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OmniFocus update

OmniFocus update

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Don't totally understand NAs

Don't totally understand NAs

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student organization

as a high school student a lot of files come through my computer. i have been using journler to organize all my files, journler entries, omnioutliner, pages, and the rest. smart folders and the other features keep it all organized. i want to know if there is any other program that would do the same as journler but more student centered. i do keep all my files in it as well so it cant be just a journal program. price isn't an issue.

The Half Million Dollars Web2.0 Video

The Half Million Dollars Web2.0 Video

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TOPICS: Projects

For making HipsterPDAs, or any carry-it-with-you info solution...

For making HipsterPDAs, or any carry-it-with-you info solution...

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TOPICS: GNU/Linux

Getting schooled on macros

David Pogue: Be Careful What You Joke About

David Pogue gets an informative response to an offhand remark he'd made about macros. Man, you really don't want to fool around with these EMACS people:

Various packages of “macros” were developed to provide speedier editing, and went by various names ending in “macs,” short for “macros.” TMACS and RMACS had also been popular, but the EMACS package seemed to have the most users. By 1979, EMACS was in version 135, and was maintained mostly by Richard Stallman with help from a few others.

Around 1981-1982, I added the M-$ keystroke bound to the macro “Check Word Spelling,” making EMACS perhaps the first text editor with an integrated spelling corrector.

In my brief time with EMACS, I felt like I was trying to play Rachmaninov with tiny, baby hands. But, brother, when I see what people like Ken and Nelson can do with it, my mind is blown. Makes me want bigger hands.

RegEx find for Safari

I use Safari to proofread rendered xml.

I'm looking for a way to do RegEx searches inside a Safari window.

Solutions?

Hipster PDA 'Hack' (if you can call it that)

Hipster PDA "Hack" (if you can call it that)

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TOPICS: Lofi

Floating desktop timer al? Google?

Floating desktop timer al? Google?

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TOPICS: Windows

Not sure... but want to get better

I have read the book... and am still not sure it is the right system for me. However I am not sure it isnt...

I am having trouble with the todo list idea. The problem is surely too many buckets for information, which have stemmed lately from my push to write everything down that I might need to remember.

I put recurring work reminders in Outlook (for the pop up nag) Use MS One Note for most notes and other items. Have an account at remember the milk for tasks and Gcal syncing with my treo 700p OTA (using http://www.goosync.com).

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