Archive for the 'gtd' Category

gcalsync

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

I am quite taken by google calendar and so I am looking for a way to sync my treo 750 with my google calendar.For good measure, it would be nice to also have ical synced as well, although this is not critical.
This product looks interesting…

Carry your Google Calendar in your pocket! […]

igtd

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

MacApper has a nice review of the latest kid on the blog of mac gtd applications. They point out that iGTD overcomes the problems some mac gtd apps have in doing the pda sync stuff correctly.. they talk about perfect sync from a treo - so, maybe this is worth giving a go.

There are several […]

The GMail Nerve Center

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Steve Rubel from Micro Persuasion has put together a handy multi-tutorial for using Gmail as the center for a variety of applications. These include:

How to turn Gmail into a massive personal database (Gmail + the Google Toolbar)

How to get real-time news updates in Gmail (Gmail+ Google Talk + Twitter)

How to automatically store your bookmarks in […]

smartfolders in osx

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

I have not used smart folders very much on my mac. For some reason it seems that it cool technology but I can’t think of any actual use for it. Then I thought about that current projects folder that sits on my desktop where I put all my documents that I am currently work on. […]

blackberry hacks

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

Buzz points out an interesting book for blackberry users -
“I’ve been busy for the last several months working on a book for O’Reilly Media called BlackBerry Hacks. It will be published in O’Reilly’s excellent Hacks Series.
I am quite happy with the way the book turned out. It certainly
exceeded my expectations going into it. The […]

Task List coming in Google Calendar?

Monday, May 15th, 2006

downloadsquad point out the news that a task list is likely to be coming soon to google calendar.
Garett Rogers over at Googling Google discovered a few weeks ago that there is some dormant code in Google Calendar that appears to have only one possible use: completable events, otherwise known as tasks. For me, this is […]

foldera

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

Marc Orchant has posted about the forthcoming foldera – an online organizational tool that looks very promising.
“I read this morning that Foldera, an online organizational tool that virtually no one has seen, has already had 400,000 people sign up for access to the public beta whenever it is finally made available. That’s a remarkable number […]

remote calendars

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

This open source software looks very interesting.
“RemoteCalendars is a COM-.NET Add-in for Outlook 2003, written in C#. After installing this plugin, every Outlook user should be able to subscribe, reload and delete a generic remote iCalendar (RFC 2445) from Outlook 2003.’

Download from here
(via Calendar Swamp)

slap for palm pda

Saturday, February 11th, 2006

This is a great little program for your palm pda that will overcome one of the most common problems with those pesky little pda’s – that of getting information into the pda quickly!
Makes your Palm handheld computer easier to use. Gives you one place to take notes while talking to someone, and then quickly turns […]

Task Merlin

Monday, February 6th, 2006

Another task manager/information manager that I had not come across is task merlin. I have downloaded it for a try – but I like some of its features. 
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Throw away those scrap notes and complex programs
Save time - manage projects quickly and efficiently
Track tasks, store notes, and remember deadlines
Organize information the way you want to
Reorganize easily whenever your needs change
Give yourself […]