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I have been using Thinking Rock for a while to manage my GTD process, and I really like it. Today, after a long wait, version 2.0gamma has finally been released, at least for the Mac. So as soon as I got home, I downloaded and started playing with it. Here is my initial set of [...]

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Some time ago I posted the bookmarklet I use to post links to del.icio.us from my browser’s address bar. Some time ago also it sort-of stopped working - it would still post the link, but leave me with a blank window. I had been too lazy to figure out what was wrong until yesterday, and [...]

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One of the things that drive me mad lately is the generalized misuse of powerpoint slides that double as documents. It works like this: someone puts together a set of slides presenting a topic, but because the slides will often be forwarded around far beyond the first time they are presented, they have to be [...]

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Not too long ago, I took a speed reading class, which can be pretty much summarized by the advise given in this note. I suffer from the ever-growing-reading-list problem. My “to read” pile keeps getting bigger, even though I try to assign some time every week to read. But inevitably this time gets overrun by [...]

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43 Folders: More Quicksilver Power Tips: Yet more nice QuickSilver tips from Merlin @ 43Folders. I had always wondered why the clipboard history didn’t have a keyboard shortcut (the shelf does) - it had never occurred to me that you could assign them to triggers! Good stuff.

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I’m a freak for neat tools and tricks, and one of them is launchers on the Mac. A long time ago I used (and even bought) LaunchBar, then discovered Butler, and had been very happy with it. Then, recently, through 43 Folders, I rediscovered QuickSilver, which I tried some time ago, but was still too [...]

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