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Slipbox anyone?

I've just come across Slipbox, a freeware freeform notetaking tool. Looks a bit like a combination of Notational Velocity and Devonthink. Seems interesting but a bit confusing. It also seems like it would need to be filled with content before one could judge the function and helpfulness of its "associative" search capacity -- so I'm wondering if any forum readers have used it and could comment on that.

http://markusguhe.net/slipbox/

Flickr Quicksilver Plugin...

Flickr Quicksilver Plugin...

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Forced study

Forced study

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Topless Meetings Follow-Up

Hello: This is a follow-up to the topless meetings post. I did some searching and found a some past posts, etc about meetings. This seems to be a popular topic.

I wonder about a few things, if anyone cares to comment on any of them:

What about bringing the meeting to people where they are -- online chat rooms and the like?

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TOPICS: Ask 43f, Meetings

Why Doesn't my kGTD Remember my Stuff?

Why Doesn't my kGTD Remember my Stuff?

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

PIM data Over the Air Sync/Backup with SyncML and Mobical

PIM data Over the Air Sync/Backup with SyncML and Mobical

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Hi Neighbor Have a Gansett. From Rhode Island

Hi there,

I work for a non profit in Providence taking care of the network, teaching, fixing and all things computer. (Actually I get to fix anything plugged in)

At Night I do some web design and a bunch of podcasts. I have one that I do with my cousin in Belfast discussing music from the 60's and the 70's (www.oneoclockradio.com)

I produce another one about life's stories, also available from the above site. Usually funny stuff.

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'Magnetic ' group task scheduling software wanted (Mac)

"Magnetic " group task scheduling software wanted (Mac)

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Converting Mail.app Smart Mailbox to Mailbox

Hi all Is there any way to convert a Smart Mailbox to a regular Mailbox using Mail.app? I'm using Smart Mailboxes to collate all relevant emails for each project. However when the project is complete I want to put the project's Smart Mailbox into a Completed folder, however I can't drop SM's into a folder. Is there a work around for this? I guess the essence of GTD is deleting all emails that have been dealt with/completed, I'm just not ready to let go yet!!

What to Do With Old (Digital) Files

This is a pretty simple question, and I have a couple of ideas, but I wanted to ping you all to see what you're up to on this front.

My main documents folder (~/Documents/trunk for those of you scoring at home) is up to about 5.5GB. A lot of this is cruft. Some of it is from prior school semesters. Some of it is graphics files that aren't actively being used. Some of it is client work. (This should be moving to Subversion soon, however.) I'm sure some of it is even duplicate work. For instance, flat .jpg copies of a Fireworks PNG or Photoshop PSD.

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