July 2008
45 posts
Can Google Docs be a Part of Your GTD System? →
Although my initial use of this application was limited to three or four files, Google Docs has grown on me over the past couple of months. I’ve moved more and more documents online now and use it…
John Wesley: Qs and As About Christian Perfection →
Work. Life. Creativity. →
For people just getting familiar with the concepts of GTD, 43Folders has always been a great resource. Of course, Merlin Mann, the founder of this site, posts so many great articles on the…
Productivity in Academia - An Interview with... →
I never intended for interviews to be a regular feature here at The Weekly Review. But after my discussion with Dan Benjamin, I realized how informing it can be conducting an interview—and…
Living in the Cloud - First Impressions →
It seems clear that we’ve seen the direction that Steve Jobs and co. are heading. It’s emerged over the past couple of years—continue to polish the desktop OS, create and improve the world’s best…
Twitter - Social Networking Gone Awry →
The Twitter issues continue. Only now, instead of being down, the service decides who should follow who … it’s social networking –2.0.
All kidding aside, I love Twitter. The performance has been…
Priority Is Relative →
Rands has posted another nicely penned article, this time running through his productivity system, which he sub-titled, “The Art of Choosing What Not To Do.”
While not specifically GTD related,…
On Blogging →
Interesting thoughts expressed today on the various methods on blogging, and the motivations behind them. It started with Jack Shedd in a post titled “Tacky”, in which he extols the virtues of…
Best iPhone\Touch App So Far →
Scrabble—well designed and great fun. Get it.
Are Designers Better Bloggers? →
This is a question I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. And it seems to be so. At least in the circles of the internet that I frequent.
Maybe this is a personal preference only—I just happen to…
More Great Paper Tools for GTD →
The past few weeks have been great for finding some cool tools for implementing a paper-based GTD setup. The list of Moleskine resources I mentioned recently was a great start. And yesterday,…
Great Moments by Design - Ekorre Hanging Seat →
After too many long days hitting refresh on me.com and clicking the Check for Updates button in iTunes last week, I felt the need to focus on things non-digital for the weekend. Enter the Ekorre…
15 Of My Favorite Office Designs. →
David Seah →
In Search of Good Pen and Paper GTD Tools →
After four months of holidays and parental leave, it’s been nice to be back at work these last three weeks. But with the return I’ve come up against a familiar dilemma—how to successfully…
Like Wow Online - Generating HTML footnotes with... →
MobileMe Resources →
The next week is going to involve a good deal of testing in regards to MobileMe. Especially with syncing. As a new user to this service, I had hoped that all the horror stories I’d heard in…
Some early free gems in the App Store - The... →
macosxhints.com - Use MobileMe push email with any... →
iPod Touch - Impressions →
Just in time for the arrival of iPhone 2.0 on Friday, it feels right to talk a bit about my first week and half with my iPod Touch. I know I’m late to the party, what with the iPhone being around…
gsd3-p2 →
MobileMe or Not to MobileMe →
For those of us who have never signed up for .Mac, that is the question: does MobileMe have enough to offer to make us move from google, yahoo or some other service and fork over $99 a year?
When…
Bug Hunting with the Best →
I love reading stories of designers and developers that give you, the reader, insight into how they think and work. In a humorous piece yesterday, Wil Shipley shares his experiences with solving…
Field Notes - Sweetly Decaying Indeed →
Giving credit where it’s due, the post title here borrows from one of my favorite writers on the web. Rands recently waxed poetic at length on the importance of loving what you write on. Go…
Trim that Menubar →
Just wanted to share a trick I’ve had to look up a couple of times in the past months. After last week’s update to 10.5.4, the .Mac syncing icon was back in my menubar. Since I don’t use .Mac, I’ve…
Organized →
Another entry in the small GTD apps department was announced today. Organized by iSlayer is available for download. Like Today and Anxiety, this dashboard widget uses OS X’s existing data…
Twitterific vs. twhirl →
After returning to work last week, I was forced to come up with a new method for posting to Twitter. On my Macbook, I use a combination of Twitterific from Iconfactory and the Twitter home page….