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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

What is the best online accounting system?

I have been hired as a bookkeeper by a small design firm.

The books don't seem to hard to do, but my boss wants me to use an online system where he can easily export the time for his projects into the accounting systems and quickly produce invoices.

I am used to doing books for retail and wholesale businesses and I know how to do that well but I don't know exactly the right accounting and client management tool to use for this job.

i researched and found that I would have to buy Quickbooks Online, ChronoPipe and Basecamp.

Does anyone here know an easier way?

Reading/Sending from Mail.app and Gmail

Reading/Sending from Mail.app and Gmail

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

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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change log for computer?

change log for computer?

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TOPICS: Life Hacks

Teaching GTD as a Writing Tool

Teaching GTD as a Writing Tool

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TOPICS: Projects

Business management system for a start-up?

Business management system for a start-up?

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New Levenger Circa hPDA Covers?

New Levenger Circa hPDA Covers?

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TOPICS: Lofi

Address Book problem with P-Touch QL-500

Address Book problem with P-Touch QL-500

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Bonkers? ISO9001 applied to living...

Bonkers? ISO9001 applied to living...

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TOPICS: Projects
 
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