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To-do Software

A while ago I downloaded iGTD. I used it to put aside the things I’d rather be doing than studying for exams, so I could do them in the holidays. I also wanted to get used to the software before I started my rather busy year this year, in the hope that I might feel [...]

Synchronising your life

Paper or plastic?
I love diaries! Filofax, cheaper filofax-like products, Moleskine – it’s all great! My husband uses his computer: Google Calendar and iCal. We have a few shared calendars on Google Calendar, which means that I have to make sure that the things in my diary are on the calendar so that we both know [...]

Getting stuff done

Over the last few days I been on a trip getting things done. It’s been totally cool to know there’s a bunch of things I want to get done and I’m just working my way through them.
One of the keys was to get going with iGTD. I cruised through the tutorials, read some other articles, [...]

Good advice, great software, bad timing

When I was studying for the HSC (final high school exams) I alphabetised my CD collection. Does everyone do that? Does everyone find normally silly or mundane tasks scintillating and satisfying when there’s something worse to do?

Inbox Zero

I watched/listened to a Google Tech Talk by Merlin Mann today, Inbox Zero. It was great!
I had started thinking, “Do I really need to be keeping all these comments on my computer?” I’ve been staring at Mail, which now has the threaded emails feature enabled (I was so stoked when I discovered it, or my [...]

 

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