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• Greater Productivity By Turning Things Off A couple weeks ago, I was having a tough time focusing. The culprit turned out to be a little red dot in my NetNewWire dock icon - the unread post count. I’ve unchecked that count in the preferences and my ability to focus has increased (Manton Reece did the same). First, biologically, our peripheral vision
• Learning from Living - Part 2 As I mentioned in an earlier post, I spent the weekend doing tearing out carpetting from our house and understanding the electrical and plumbing systems. A couple of our plans needed to change once we really got into the house: Need a new subfloor in the bathroom & entryway May need to re-wall the bedroom - we
• Measure Once - Cut 5 or 6 Times As I mentioned in an earlier post, we spent the weekend redoing our bathroom & entryway. The biggest a-ha I can offer you: Iterate For a Snug Fit. For each piece of sub-flooring, each tile, and the new mopboard - we would: Make the measurement Cut off a hair little less than we measured Massage the piece in place Mark where
• Introducing the ProjectMaker Dashboard Widget The ProjectMaker dashboard widget is quick and easy way to create consistent groups across your iApps (Mail, Address Book, iCal) for your projects. Download the ProjectMaker Dashboard Widget Drop your comments and suggestions to the ProjectMaker Widget’s permanent home.
• How I’m Getting Things Done - Part 2 It’s been 3 months since my concerted effort to be more organized and productive. Some pretty good progress. Email Inbox: 0 Flagged Emails: 0 Flagged Newreader Items: 0 ‘Clean Out’ directory contains: 12 items Physical Inbox: ignored 43 Folders: ignored As I mentioned in my previous post, every next action is goes into the stack of index cards. Works pretty well. The