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Reading/Sending from Mail.app and Gmail

Reading/Sending from Mail.app and Gmail

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Finding advice on presentations

I've been reading all of Merlin's posts on giving presentations, and I recently bought Presentation Zen and Beyond Bullet Points.

I have a few questions I'd like to post to the forum here in the hopes that others who follow these methods can answer. But I'm unsure of which forum to post in. What do you think?

Thanks, Chris

Teaching GTD as a Writing Tool

Teaching GTD as a Writing Tool

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TOPICS: Projects

Project Clarification Needed

Hello fellow GTDers!

I have recently devoted myself to the GTD system after listening to the seminar audio recording, and spending a lot of time reading most of the book/43folders.com/other personal productivity blogs.

However, I still am not quite clear on everything. Here is an example:

After processing, let's say I have a new project, so I put it in the projects folder. It is "Clean Apartment". I realize that that could easily be broken down into sub-projects of Clean Kitchen, Clean Bathroom, etc.

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Bonkers? ISO9001 applied to living...

Bonkers? ISO9001 applied to living...

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TOPICS: Projects

Windows Sync Application

Windows Sync Application

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TOPICS: Windows

How is your desk organized?

How is your desk organized?

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How are you using Backpack?

How are you using Backpack?

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Yay Nay Hanging folders

Yay Nay Hanging folders

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New Levenger Circa hPDA Covers?

New Levenger Circa hPDA Covers?

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