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Vox Populi, 2005-11-03

Recent sites, as suggested by you magnificent bastards.

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TOPICS: Links

Neverending projects

Organizing even the simplest multi-step activities into projects is one of the most powerful ideas brought to me by GTD. I had assumed that a project has to be something big, involving whole team for a long period of time, but after reading the book I understood how dividing one's activities into discrete projects can help with organization.

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Re-reverting to Palm

Re-reverting to Palm

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Undergraduate note taking applications

Undergraduate note taking applications

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

memorabilia

memorabilia

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Adjusting or replacing the spam filter?

No idea how much spam gets caught here on a daily basis, but I've had two of my replies get eaten by moderation, never to resurface. Probably had too many links in them, but they were relevant links included in fairly long replies.

Is the solution posted here better than what's currently in place?

Or, on a related note, does anyone go through the moderated replies list?

Old Forum Posts Not Converted Properly?

Here's one that didn't get converted properly, don't know why. This one is ok, though. Obviously I can fix them myself, but I expect others are having similar problems, and there might be the possibility of an automated solution on the server side.

DEVONthink and Firefox?

DEVONthink and Firefox?

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

GTD and Programming: Experience and questions

GTD and Programming: Experience and questions

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