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Send Reminders to Others?

Help me help the helpful!

I work at a non-profit and I have a group of volunteers to coordinate. This actually can eat up a chunk of my time. I already know that tasks that need to be done and I need a way to send out timed reminders to volunteers.

I want to be able to input all the future reminders at one time and trust that at the appointed time in the future, the volunteers will be duly reminded.

Barriers: volunteers use a host different e-mail services and also do not want to sign up for any more lists/services.

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What about little or no will to do things?

What about little or no will to do things?

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TOPICS: Life Hacks

Thermometer-style graphic for keeping track of the year

Thermometer-style graphic for keeping track of the year

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Bot-driven job search+submit app

Bot-driven job search+submit app

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TOPICS: Projects

OmniFocus and email integration screencast

I created a screencast today about how I use OmniFocus and email. I thought it might be of interest to some of you.

You can read more about it here

Carry Planner All the Time??

Carry Planner All the Time??

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'Be Creative and Courageous' on Weekly Review Checklist

I'm disciplined about doing my weekly review. I knock through it every Monday morning and feel great after.

For a couple years now, however, I have had two items on my Weekly Review Checklist that I rarely check off. They are taken verbatim from David Allen:

"Empty my head" "Be creative and courageous"

I don't know if it's a problem relating to the altitude of my mind during a weekly review (which I suppose is generally in the range of 10-30k feet), or if these checklist items are too vague to be useful (and not meant to be ripped from the David and put in this context).

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Review: Lamy Safari Fountain Pen

Review: Lamy Safari Fountain Pen

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TOPICS: Lofi

Email DMZ folder

Email DMZ folder

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Guardian UK: Ben Hammersley on GTD and The David himself

Guardian Unlimited Technology | Technology | Meet the man who can bring order to your universe

43F confidant Ben Hammersley does a great piece on David Allen and GTD for the Guardian UK. Terrific summary of why GTD works as well as some nice insight into David’s background (DA & I share an obscure alma mater, you know).

Ben writes:

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Merlin used to crank. He’s not cranking any more.

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