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September, 2006Open Thread: The '43 Folders' of money management sites?Merlin Mann | Sep 29 2006You tell me. What are your favorite sites about managing your money? Any places out there you think might especially appeal to 43 Folders readers? Feel free to toss in your favorite books on the matter, too. read more »66 Comments
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Merlin on David Allen TechGTD PanelMerlin Mann | Sep 29 2006GTD Connect [TechGTD] Members of David Allen's GTD Connect membership program can login to hear a technology panel that David conducted with tech über-geek Eric Mack, DavidCo CTO Robert Peake, and myself down in Ojai a few weeks back. We talk about all kinds of stuff related to tech in general, and how we use GTD and technology in particular. One nice thing you learn: Robert, who is the wildly gifted tech stud at DavidCo, is a big Mac user. Pretty cool. Note that this is made available as part of the GTD Connect for-pay service, so I don't have a way to preview this for folks who aren't a member. But for Connectors who are joined up, I think you'll enjoy the conversation. It was a lot of fun to do. POSTED IN:
Text Ads available on 43F; Thanks to our advertisersMerlin Mann | Sep 28 2006If you hadn't noticed, FM now offers modestly priced Text Ads for some of their sites, including 43F. It's probably the least costly way to get your product or company on the site, plus, AFAIK, you can do it all totally self-serve. Thanks to our current Text Ad tenants, Associated Content and snappymultimedia.com. I'm grateful for the support. POSTED IN:
LifeClever: Dot Mac needs more than a paint jobMerlin Mann | Sep 28 2006Apple finally revamps .Mac webmail, but does anyone care? » LifeClever I have to admit, I'm solidly in LifeClever's corner on this one. They write:
A few years ago, things like WebDAV were a novelty that was awesome but hard to find and setup, even on most shared server accounts -- I have four, and only one currently supports it out of the box -- but it's certainly not enough goods for the average user, even when you look at the other pieces of the .Mac offering. Not for that kind of dough. read more »POSTED IN:
"Inside the Net" Meetup; Say hi to Merlin in YYZMerlin Mann | Sep 27 2006Upcoming.org: "Inside the Net" Taping & Meetup at No Regrets (Tuesday, October 3, 2006) I'm heading up to Toronto next week for a whirlwind three-day visit -- including a podcast session with Amber and Leo for Inside the Net; shooting some segments for Call for Help with Leo; squeezing in a couple other little podcast-y, broadcast-y treats; plus sidling into a serendipitous Long Winters show on Wednesday night. And, yes, I'm leaving before Friday, so, no, I won't get to see Sloan in their adoptive hometown. C'est la vie, as they presumably say in Quebec. Anyhow -- and I am actually going somewhere with this -- the Inside the Net crew invites interested geek Torontonians to come to a live taping and then stick around to hang and meet and talk and whatnot. I'll be the one with the frequently replenished CANADIAN (mmm...) and the weird hair. From our Upcoming page: read more »POSTED IN:
Sloan get organized for new recordMerlin Mann | Sep 27 2006One of my favorite bands, Sloan, has a new record called Never Hear the End of It that just came out last week in Canada (currently only purchasable via import in the US; in Canada, you can buy it on MapleMusic). While recording the CD, Sloan also shot a bunch of short in-studio videos, including a couple that reveal their innately organizational side. read more »POSTED IN:
Ethan on Kinkless and OmniFocusMerlin Mann | Sep 27 2006Hold breath. Exhale. Focus. | Kinkless I don't have much to add to Ethan's (typically entertaining and gracious) post about OmniFocus -- an under-development OmniGroup app that will bring Kinkless' functionality to a stable and powerful Cocoa application. But, first off: Yay! The Kinkless is dead! Long live the Kinkless! read more »POSTED IN:
Merlin on MacBreak Weekly: Wax On, Wax OffMerlin Mann | Sep 26 2006In which Alex is still on about the notional iPhone (and its current-day antecedents), Leo loves his lumber-swinging MacPro, Scott is completely full of beans, and everyone rags me mercilessly about my fondness for new age nap software. read more »POSTED IN:
kGTD tutorials: Projects and actions, Timed actionsMerlin Mann | Sep 26 200643F Wiki user ThePolack has been putting together some great kGTD tutorials, including a useful introduction to using the Projects and Actions sections that covers several of the features that most folks only figure out after a few weeks of regular usage. Handy. But, I want to especially highlight his tutorial on using timed and dated actions in kGTD. These are powerful features that have caused considerable confusion for users, and ThePolack provides a lucid explanation of how the different events work and how you can use them to manage all those little periodic tasks that pop up in your life. read more »POSTED IN:
Merlin on MacBreak Weekly: The Safeword is "Banana"Merlin Mann | Sep 22 2006MacBreak Weekly 7: The Safe Word is Banana
Plus, of course, there's a repeated Family Guy reference, and we learn that Scott plays his treasured Edison cylinders on the most costly modern equipment available. read more »POSTED IN:
"My Dream App" voting open til Midnight EDTMerlin Mann | Sep 22 2006The My Dream App competition (for which I'm a judge) has reached the first elimination round, so you have just a few hours to place your vote and help whittle the contestants down to the next round of 18. read more »POSTED IN:
Undo branches in Vim 7Merlin Mann | Sep 20 2006All about Linux: A visual walk through of a couple of the new features in Vim 7.0. Version 7.0 of Vim has some sexy new features under the hood, including the ability to jump back in time -- you can undo your app to where you were a few minutes earlier, for example. As explained by All about Linux: read more »POSTED IN:
