Hi All,

I’m in the process of setting up my GTD system (using OmniFocus, iCal etc to do so), and am having some difficulty reconciling my current calendar system with the system I’ll have under GTD. I’m specifically getting ready to sync omnifocus with ical.

At present I have several calendars in iCal - they’re named after areas of my life (broad commitments or responsibilities), and include all of the projects & tasks I’ve got underway for each area.

Unfortunately, these calendars don’t correspond with the contexts I’ve set up!  read more »

hi:

I used mutt for a long time and now i am testing apple mail. One killer featurein mutt is the ability to use different emails addressed depending on the person you are writing. this can be setup so that if i email peter i always use this address and another person another.

currently i was using gmail but since it doesnt support this feature and i have multiple accounts i have to be constantly choosing email accounts manually and it is quite unefficient.

thanks  read more »

Hey Everyone - I hope this is not spamlicious, but I figured you all would love to hear David talk about GTD. We recently interviewed him on the Precision Change Podcast, a show on personal development. Part 1 aired today, and we have two more episodes coming. Let us know what you think, and if there is another, more appropriate place to mention this, or other places to mention, please let me know:)

Thanks! Ryan Oelke www.ryanoelke.com

Would anyone be willing to share if they’ve implemented GTD in their personal life and how successful it has been getting household members, etc. to use the system? I.E. drop notes, mail, etc. in your home inbox.

Thanks!

Matt Fauris

Hey all, I’m relatively new to GTD, and I’ve run into a problem which my favorite search engine hasn’t resulted in any completely satisfying answers for.  read more »

using defragmentation you can fast your computer and also you can use disk cleanup method to perform your computer faster

An Open Invitation

I would like to offer you an opportunity to contribute to Time/Self Management, a nearly completed book by management training and consulting company A.E. Schwartz & Associates.  read more »

Hello. Still trying to figure out how to use this site/where to post. I do love this site and wanted to say that you guys have certainly fed my lust for the ScanSnap with my fantasies of a paper-less office.  read more »

Hi All. I’m new around these parts and just wanted to say Howdy. I am looking forward to particpating in these great forums. Best regards

Hello. On PINE (my old mail program) I could file mail quickly; “s foldername” would file the current message into foldername. (I could even tab-complete!) I would LOVE to be able to do that on Mail.app: a keyboard-only way to file messages. Does anyone know of any way to do that?

(Looked on Versiontracker, googled it; I found nothin’.)

Two stories that I know I should be learning from:

• Paul Graham on overcoming distractions. By creating an Internet-Only computer.
  Quote:

  I now leave wifi turned off on my main computer except when I need to transfer a file or edit a web page, and I have a separate laptop on the other side of the room that I use to check mail or browse the web. (Irony of ironies, it's the computer Steve Huffman wrote Reddit on. When Steve and Alexis auctioned off their old laptops for charity, I bought them for the Y Combinator museum.)
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I signed up for A2 hosting using the 43folders coupon (I hope someone was able to have lunch on the commission;), and am wanting to set up an add on domain. This is where my first domain is:

/public_html/ = domain1.com

and

/public_html/domain2/ = domain2.com

i.e., both in the same file structure, but they appear as two separate domains.

I use Dreamweaver and already have domain1.com’s site root set to:

/public_html/

where

/public_html/index.htm  read more »

Slate’s special issue on procrastination. - - Slate Magazine

Slate is running a special issue this week on procrastination, a series of stories on why we waste time, what we do when we waste time, and how different types of people waste their time.

My favorites of the bunch so far:  read more »

I came up with this super simple way of tethering any pen to your Moleskine. Hope you find it useful:

http://nevstokes.com/blog/2008/04/14/wheres-my-pen/

After being turned on to Merlin’s Inbox Zero presentation I’ve been rethinking my email workflow. I have been using Mail.app for a year or two now but am now just unlocking its power with regards to Smart Mailboxes. I’ve run into a couple of quick (hopefully) technical glitches which I’d love to have feedback on.  read more »

1. In trying to construct a Smart Mailbox containing messages for which I’ve recently viewed I’ve set up the following: MESSAGES that match ALL of the following: DATE LAST VIEWED is IN THE LAST 2 Days.

