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BlogsSink or Swim: Managing RSS Feeds with Better GroupsMatt Wood | Nov 27 2007Besides baseball, coffee, and my music collection, I probably obsess over how I read RSS feeds more than anything. Sometimes it feels like I tinker with the setup more than I actually read the news, but I'm making progress. I won't claim to be completely satisfied with how or why I try to consume so much information from the internet, but lately I've been as content with the process as I can hope. read more »22 Comments
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Best of: Our Favorite VideosMerlin Mann | Nov 27 2007Back at work killing time? Sure you are. After all, it's nationwide "Thumb up your butt" week, right? You bet it is. So, from the archives of 43 Folders (and the on-hiatus Merlin Show), here's four of my favorite videos of stuff I've done. Hope you like 'em. read more »POSTED IN:
Links (and Distractions), 27 Nov 07grant balfour | Nov 27 2007
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Meet SandyMatt Wood | Nov 21 2007I Want Sandy is an email-based, automated personal assistant created by Rael Dornfest and values of n, makers of Stikkit. I've been messing around with her (in a totally platonic way) since Cory Doctorow mentioned it last week, and it's really slick. read more »POSTED IN:
Food for thoughtgrant balfour | Nov 21 2007One of the secrets to Napoleon's amazing success (and he was a guy who definitely got things done) was embracing the high-tech innovation of canned food. He's the one who coined the phrase "an army marches on its stomach," after all. After observing my own habits, I know what he means. read more »POSTED IN:
Gmail IMAP Settings, Straight from the Google's MouthMatt Wood | Nov 19 2007This may not count as a real find since it's on the Google's own support site, but this list of recommended IMAP client settings is interesting in that it differs from many of the Gmail IMAP how-to's I've seen so far. Regarding Sent mail: Do NOT save sent messages on the server. If your client is sending mail through Gmail's SMTP server, your sent messages will be automatically copied to the [Gmail]/Sent Mail folder. ...and Junk folders: read more »POSTED IN:
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