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Moleskine manufacturer goes up for sale. . .

Moleskine manufacturer goes up for sale. . .

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Multiplatform GTD Tool?

Hi!

I was wondering if there were a good recommendation for a multiplatform GTD application. I'd like to be able to have my system span both home and work, be mostly digital, and at the same time not be network-dependant.

My situation is thus:

My hardware at work is a Windows laptop. My home system is a MacBook. Bridging the two is an iPhone and a USB drive.

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Prodnography: Levenger Circa Junior Notebook (review)

Prodnography: Levenger Circa Junior Notebook (review)

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TOPICS: Lofi

Gentle alarm clock?

Hello. I'm looking for a gentle alarm clock, one that will wake me slowly. Right now my wife & I are in the bad equilbrium of 'snoozing' for about an hour every morning. Hour of snooze is the worst of both worlds. I'd rather replace that with a machine that gets slowly louder & brighter.

Here's one from Hammacher & Schlemmer for $50.

http://www.hammacher.com/publish/70460.asp

Anyone else have any experience with these? recommendations?

How are you using your Moleskine?

How are you using your Moleskine?

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TOPICS: Projects

Fujitsu ScanSnap for Mac

I have just seen the Fujitsu ScanSnap and it sounds perfect. I'd like to scan and label all my paper documents then destroy the originals and be completly paperless. As I can't be the only one who has had this thought I would greatly appreciate your own experiences and opinions.

Burn Calories Trying to Catch Your Keyboard

treaddesk.jpgTired of trying to fit exercise into your busy work schedule? Sure you are. Lucky for you there's the TreadDesk, which lets you walk while you work! Not convinced? Then you're just too lazy to click through. Here, tubby:

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MyLifeOrganized for GTD

MyLifeOrganized for GTD

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TOPICS: Windows

Merlin at NC Conference; Discount for 43f readers

Important update: 2006-11-15

The Working and Living Life Smarter Conference, announced below, is being rescheduled to a TBD date next year. Registrants have been notified and have received refund info, but you should feel free to ask any questions to either the conference’s organizer, Kay Ethier (sales at aboveandbeyondlearning daht com), or me. 43 Folders will update when the new dates are announced.

So sorry for the change! I apologize for any inconvenience this change has caused and hope that you can still make it to the rescheduled conference next year.

WORKING AND LIVING LIFE SMARTER 2006 (43 Folders Discount)

Next month, I'll be speaking at the Working and Living Life Smarter Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. I'll be doing two talks that should be a lot of fun for 43F fans. And -- lucky for you interested folks, there's a discount afoot, as well.

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