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I wish apple would make...

I wish apple would make...

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Treo 700p - kGTD, etc.?

Treo 700p - kGTD, etc.?

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Gradual start vs. mindsweep (aka crash and burn)

Gradual start vs. mindsweep (aka crash and burn)

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Too Many Lists, Processes, etc...

Too Many Lists, Processes, etc...

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What am I missing RE DevonThink and VoodooPad?

Hi All -

I think I'm missing something about DevonThink and VoodooPad.

I really like what I read about DevonThink's smart searching, ie showing you related entries and such. But ... from what I've read it seems that DevonThink requires a fair amount of manual fussing about - organizing entries and replicants of entries into appropriate sub-sub-sub folders. Is that correct?

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Too Many Podcasts?

Too Many Podcasts?

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TOPICS: Grabass

What's left to do after you reached your yearly goals?

What's left to do after you reached your yearly goals?

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Reading of the Apple tea leaves

I was reading Jeff Kirvin's blog today and he had a very interesting take on the possible "ITablet" and why Apple has been channeling Microsoft lately. The short version is that he thinks the whole lockdown of the iPhone and the crippling of the iTouch may be to make the "iTablet" with a SDK and open platform more attractive and to basically allow Steve Jobs to reach into your pocket a third time in 12 months or so. The site is www.jeffkirvin.net.

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greasemonkey: del.icio.us uberbundling assistance

greasemonkey: del.icio.us uberbundling assistance

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TOPICS: Life Hacks

Multiple sets of 43 folders?

New to using the system, but I've been interested in it for a few years.

My wife and I are about to kick off the new organization style, but we have a question: do we use multiple sets of 43 folders, or try to manage both our lives with one set?

I can only imagine that we should be using multiple sets, but she's an engineer and demands proof before moving on to next steps.

Here is our situation:

We both have day jobs, and we also run two different businesses on the side. Do we cram all of our lives into ONE set of 43 folders?

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