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Small milestones and some Friday remaindersMerlin Mann | Oct 1 2004Wow. Crazy month. One hundred fifty thousand unique nerds stopped by here in the last 30 days. That’s just nuts. God knows I’d love to give most of you a peck on the cheek for it, but for now I’ll just say “thanks a million.” So to concurrently celebrate our one month annniversary, 400th Google Group member, and the soft launch of our sweet 43F Schwag Room, I’m doing what any productive person would do: I’m taking the weekend off. Still I wanted to leave you with something, so here’s another quick batch of reamaindered tips to play with and cogitate upon. Have fun, enjoy your weekend, and see you kids on Monday. read more »15 Comments
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Mental dialogues, yak-shaving & the triumph of the 'mini-review'Merlin Mann | Sep 29 2004From time to time in the middle of an interruption-driven week, I’ll find myself in the weeds and struggling to think where I should park an item. My brain speaks informally with itself:
I’ve finally learned to diagnose these odd dialogues as a symptom of a simple problem: I’m mired in seemingly important details, I’ve fallen out of touch with my “stuff," and, damn it, I need to do a quick mini-review. read more »POSTED IN:
Routing searches through DowserMerlin Mann | Sep 28 2004Fans of Sogudi or Quicksilver can re-route their automated searches through the neato Dowser script/app. read more »POSTED IN:
Why we're "Mac-centric," and what it means for youMerlin Mann | Sep 28 2004I don’t want to start a religious war in our nice, quiet little beach community, but I think it’s important to address some folks’ concerns that 43 Folders is too “Mac-centric.” This post will, I hope, function as a one-time statement of purpose to which I can point the curious or merely annoyed in the future. Thanks for bearing with me for a few minutes. read more »POSTED IN:
You shall know us by our Notational VelocityMerlin Mann | Sep 28 2004Powerful, simple note program with incremental searching. read more »POSTED IN:
Does this "next action" belong someplace else?Merlin Mann | Sep 27 2004"Next actions" are the cornerstone of Getting Things Done. In the same way that you can't have a great band with a shitty drummer, you'll never master GTD until you get yout next actions straightened out. I’ve noticed that there are often items on my “next actions” list that hang around a lot longer than they should. I scan and rescan and sort and add and delete, but there’s always a few stragglers who hang out there for a week or more. Eventually this starts to vex me, and I try to debug why things aren’t getting done. For myself, I’ve discovered that most of the items are just in the wrong place, or, if you prefer, in the wrong time or context. It can be instructive to pull each straggler out of line and try to figure out whether he really belongs someplace else. Here’s my usual suspects, ordered by how often each is the culprit behind my unintentional slack. read more »POSTED IN:
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