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Cartoon: More productive in a coffee house?

Cartoon: More productive in a coffee house?

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HPDA vs Pocket Moleskine

HPDA vs Pocket Moleskine

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TOPICS: Lofi

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.

New home

If you can see this post, you're viewing the site on the new server and all is well.

Otherwise, you're psychic or something.

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TOPICS: Admin

Text Lists to Go

Merlin has gone on about the power of Quicksilver's Append To... action and simple text files to keep track of all kinds of data. I decided to drink the Kool-Aid and give it a try for my "on-the-go" contexts. To make it really useful, I set up my Mac to automatically sync my lists to the Notes folder on my iPod every time it gets plugged in.

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Colored Moleskines and more!

Colored Moleskines and more!

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TOPICS: Lofi

Mail.app GTD ideas/tips?

Mail.app GTD ideas/tips?

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Prodnography: Levenger Rope Case, Orange

Prodnography: Levenger Rope Case, Orange

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TOPICS: Lofi

Anyone know the staus of GTD Tiddly Wiki Plus?

Anyone know the staus of GTD Tiddly Wiki Plus?

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Dependencies between ToDos

Hi,

im looking for a software or Web App. that can manage and display dependencies between ToDos. For example Monday
Measure calbe lenght

Tuesday
Buy Cable

Wednesday Install Cable

And these todos shown on a timeline from left to right.

I shouldnt be a complex Gantt Project Management and an iCal Sync would be perfect.

Any ideas?

Kind Regards

 
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