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Programmers on GTD, prioritizing

Comparing GTD with concepts in programming, especially WRT prioritization.

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Need presentation advice!

I'm giving a two-hour seminar to a mixed audience of faculty, medical professionals, students and the general public at my graduate school in a couple of months. The title of the presentation is "The Truth About Cholesterol: Separating Fact from Fiction".

Because of the varied nature of the audience, I will be expected to present a fair amount of data - but to do it in such a way that the layperson with no scientific training could understand.

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What to do with Old Letters, Memorabilia, Notes...

What to do with Old Letters, Memorabilia, Notes...

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TOPICS: Life Hacks

Freeware, fullscreen writing for OS X?

Freeware, fullscreen writing for OS X?

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Anti-Distraction-Vana for Windows

Anti-Distraction-Vana for Windows

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TOPICS: Windows

webbased GTD app. Betatesters wanted

webbased GTD app. Betatesters wanted

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TOPICS: Projects

IMAP 43 (45) Folders

TOPICS: GNU/Linux

All web GTD

All web GTD

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Digital Notepads

I visited my local Apple store this weekend looking for Christmas gifts and ideas. The new Wacom 'Bamboo' graphics tablet looked interesting, and I started thinking about ways to justify its purchase. I basically had similar thoughts to those being expressed on the various recent 'paper' articles here on 43F. So I'm browsing the Apple section at my local CompUSA later that same day and I notice one of these Bamboo units hooked up to a MacBook. I played with it briefly.

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smoking and exercise

smoking and exercise

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