Category Archives: GTD

Productivity tips and links

De-twittered

Minor site update – I dropped the Twitter widget from the sidebar, what with not having updated the thing in a while. I kinda came to dual realizations that a) I don’t do a lot of stuff that anyone on … Continue reading

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Rick Segal on how to say no

Rick Segal writes a bit on how he says no: It is the “for now” part that I believe may confuse people. I don’t say, I’d be interested in hearing about your progress, let’s continue the dialog, keep in touch, … Continue reading

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Triumph over inbox-adversity

I finally beat my inbox into submission and got back into that state of flow where, as per the GTD principles, my inbox is just a landing pad for items that I can file accordingly. In the past, I tried … Continue reading

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The new law of web time management

“A clear inbox, being caught up on RSS feeds, and regular blog posts: pick two.”

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Learning touch typing, at 33

Inspired by Michael’s efforts to learn the Dvorak keyboard layout, I’ve decided to try learning the QWERTY layout. Yes, QWERTY. See, I took a keyboarding class in high school (taught by, appropriately enough, Ms. Keyes), but it never really “took,” … Continue reading

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AIM is my co-pilot

Just signed up with IMified – they let you interact with a bunch of online services over instant messenger. While I don’t use most of the systems enough to bother, one thing I do need is a simple bare bones … Continue reading

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Why can’t I see YouTube videos in Google Reader?

OK, if Google Reader is so great (which it is), why oh why can’t it do anything with embedded YouTube videos? It’s like they’re not even there. Yeah, I guess that just makes the case for GR being the most … Continue reading

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Google reader upgrades: trends, sort by oldest

Robert Scoble notes that Google Reader’s got a new “trends” page that shows your reading stats for the past 30 days. I thought I was reading too much news, but it turns out I’ve only read 1455 items, which might … Continue reading

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My Life Organized: as close as the PC world gets to OmniOutliner?

While I finally got our spare Mac working over the holidays, I’m still pretty PC based due to my day job. The biggest thing I miss from my Mac days is OmniOutliner, and I might have found a replacement with … Continue reading

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I miss having a dev team…

Of all the things I miss about working at a larger company, it’s having other developers around. Not so much for the ability to work on larger projects, but mostly to have people to bounce problems off of. I think … Continue reading

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