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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.

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'Magnetic ' group task scheduling software wanted (Mac)

"Magnetic " group task scheduling software wanted (Mac)

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Flickr Quicksilver Plugin...

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

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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colored labels retro

colored labels retro

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Forced study

Forced study

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Merlin - Separated at birth from twin?

I was watching E! News last night (my wife was controlling the remote control, honest!) and saw Merlin's doppleganger, who is a correspondent for that show. Is it just me? Am I crazy, or do Merlin Mann and Marc Malkin look related in some way? Maybe it is just the glasses...and the initials! Too coincidental to be happenstance...

TOPICS: Grabass

Why Doesn't my kGTD Remember my Stuff?

Why Doesn't my kGTD Remember my Stuff?

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

GTD + Your Emotional Life

GTD + Your Emotional Life

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