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Ideabook - facebook version of my Moleskine ideabook

Ideabook - facebook version of my Moleskine ideabook

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TOPICS: Projects

My Analog GTD Whitepaper (thanks for indulging me!)

My Analog GTD Whitepaper (thanks for indulging me!)

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TOPICS: Projects

GTD newbie needs some help.

Hey All- I just started working through GTD and tried to implement it this past weekend. So far, it's been largely a success, but there are a few areas that are a little fuzzy. The book instructs you to buy 3 paper holding bins. I did, and now use one for my "in" basket, one for blank sheets of paper and the last is sitting on the ground collecting dust. (Cleaning my office is in "In", don't worry).

So, my first question is: What the heck are the other two bins for?

Thanks for your help.

notetaking: TuxCards

notetaking: TuxCards

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TOPICS: GNU/Linux

Fantasy Football for 2007

Fantasy Football for 2007

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TOPICS: Grabass

Well, hello there

Hey everyone,
I'm Marc. I recently graduated from Southampton Solent University in England and moved back to Germany. Now I work as a web developer at a small agency in Düsseldorf. I enjoy Apple products, giving presentations and turning crappy code into nice looking websites.
I got into GTD about half a year ago and so far it's been working fine for me. It helped me especially to get through my final weeks at uni.

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New here... introduction

Hi. I just discovered you folks and will post my first question in a minute. I'm a math professor and a knitter. I can see that you'll be providing me with the opportunity to procrastinate by reading about ways to avoid procrastination.

Looking forward to exploring.

Mathknitter

Greetings from Singapore

Greetings,

I work for a bigco in Singapore and suffer from email overload (and see the same around)

Jakob Nielsen (useit.com - usability guru) in 2000 stated (in Alertbox Mailing List Usability) "In the long term, we need to remove everything from email that is not in the nature of personal correspondence."

I took this call to action seriously and have developed collatodo ( collaborative todo )

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Support sheltering families via Modest Needs

Modest Needs has an initiative to help those folks who are helping others—even as their own finances may feel the strain.

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