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Email Has Replaced The Telephone

It's almost 2008 and the fact is: email has replaced the phone. Email is the number one business tool.

Why do I say this? Our company email server exchange is down and our business is almost paralyzed, (at least for the next few minutes.)

Have you noticed that most of us would rather send an email then pick up the phone?

Calling someone takes effort: you have be "on" so to speak. You have to be polite and use the right tone and more importantly you have to think in real time rather than composing your thoughts and typing away. Thinking on your feet is way too hard.

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Textmate fyi: TODOs rock

Textmate fyi: TODOs rock

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

From Mind Map to NA

How do I get from the mind mapping and project brainstorm yellow pad paper to next actions? Here is my current process:

  1. Mind Map and Brainstorm ideas on yellow pad paper (I always do this to easily find in fies.

  2. Place mind map and Brainstorm files in Inbox for review and process.

  3. At Inbox review I either make a new project folder (if needed) or place applicable document in the existing project folder.

  4. At weekly review I review documents in the folder and create next actions list on my PDA.

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TOPICS: Ask 43f

Effective Standing Orders

I thought 43f readers might enjoy this. Diana Hsieh on making it hard to ignore your orders to yourself. Good point about not needing a reminder when there's already a natural prompt to think about the thing in question.

http://www.objectivismonline.net/archives/003230.html

GTD + Your Emotional Life

GTD + Your Emotional Life

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TOPICS: Hacer

Any way to widen the 43folders layout?

Hello all,

Is there any way to widen the layout of 43folders?

I have a widescreen monitor, and the site (particularly the new forum) feels squished to me.

Thanks!

Jim

Rememble.com helps to prune memorable stuff

I started to use rememble.com to create an inspiring memory of stuff and ideas.

The problem was that I had too much stuff at my home which I didn't need any more, but found interesting or worth keeping, because it reminded me on great things in the past. To get rid of this stuff around me, I put it into an unorganised big box which grew and grew and in which I didn't look at anymore, but also didn't want to throw away.

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MS OneNote discount

MS OneNote discount

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TOPICS: Windows

'Get back to work' - simple web app

"Get back to work" - simple web app

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Mental Inbox

Hi

This is something I found to be both sacrilegious to GTD and very much a core part of its "capture everything" philosophy.

Over time, I've found that more and more, I need to capture something at any possibly circumstance. Now I usually carry a small pad and pen right in my pocket, but there are times when you don't have access to that, in fact a lot of the time.

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