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Good report of a year using GTD

I enjoyed tuqqer’s detailed review of how he’s tweaked GTD to work best for him over the past year.

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1Password integration with Quicksilver

MERLIN MANN - If you are out there and happen to catch this post, I beg you to read on, because you more than anyone else would probably be able to give the best input on this topic....

I use a program called 1Password (which is pretty much the freakin' coolest application out there, other than Quicksilver).

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Scansnap / Editable/searchable PDFs

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.

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Online Goal Setting Community?

Hi,

I was just wondering if any of you know of a good online community devoted to goal setting, motivation, and/or NLP?

I've searched, but haven't found much.

Thanks, Ted Chicago

GTD and the creative life...possible?

GTD and the creative life...possible?

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TOPICS: Hacer

Comicraft bargains; Mac GTD app overview; Grep in Textmate Projects; The baffling desire to sleep less

newbie question about contexts vs. projects

newbie question about contexts vs. projects

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Definition and Structure: Mission, Goals vs Projects

Definition and Structure: Mission, Goals vs Projects

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Text 'clipboard' for Mac

Firstly, I hope I've posted this in the right area - apologies if not.

I'm looking for a Mac utility that will allow me to easily store a selection of often used chunks of text (sometimes for us in e-mails, sometimes in documents) that I can quickly find and paste when needed.

Any recommendations?

Many thanks,

Simon

Track keywords all over the place with MonitorThis

MonitorThis

Your ability to ego-surf yourself (or, I suppose, just track a favorite "non-you" topic) is now a lot easier.

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