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"Task" instead of "Project"

Hi all,

A collegue and myself are currently giving a course in GTD. No, we're not black belt, but being green belt already puts us way in front of our collegues. Moreover, the best way to learn is by trying to teach :-)

One thing we're noticing is that there's a bit of a blockage against creating a "project". In the ICT world we're in, a project is something huge, over budget and out of time, and you'd need all kinds of project management methods to avoid it getting it completely out of hand. So, creating a "project" just to buy a new hard disk seems to be somewhat overboard.

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Two more hours in the day?

Two more hours in the day?

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TOPICS: Life Hacks

Outlook Tasks

Is there any info or recommendations for getting the most productivity/time/task management out of Outlook, specifically the Tasks functionality?

I recently got a new position at work and my productivity/time/task management needs have just increased dramatically. Unfortunatly I don't think I have the bandwidth now to implement something as complex as GTD system, however I wanted to use the tools currently available to me now(Outlook) in the best way possible.

Thanks in advance. joe

Many Things Broken!

Two things you really need to fix ASAP!

1 - IE7 - get major breakage on registration, password reminder and contact pages. Probably others as well, didn't have time to check more

2 - Firefox - Forum topics don't show! I'm posting this blind, no idea if anyone has posted about it already, because the forum topic list is just blank!

Palm vs Paper in "The Boondocks"

These strips are several years old, but still:

TOPICS: Lofi

Tempted by the fruit of another OR: Help me not forsake my hPDA!

Tempted by the fruit of another OR: Help me not forsake my hPDA!

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TOPICS: Lofi

Yojimbo

TOPICS: Mac OS X

Good Book or source for learning HTML and CSS for Mac Users?

I'm new to the HTML game and a relatively new Mac user, and I was wondering are there any good sources out there to help me learn HTML and CSS that are Mac based?

Web syncing

Hello, I'm relatively new to GTD. I got iGTD and am using it religiously (and have been for a few months) on my main computer (mac book pro). I just got an Asus eeePC to play around with, so no I want some way to sync my iGTD info with something on web that will allow me to look at it from home on my Asus. Better yet, if I could add things on that web app, and have it update the iGTD on my MBP when I get to the office, all the better. I guess .Mac does something like this, but I would rather not put out the money for that. Thoughts...? Thanks.

Mannerheim's Hipster PDA


Mannerheim's Hipster PDA
Originally uploaded by arabella.

Fingers crossed that I wasn’t the only person who had to look up who Carl Mannerheim was. My Finnish history is, let us say, uneven.

Cool handwriting.

TOPICS: Hipster PDA, Lofi
 
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