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Suggestions for Good Outliner for my PDA

Suggestions for Good Outliner for my PDA

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My wife is an interior designer and she needs help sharing images...

I am posting here for the first time and I am not sure this is the right forum, but anyway...

I am hoping you know of a software or web solution to the following problem. I would be grateful for any suggestions.

My wife is an interior designer and I am her ad hoc IT department. She is having a lot of trouble when she needs to send images to clients for review or approval. Usually, she attaches one or more image files to an email (using Apple Mail.app) and sends that to the client.

Sometimes, the client says they can't see or "download" the image.

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Online app for project management with a group?

Hi all, I'm new here, but have been reading 43f for a long while and know that y'all will have some good ideas...

I'm starting a new job where it'll be necessary to track large projects that have lots of players, lots of tasks, milestones, comments, etc. The usual mishigas.

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It means "Just Enough."

I'm not sure how anyone feels about the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis - the idea that the words we use shape the way we think or exist - but I'm much happier knowing that the word "lagom" is out there.

I am entering it into my person lexicon forthwith.

How do I make post a blog entry on 43 folders?

It should be very obvious, but I just can't seem to be find the button/page :(

Automated iCal tickler file script

Automated iCal tickler file script

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TOPICS: Projects

How to backup Outlook Express email folders and settings

How to backup Outlook Express email folders and settings

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TOPICS: Windows

Merlin on Mark F's "Rule the Web" show

Rule the Web show: Merlin Mann, Wednesday, July 18, 5pm Pacific

cover of 'Rule the Web' by Mark Frauenfelder

Rule the Web
by Mark Frauenfelder

Forgot to mention that my pal, Boing Boing's Mark Frauenfelder, recently was kind enough to have me on his Rule The Web podcast (which is a companion to his swell new book).

We talked about jobs, procrastination, clutter, and a bunch of other stuff. We also took calls from a couple people, dishing out advice on topics like where to park ideas and how to fight distraction.

You can listen on Mark's site, download an MP3, or listen using the player below.

Mentioned in passing: del.icio.us, DEVONthink, Yojimbo, Mental Case (app whose name I forgot), In Our Time, and The Sound of Young America.

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Syncing files between computers with FolderShare

Syncing files between computers with FolderShare

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TOPICS: Windows
 
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