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By Job Number/Project name or by Client

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How do I keep comments from printing on 43Folders Entries?

How do I keep comments from printing on 43Folders Entries?

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feature request: 'social network' functionality (?)

feature request:

  • tracking individuals as a subscription, or 'friends' or 'linked' or invites (invite someone to the forum)

'Circamagine' Jr. on sale at Levenger

"Circamagine" Jr. on sale at Levenger

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How do you use 43 folders for filing?

How do you use 43 folders for filing?

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Long Next Action List vs. Daily To Do Lists

Long Next Action List vs. Daily To Do Lists

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How to successfully mix Hi-Fi and Lo-Fi?

How to successfully mix Hi-Fi and Lo-Fi?

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Struggling to Find Right Web Apps

I apologize in advance if this question has already been posed a million times - I'm a newbie to online productivity suites.

I've recently migrated to Google for nearly everything, including email, scheduling and task management, and RSS reading. However, I'm still struggling to find a way to meet all of my productivity needs online.

Does Google offer anything similar to a personal wiki that I can use to capture thoughts, links, etc? Is this what Notebook is for? If so, it seems clunky as best.

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If I'm so unproductive, why do I get great job reviews?

I work at a large company, have two kids, run a side business and have a hobby that takes a LOT of time. In the course of an average week, I do my job well enough to make my boss think I'm great, keep my kids and business partner happy and make adequate progress on my hobbies, but I can't help but feel that I'm spending at least 40% of my time just zoning out and spinning my wheels trying to get a handle on things.

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Quicksilver to use Leopard Quick View.

Does anyone have any idea how I can use quicksilver to find an item, say pdf document, and then view that document using the new Leopard Quickview as for most things it is so much faster than opening the real application?

 
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