Mail Becomes Unmanageable

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – E-mail management is a pain. One way to take charge of this problem is to hire a team of virtual assistants (VA) from a global outsourcing agency to do it for you. Companies large and small, from online dating sites to independent real estate agents,...

Hide and Seek-&-Destroy

If you find military-style robots in your garden, one of two things is happening: either they're filming Doctor Who on your street, or you've found yourself in the middle of the Ministry of Defense's Grand Challenge:"A village in England will host a robot hide-and-seek...

Giving Away a Kidney Brings Unexpected Blessings

by Shivon Robinsong for The Vancouver ObserverEver since I gave my spare kidney to my friend, Joel,who really needed one, I have a new found passion for clearing out the clutter in my life.  Who knew that being a live kidney donor could be such a liberating...

Are we moving our Clutter online with 'Tripit' and other services? Backpack ...

In the past 24 hours only, I read about Tripit and a couple of other services that offer to help you manage things online instead of on paper. Tripit as you might guess offers to be the online repository for all details of your travel. Another site I noticed (whose name I...

Finding Beauty in Clutter with Chris Kirby...Getting Things Down

Now that Getting Things Done and productivity pornography as Marc Andreessen calls it has almost become a religion, I thought the Clutter Shelf by Chris Kirby had to be mentioned.  

Drowning...41 Pounds of Junkmail per year for each average Jill and Jack

If our e-mail clutter cannot be weighed, the paper type can. It comes down to 41 pounds per year per average US Jill and Jack!Less is better on Serge the Concierge 

Could 'Circle Up' help cure our e-mail clutter?

In the less is more realm, online tools such as 'Circle Up' can help us reduce the work and e-mail clutter.For more visit Serge the Concierge

How to cut the information overload down to size? Bit Literacy

Once you get past the title, Bit Literacy is a good read if you want to cut down on your electronic clutter, e-mail, media and all. Go to Serge the Concierge for full story

A Crush from Down Under...Bottle Recycling for Bars and Restaurants

Sounds mundane but visit an hotel or a busy bar or restaurant on a Saturday night and you would hear the sound of breaking glass instead with BottleCycler you will enjoy the sound of silence. Remake-remodel-recycle!

How can we change the world if we can't find our keys?

It's a thin line between a little disorganization and an utter mess. How can we keep things going without becoming organization freaks?

Moving...A chance to practice Clutter Therapy...

We keep and keep and pile up and pile up and get overwhelmed by stuff...Moving is a good time to cut through the clutter.

Taming the Brain and Office Clutter: Online and with Simple Forms

Simple and practical solutions are the best way to deal with clutter, be it of one's mind or space!

335 road signs in eight-mile stretch

"Country roads are being ruined by the 'clutter' of confusing road-signs and traffic calming measures that are putting lives at risk, experts have warned."

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