I have a file cabinet, front opening, that doesn’t have the slider in the back to allow me to use regular manila folders instead of hanging folders. I tossed the hanging folders out and started to reorganize, and I liked it MUCH BETTER without the hanging folders.

Problem is, I can’t keep the folders up. So, I went out and bought some Smead FasTab hanging folders. They have a tab built in. I like the FasTab way better than the Pendaflex cr*p. But I still prefer just plain manila folders.  read more »

The aptly named "Positivity Blog" recently had a rather compelling overview of Bruce Lee, Productivity Guru.

Like our own dear Merlin, Mr. Lee was from the Bay Area and took a lifelong interest in the fundamental rules underlying systems; unlike Mr. Mann, Bruce Lee could break Chuck Norris in half but never once listened to Zen Arcade.
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I’ve got one of our every other month meetings coming up in a couple of weeks, and I thought I’d seek out some tips for taking notes. My preferred note taking tool is OmniOutliner, and I’ll sometimes use MindManager for brainstorming during meetings. My OO notes are pretty much “stream of consciousness”, just capturing what’s said as it’s said. I go back after the meeting and review the notes for action items. MM and OO have worked pretty well for me, but I’d like to hear how other people take notes in meetings. Thanks!

I’ve got one of our every other month meetings coming up in a couple of weeks, and I thought I’d seek out some tips for taking notes. My preferred note taking tool is OmniOutliner, and I’ll sometimes use MindManager for brainstorming during meetings. My OO notes are pretty much “stream of consciousness”, just capturing what’s said as it’s said. I go back after the meeting and review the notes for action items. MM and OO have worked pretty well for me, but I’d like to hear how other people take notes in meetings. Thanks!

Does Daylite FULLY sync to a BB, and let you utilized GTD the right way?

Any help?

Matthew Fauris

www.matthewfauris.com

Maybe I’m just lowering my standards, but I’m beginning to believe that trying to create the perfect “thing” (presentation, lesson plan, movie, album) is a bit like quantum mechanics. As I understand the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principal, the position and speed of a particle cannot be simultaneously known. By observing it, you nix your ability to measure it’s speed.

Now here’s what’s I’m starting to think:  read more »

• Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? - New York Times - “The small steps in kaizen don’t set off fight or flight, but rather keep us in the thinking brain, where we have access to our creativity and playfulness.”
• How to answer the people who think you’re nuts? - “I’ve been doing a lot of radio interviews and I turn into a self-righteous bore when the host inevitably asks, ‘How could you let your son take the subway alone?’”
• Dear Shaun, at bluishorange - “My writing is not some fragile vase that is going to shatter the second I split an infinitive…” [via mathowie]
• Clutterers Anonymous dot Net - “Clutter is anything we don’t need, want, or use that takes our time, energy or space, and destroys our serenity.”
• Spark 35: Your Digital Legacy - I’ll be a regular contributor to the CBC’s wonderful Spark (podcast). My first segment with Nora Young is on the basics of backup. (Hint: Next Christmas, send Uncle Joe a DVD with those hard-copy photos)
• TwitterSnooze! v0.13 - “TwitterSnooze is inspired by a Merlin Mann post and was written by Andrew Parker.” Yay, nice!
  I think silent “snoozing” should be part of every social app. Warning, though; if your snoozed friend is the brittle type, note that re-following them will generate an email that gives you away. Caveat Twittor. [via del/andrewdparker]

Like the rest, I have a BB. I’m wondering if anyone knows of some free handheld, so I can attach all my reference materials (pdf, word, excel, etc.) in my rerference folder, but have the ability to read different document formats?

Matthew Fauris www.matthewfauris.com

Like the rest, I have a BB. I’m wondering if anyone knows of some free handheld, so I can attach all my reference materials (pdf, word, excel, etc.) in my rerference folder, but have the ability to read different document formats?