Weird Al: "White and Nerdy" videoMerlin Mann | Sep 18 2006Solid gold and closer to home than any of us probably like. Steven G has the full lyrics. [ via: Waxy links ] Excerpt: read more »POSTED IN:
Patrick Rhone: Excellent productivity whitepaperMerlin Mann | Sep 18 2006I'm a little late to the party on this one, but if you also hadn't spend much time with it yet, I suggest you check out Patrick Rhone's whitepaper on his version of a GTD system. read more »POSTED IN:
43f Podcast: First-time Sex & the Beauty of 1.0Merlin Mann | Sep 18 200643F Podcast: First-time Sex & the Beauty of 1.0
Grab the MP3, learn more at Odeo.com, or just listen from here: read more »POSTED IN:
Open Thread: Mac Mind Mapping, and how you use itMerlin Mann | Sep 17 2006I've recently revived my interest in doing mind mapping as a way to capture ideas and plan out projects. Back in the day, I'd use Inspiration (which registration regrettably died a few years ago), and in more recent times I've played with free apps like My Mind and FreeMind, as well as tested more costly apps like NovaMind and MindManager. If you also like to mind map, I'm curious to hear which of these you and your Mac are using, how you're using it, and what made you choose one app over another. Got a preference? Prefer regular old paper and markers? Using lots of images in your mind maps? Which pay app is most worth the dough, and why? And for folks who are new to mind mapping, here's a few links to get you started: read more »POSTED IN:
Process email faster with Mail Act-OnMerlin Mann | Sep 15 2006My usage of Mail Act-On, while far from novel, has revolutionized the speed with which I can blow through email processing. If you've never seen it before, Mail Act-On is a very clever Mail.app plugin that lets you create key commands that execute Rules you've generated in your Preferences. Sounds pretty dull, right? Absolutely. Until you start putting this stuff into action and learn how painfully slow all that draggy mc drag drag business is. Here's how I've set mine up. read more »POSTED IN:
Merlin on MacBreak Weekly: Apple's "Showtime" eventMerlin Mann | Sep 12 2006MacBreak Weekly 6: It's Showtime
As usual, the perspicaciousness of my insight reveals itself in quips like "This is pretty" and "People should buy this" and "Apple seems smart." Is it any wonder the Windows People hate us? No, friends. No, it isn't any wonder at all. Running time: 58:49 POSTED IN:
Ask 43F: Handling notes in scattered placesMerlin Mann | Sep 12 2006Shiran Pasternak writes to ask:
This is a really good question -- especially given how many people are suffering from the first-world problem of having way too many cool Mac apps to choose from for this kind of work. The short answer is to slim down the number of tools you're frequently using, but to then be sure you also do something smart and repeatable with everything you've captured. The longer explanation... read more »POSTED IN:
Pzizz nap app: On sale today onlyMerlin Mann | Sep 11 2006Chris Messina points out that Pzizz, our favorite napping helper application, is on sale for today only at MacUpdate. read more »POSTED IN:
The Tu Lan Files: Interviewed by Brian OberkirchMerlin Mann | Sep 11 2006An Interview with Merlin Mann at Like It Matters Wow, I completely forgot about this. One day, when my pal Brian was in town, we hit Tu Lan and hung out for an hour or so talking about all kinds of stuff related to 43F, productivity, and how to blow lots of time trying too hard to be productive. Given the noise level at the restaurant, I'm amazed he could transcribe the conversation, but here you go. Considering I was high on vietnamese food, there's actually some pretty good bits in there: read more »POSTED IN:
Matthew Crawford on "Shop Class as Soulcraft"Merlin Mann | Sep 11 2006The New Atlantis - Shop Class as Soulcraft - Matthew B. Crawford Fans of my Richard Scarry Book of the Future podcast would do well to hear a contrasting viewpoint put forth in this long essay by Matthew Crawford. As someone who can scarcely construct a ham sandwich without requiring a trip to the ER, I enjoyed learning the perspective of a smart person whose cognitive and physical skills seem equally well-developed. I found parts to be a bit over the top in their first-world zest for manual labor -- a good friend of mine was fond of saying "You can't choose to join the proletariat" -- but you have to like Crawford's well-articulated enthusiasm for seeing mind and hand equally engaged: read more »POSTED IN:
43F: Recent MacBreak PodcastsMerlin Mann | Sep 9 2006Over the past few weeks, I've been having a lot of fun participating in the MacBreak video podcast and its little brother, the MacBreak Weekly audio podcast. Leo, Alex, Scott, and the rest of the MacBreakers do a swell job with these shows, and I've enjoyed getting to nerd out a little with them. If you haven't caught these already, here's a quick catchup of episodes I've been on in the last month or so (reverse chronologically): read more »POSTED IN:
Mini-reviews: LabelWriter 400, Polder Vibrating Timer, "Beyond Bullet Points"Merlin Mann | Sep 8 2006
I was adding a few items I recently bought and enjoyed over in the right rail, and by the time I was done writing the “ After the cut, LabelWriter 400 by Dymo, Vibrating Digital Timer by Polder, and Beyond Bullet Points by Cliff Atkinson. read more »POSTED IN:
Finding "Getting Things Done Fast"Merlin Mann | Sep 8 2006You could argue that the holy grail in GTD media these days is the woefully out-of-print “Getting Things Done FAST” CD set that DavidCo put out a few years ago. It’s eight (8) CDs of audio material covering the popular multi-day seminar that David did a few years back. read more »POSTED IN:
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