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Fighting overextension; First look at Numbers; "Linkable" notebooks; Doing v. tracking; Better 404s

Merlin Mann | Aug 9 2007

The Limits of Efficiency - "It turned out that my problem wasn’t that I was insufficiently efficient. The problem was that I was way too overextended."
Macworld: First Look: Numbers - "The way Numbers works goes against nearly 20 years of training, so I really have to try not to ‘think Excel’ when using the program." [via: Lifehacker]
Start Here - Neato-looking notebooks that you can "link together." [via del.icio.us/jstarkweather]
Twitter / Andre Torrez: [on to-do lists] - "How about less to-do apps, and more apps that help me do things?"
404 Pros - "Inspired by other sites’ 404s and ready to create your own work of error art? Here is some information to get you started."

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