May 2008
33 posts
On Deck →
Ever since I’ve had the desire to have my own weblog, there has been the aspiration to do it full time. Blogging as my job. Who wouldn’t? To be able to research, to write and to experiment with the…
April 2008
45 posts
Lesser Known OS X Keyboard Shortcuts →
Came across this link a couple of weeks back and loved it. After reading, I realized there were a few mistakes I was making in my writing that I should correct. So I added a note to Yojimbo and…
On Living in the Cloud →
Data and the delivery of – young Michael Mistretta posted his thoughts on living in the cloud today. I’ve had similar thoughts the past few years and this post made me think of the question that…
GTD with Leopard Only →
Here’s a nice read by Dennis Best on how to use only the tools available in Leopard for GTD. Rather than using an additional application to manage tasks and projects, he’s using the technology…
Another In-Depth Look at Backing Up →
Dan Benjamin posted a hefty article on backing up today over at Hivelogic. It’s similar to Shawn Blanc’s review of backing up with SuperDuper but has some additional information on using a…
Great Moments by Design - Transmit →
Most users are aware of how important it is to back up your stuff. The same goes for running a website. For this site, I use a plugin that emails me a copy of the Wordpress database once a day. In…
Getting to Know Automator →
Ever since purchasing my first Mac, which had Tiger installed, I’ve been interested in the potential of Automator. Unfortunately, time and opportunities have both been lacking and I’ve been unable…
purevolume™ | We're Listening To You →
Saving Seconds →
Rands, in his latest article about saving time and personal productivity hacks:
Paying attention to productivity is a slippery slope. The system efficiency addiction associated with saving time…
A Shift in Media Will Bring a Shift in Advertising →
I was reading a post in the New York Times about the latest in the Microsoft-wants-to-buy-Yahoo saga, when the following paragraph caught my eye:
Many traditional media companies worry that the…
Smaller To-Do Apps →
SecondGear announced their new task management app named Today. Built on the same event and task data as iCal and Mail, this tool is intended as a enhancement to these Apple applications.
The…
Great Moments by Design - Mail.app →
I have a confession to make. As I’ve mentioned before, I change my default browser only slightly less than my socks. Today I’ll add default email clients to this list.
I’m a GMail user – have…
A List Apart: Articles: Contrast and Meaning →
Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes | Life,... →
GTD Overview Part 4 - Task Management Using Things →
Notice: The entire GTD Overview series can be found here.
Effective task management – the organization of the building blocks of your ’system’ – is crucial to getting things done effectively. In…
Using advanced search →
Great Moments by Design - OS X and Dictionaory.app →
One application that is quickly becoming a favorite for me is OS X’s Dictionary. It’s a simple utility, but since I started writing more frequently, this tool has become indispensable.
There are a…
GMail + Remember the Milk →
Judi Sohn at webworkerdaily posted an article today describing how she lives Inbox Zero with Gmail and Remember the Milk (RTM) . I’ve looked at RTM before and was quite impressed. It integrates…
Google To Do? →
Thanks to TechCrunch, there’s some speculation now that Google is possibly launching a new task management application soon.
So far it’s just speculation, but this definitely makes sense to me….
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Rands In Repose: The Business →
Behavior when dragging Safari tabs. →
Wish I had known this earlier. I noticed this when trying to drag a tab from one window to another but at times could not.
This Weeks Sign the Apocolypse is Upon Us →
I don’t want to sound too negative, but surely we could solve some of the worlds problems with the money that is wasted on things of this nature - dinner in the sky.
GTD Overview Part 3 - Simplification →
Notice: Parts 1 and 2 in this series can be found here.
Some people may read the title of this post and think, “Simplification? That isn’t based on GTD.” True, there is no chapter titled…
Flickr Video →
There has been a lot of press the last 24 hours about the update announced by Flickr yesterday. There has been positive and negative comments on the size limitations. I’ll side with the…
Bloggers Dropping Everywhere →
This article is a couple days old now, so based on what it says, you, the reader, will not care about my comments because you’ve read it somewhere else first.
Kidding aside, I enjoyed this…
Great Moments by Design - Things →
Since I’ve been focused on GTD lately, it’s fitting that the subject of today’s edition of Great Moments by Design is a task management application. I’d like to talk about one of my favorite…
GTD Overview Part 2 - My Setup →
Notice: Part 1 in this series can be read here.
So now that I’ve talked about how I understand the concepts of GTD, I’d like to share how I’ve implemented my system. My current setup has lasted…
GTD Overview Part 1 - The Concepts →
Notice to readers: This article was written under the assumption that the audience has a general knowledge of GTD (Getting Things Done). If that does not describe you, please use these …