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Left alignment in sidebar

The A2 hosting ad and the Search Form are out of alignment with the rest of the sidebar.

I'm an alignment nerd. There, I've said it.

While I'm being anal, you might also want to clean up the title underline in the 43f jobs section (add padding or margin), and remove the redundant title "Online Users" from the sidebar ("Who's Online" says it all).

…still love the design, though.

'Get back to work' - simple web app

"Get back to work" - simple web app

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iFlickr - iPhoto not up to the job

I've been happily using Flickr for several years now, and a MacBook and iPhoto for 18 months or so. I use connectedflow's nice export tool, but crave for a better integration. Or at least, a workflow that fits my needs better. This is how I (clumsily) use the tools at the minute:

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Terribly Specific BAG questions

Okay, so I am a bit of an obsessive.

Would anyone know the maker of the bag in Reign over Me, the Sandler movie?

Or more importantly the maker of the hardware that was the strap attachment point?

I am trying to get a custom leather laptop bag made, and really liked that hardware. But cannot find it.

Conversation View Based E-mail

Like many things on the iPhone, I realized how much better SMS is on the iPhone after trying to go back and use it on any other phone.

On the "other" phone, I lost all context for the conversation when my sent messages and my received messages were separated from each other, while having messages from other people dispersed in between.

And then I thought to myself.

Self...

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What are your favorite job search tools?

Over on my blog JobMob, I posted the above question for my readers:

http://jobmob.co.il/blog/ask-the-readers-what-are-your-favorite-job-search-tools/

Which tools, websites, software, etc., have worked for you or your friends?

thanks,

Jacob

Really good tool for personal time management

Really good tool for personal time management

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TOPICS: Windows

Multi-tasking in the NYT

Multi-tasking in the NYT

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Applied GTD

A new client of mine, we're meeting in a little more than a week. He called to ask if it was OK if he could blog about our lifecoaching stuff. Also, I think he plans to bring his wife.

I said yes. The only reason that I'm posting here is that I will focus a lot on GTD stuff. Some it canonical David, and some of it more my interpretation. Also, I'm not a 'whole-system-all-the-time' type of coach. I want to develop GTD strategies to counteract feelings of helplessness and being trap.

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