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read the book etc, not sure how to start... help!

read the book etc, not sure how to start... help!

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DEVONthink and Firefox?

DEVONthink and Firefox?

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Advice on how to break things down

Advice on how to break things down

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writing a book and have too many next actions

writing a book and have too many next actions

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Projects, contexts and consolidated actions

Greetings and Felicitations:

How do you handle a collection of projects that share an action that can/should be consolidated into a single action?

For example, I've three different projects: Hang quilt on wall, Fix ceiling fan at Mom's, Replace refrigerator at Grandmothers. Each involves the action "phone handyman and arrange time to X", where X is different for each project.

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Forum Format

Have you considered using something like vBulletin for the forum. While the new format is very visually attractive, it seems to require an infinite amount of clicking around to see what new threads are going and what has been added to old ones. I'm not a huge poster, but I have been an avid lurker. Give it some thought, please!

GTD and Programming: Experience and questions

GTD and Programming: Experience and questions

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Upcoming.org picked up by Yahoo!

Waxy.org: Daily Log: Yahoo and Upcoming, Sitting In A Tree

Terrific news for Andy, Leonard, Gordon, and Yahoo! themselves; Upcoming.org is moving up to our neck of the woods:

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Difficulties with 'Downloading' what's in my head

Difficulties with "Downloading" what's in my head

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