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BlogsRecap: Procrastination hacks, email overload, "Kinkless GTD," and a visit from the Word SpyMerlin Mann | Oct 15 2005A quick round-up of some recent 43 Folders posts people have enjoyed: read more »POSTED IN:
NYT Magazine: "Meet the Life Hackers"Merlin Mann | Oct 14 2005Meet the Life Hackers - New York Times _New York Times_ Select subscribers (coughFreeTrialcough) can login to preview an article by Clive Thompson that runs in the Sunday Magazine. It's called "Meet the Life Hackers" and it's a terrific overview of how people, companies, and products are responding to information overload and our (sometimes self-imposed) culture of interruption. Danny and I pop up, as well as heroes like Mary Czerwinski and the late Bluma Zeigarnik. Clive did a hell of a job with a big and complicated topic, and I'd encourage you to check out the full article when it becomes available for free (Saturday night?). It's really good--I'd never heard, for example, about the research on interrupting telegraph operators. Awesome. Update 2005-10-15 19:04:08Now available online for free: Meet the Life Hackers - New York Times Extended excerpts on Danny and the Genesis of the life-hacking movement: read more »7 Comments
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Too many RSS feeds? Put ’em on probationMerlin Mann | Oct 14 2005rethink(ip) - Controlling RSS Overload...Animal House Style Good idea for managing the RSS feeds you think you might be able to live without:
At a more byzantine stage, I did something kind of similar to this--but in less-effective reverse. read more »POSTED IN:
"TTTk" puts MacGyver in an Altoids tinMerlin Mann | Oct 14 2005Escape My Head: TTTk, Travel Tinker Trouble Kit Justin has been working on a "Travel Tinker Trouble Kit" (TTTk, natch), which he conceived "to provide access to a variety of tools and supplies at a moment's notice." The initial list included: read more »POSTED IN:
Mark F: Have Mail.app autoforward everything to GmailMerlin Mann | Oct 13 2005Boing Boing: Archiving email on Gmail Mark at Boing Boing shares a great, no-brainer tip for making sure all your mail gets backed up to Gmail automagically.
And, of course, I heartily second Mark's love for the indispensable SuperDuper. POSTED IN:
Call for ideas: The 43 Folders Geek Gift GuideMerlin Mann | Oct 13 2005Reader Jeff Click emailed to re-remind me of an idea I'd meant to act on last holiday season and never did: the 43 Folders Geek Gift Guide. Whee, presents! I'm also thinking of opening the floor to people who want to write mini-reviews of beloved schwag for use in the guide. So, assuming a bunch of you are geeks or have a cuddly little geek that you love, what would you like to see covered in the guide? So far I'm thinking: read more »POSTED IN:
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