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A REAL address book

A REAL address book

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Outlook-Palm Task Syncing - want only specific categories to sync

Outlook-Palm Task Syncing - want only specific categories to sync

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newbie to academia and GTD

hello gtd fans. i've been reading 43folders for a while now and am just now getting myself ready to take the plunge. i am re-reading GTD as I have recently begun a new position in a new town and basically started a new chapter to my life. i look forward to learning and sharing from everyone here on how to implement creativity and efficiency into my life so i can actually enjoy it (life) more! i'm looking forward to seeing and hearing Mr Mann speak at Tekserve in Manhattan later this week. --jac

Zimbra lovers unite to stop Microsoft buyout of Yahoo!

Hi to all,

There is a piece of the puzzle in regards to the potential buyout of Yahoo! by Microsoft that no one seems to be talking about beside me. So, I am here to rally the troops to spread the word high and low and possibly even report to the DOJ Antitrust division. What am I talking about? Well...

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GTD for a family

GTD for a family

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Web developer getting started with GTD - Project question..

Hi All,

I've been reading through the GTD book this week, up to page 157 so far.

One question that's been nagging me all along, is projects. For example, take the following 3 projects;

Software Functionality A

Software Functionality B

Client Website A

At the moment, I see the following options for working with projects:

  1. Project entries contain project name, notes and mindmap, and all next actions are entered into next/actions itself.

  2. Project entries contain project name, and list of next actions, that I review when looking for next work to do.

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clarifying question on the "hipster pda" -- a joke... right?

Hi all,

There are some fantastic ideas on this site. Then there are some not so fantastic ideas on this site. When in doubt, I let my students have a look and tell me their gut reaction. So when they saw the (now aging) discussion over the "hipster PDA" some days ago, it caused some of the most raucous fits of laughter all year.

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'Issue Tracking' and GTD help required.

"Issue Tracking" and GTD help required.

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New Messages Across All Forums?

The new 43Folders site looks great, as does the new 43Folders forum. But...how can I get a single list of all the new messages posted since I last accessed the forum?

The old forum software had a "Show New Posts" link, which showed all new messages across all the various forums. With the new software, I can see the new messages on a forum-by-forum basis, but I can't see any way of viewing all the new messages across every forum.

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block specific sites extension on firefox?

block specific sites extension on firefox?

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