Archive for May, 2005

Getting Things Done the Tiger Way

Saturday, May 28th, 2005

I now have outlook back and running, so the email is starting to stream in. One of our reader’’s Tim has sent a link to an article on how to get things done the Tiger way.
I seriously considered getting a mac to replace my sony notebook and so perhaps Tim was trying to tell me […]

no posts

Saturday, May 28th, 2005

Sorry about the lack of posting. On my way back from Western Australia I attempted to fire up my notebook only to find it dead as a dodo.
I am the midst of setting up my new notebook and I will be bring some posts about my experience.
Almost there… now have blogjet back up and running, […]

what happens to cool gadgets?

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

What happens to cool gadgets when they are outdated? We all know they don’t mature like good wine. But, can they offer some use and age gracefully?
Dan of Dan’s Data has some thoughts:

Thankfully, some gadgets have a bit more substance to them. The cutting edge has left them way, way behind, but people who bought […]

new office peek

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

cnet writes about the new office release due out next year.

The new Office edition is slated to come at roughly the same time as Longhorn, the next version of Windows. However, the company has scrapped earlier plans that would have seen the two products tightly coupled together. Office 12 is expected to run on […]

del.icio.us

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

I have started to use del.icio.us which is a social bookmaring manager. The web site described it like this:

 » del.icio.us is a social bookmarks manager. It allows you to easily add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection not only between your […]

del.icio.us

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

I have started to use del.icio.us which is a social bookmaring manager. The web site described it like this:

 » del.icio.us is a social bookmarks manager. It allows you to easily add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection not only between your […]

ipod or junkfood?

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

BBC news highlights a program that is using ipod’s to encourage children to eat less junkfood. Interesting concept. One of the things that I am finding with my ipod mini is that it is encouraging me to exercise more. I walk while I listen. But this is a different scenario:

Glasgow City Council is offering the […]

podcasting future

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

Todd from Geeknewscentral (a podcast I listen to regularly) has posted his thoughts about the future of podcasting here. Todd was commenting on this article at cnet. Todd indicates he will be expanding his thoughts in a coming podcast so make sure you tune in.
He writes:

I told the wife a few days ago this feels like […]

synergy

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

Allowing one keyboard and one mouse controling multiple PC’s. Very nice! You used to have to do this with a hardware configuaration. This software goes on the “to do on a rainy day” list.
The software is called synergy and their web site says:

synergy: [noun] a mutually advantageous conjunction of distinct elements
Synergy lets you easily share […]

Sproutliner

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

For another web based solution for your GTD you may want to check out Sproutliner. This is not just for GTD so those of you who are non-GTD obsessed people may want to have a look too. Sproutliner has some cool tricks like columns that have checkboxes, text or lists.

“Sproutliner is a free web service […]