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Quicksilver Question

I've got a Quicksilver question from a MAC newbie to the knowledgeable:

How do I change the default File System Browser from Finder to Path Finder?

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Creative reminder checklists

David Allen says that there are seven types of things that need to be kept track of:

  • projects
  • project support material
  • calendar
  • next actions
  • waiting for
  • reference
  • someday/maybe ideas

But then at the end of Chapter 7 of GTD, he suggests how useful it is to maintain plenty of checklists of creative reminders. So what are these? They don't fit into any of the above categories, and he doesn't say how or where there should be organised.

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GTD in physical space: how good are you?

GTD in physical space: how good are you?

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create and manage web archives

create and manage web archives

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New Job, Windows and GTD

New Job, Windows and GTD

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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.

iPhone SDK and GTD...

Having the ability to store information on the iPhone for managing tasks and what not - is a no brainer!

The issue is, what type of information do you store in the iPhone's existing stores vs. any other data.

What solutions do you use?

I have decided to implement GTD both at work and at home after listening to the Getting Things Done Now Seminar. I just borrowed the Getting Things Done Unabridged Audiobook and am going through that now.

However, I feel like my own work is conspiring against my successful implementation of GTD.

First off at work we use Lotus Notes. I thought at first I could use Notes for my organization, BUT I have 2 major issues:

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