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Back in the early days...

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Back in the early days...

Back in the early days of 43folders, I posted a comment asking for a way to sync action lists from OS X flat text files to the Palm, and the suggestion Merlin gave was to try MacNoteTaker. It’s fantastic, and I’ve become an evangelizer for it. The package is a Palm text viewer/editor bundled with a conduit that will keep a folder full of text files on the Mac synchronized with the Palm. Allows for hierarchical file/folder structures, bypasses the inherent limitations of the Palm Memo program (as far as file size), and allows you to use whatever Mac-based text editor you like (personally, I’m a big fan of SubEthaEdit).

Oh, and it’s free. Excellent.

Links to GTD Apps, Templates, & Scripts By: Merlin Mann (47 replies) December 31, 2004 - 4:50am
  • [...] Personal Productivity Of course,... By: Get organized, blog like crazy, get rid of spam, get a mac. (2006-05-13 19:36)
  • Well, since your recent articles... By: Kirk McElhearn (2004-12-31 05:36)
  • Oh, heck, Kirk, I’d issue... By: Merlin (2004-12-31 05:44)
  • Gus Mueller's[1] VoodooPad[2] has served... By: Tyler Weir (2004-12-31 05:53)
  • Okay, Merlin. The Mac OS... By: Kirk McElhearn (2004-12-31 06:00)
  • Have you tried Tasks? ... By: Scott Sanders (2004-12-31 06:23)
  • The commercial versions of Tasks... By: Jim (2004-12-31 06:32)
  • In GTD, Allen talks about... By: Steve Canfield (2004-12-31 06:46)
  • Actually, Allen mentions mind-mapping, but... By: Kirk McElhearn (2004-12-31 06:54)
  • Tasks looks interesting, but I... By: Kirk McElhearn (2004-12-31 07:04)
  • I used Tasks for quite... By: Gordon Meyer (2004-12-31 07:16)
  • Back in the early days... By: Mike (2004-12-31 08:32)
  • I experimented with a variety... By: Ethan Kaplan (2004-12-31 08:38)
  • Life Balance has been a... By: Christian Gloddy (2004-12-31 10:48)
  • I'm getting very fond of... By: Carina (2004-12-31 11:30)
  • This set of paper templates... By: Jon (2004-12-31 11:35)
  • er, I meant Outlook, not... By: Carina (2004-12-31 11:52)
  • Those templates mentioned above are... By: Kirk McElhearn (2004-12-31 22:10)
  • Great idea, but respectful request... By: Gary (2005-01-01 03:03)
  • My list: 1 - physical paper 2... By: jimlyke (2005-01-01 05:11)
  • In defense of Life Balance... By: Jeff Abbott (2005-01-01 05:12)
  • I just stumbled upon this... By: Andrea (2005-01-01 08:48)
  • Yeah, BSAG’s Ruby app and... By: Merlin (2005-01-01 13:51)
  • Chandler looks like one to... By: Merlin (2005-01-01 14:01)
  • Another happy VoodooPad user. ... By: James (2005-01-01 20:04)
  • I go back and forth... By: James (2005-01-01 20:22)
  • I see Merlin is getting... By: Allan (2005-01-01 21:02)
  • pyGTD from Keith Martin is... By: Evelyn Mitchell (2005-01-02 06:51)
  • I was really hoping Haystack... By: DouglasJohnston (2005-01-02 07:57)
  • I sympathise with Merlin's feeling... By: bsag (2005-01-02 08:42)
  • I've tried textfiles with TextMate,... By: Josh (2005-01-02 12:46)
  • Would anyone here be interested... By: Sunny (2005-01-02 14:20)
  • Merlin wrote: >>The Palm should... By: EsaKan (2005-01-02 19:59)
  • Along the lines of AcroWiki... By: TheAlbinoBowler (2005-01-02 21:16)
  • While not a direct GTD... By: Tyson Tune (2005-01-03 06:15)
  • While not specifically developed for... By: SETH (2005-01-03 11:03)
  • Does anyone have Applescripts that... By: Anthony Clark (2005-01-04 05:45)
  • One project to watch is... By: Ben Williams (2005-01-07 07:23)
  • I also wanted to mention... By: Andrei Popov (2005-01-08 10:54)
  • Anthony -- such AppleScript would... By: Andrei Popov (2005-01-08 11:01)
  • Keith Martin has updated PyGTD...... By: Merlin (2005-01-09 05:35)
  • I am finding both wikis... By: Rich (2005-01-09 19:31)
  • try snipsnap@www.snipsnap.org... By: necrodome (2005-01-11 14:21)
  • I use a nasty little... By: Kyle (2005-01-11 16:40)
  • Probably failing all but the... By: Nik Tipler (2005-01-14 00:42)
  • For Rich, You asked for... By: Tony (2005-02-23 15:52)
  • Homebrew GTD Software I've recently developed... By: BradHeintz.com (2005-04-26 16:48)
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