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Archive for November, 2006

Review: Davidco’s GTD and Lotus Notes

If you are attempting to use GTD using Lotus Notes as part of your trusted system, Davidco’s GTD and Lotus Notes is well worth the $10. Most likely there will be a few tips to help you make your system work and save you a ton of time figuring them out.
You will [...]

Snowbound

No power, a few hours left on the ipod and blackberry then we go dark.
Technorati Tags: victoria

Another Few Hours On Blackberry - Intellisync and PocketMac

I wrote how it took me six hours to get the blackberry software installed on my PC, required in preparation for upgrading the firmware on my blackberry and synchronizing my contacts from Outlook.
Well, no matter how hard I tried, the Blackberry Desktop manager and Intellsync would not synchronize Outlook contacts to the blackberry. The [...]

Carmanah Provides Company Updates With RSS

Carmanah Technologies provide a What’s News RSS feed.
Very wise strategy for a number of reasons.
Technorati Tags: rss, syndication

“Getting” Lotus Notes

I am beginning to suspect there is enormous power in Lotus Notes. Maybe it is the file system metaphor we would choose if we were not so used to the files and folders model of legacy operating systems. Maybe I should store all of my work documents in Notes? Maybe my [...]

GTD On Lotus Notes

A while back I switched from Lotus Notes to Index Cards out of frustration. I am finding that a little problematic, because I end up with a big stack of index cards in a box that is out of site most of the time and I am shuffling too much paper around a [...]

Jotspot Instant Messaging Doesn’t Support Google Talk

The current choices are yahoo, aim, and ICQ. I am sure that will change.
Technorati Tags: google talk, jotspot

Why I No Longer Upload to YouTube

The essence of this article describes why I no longer upload to YouTube. Not so much for licensing, but the very fact YouTube is a streaming site.
I am plain not interested because it doesn’t provide an feed with an attachment containing the video that can download to ITunes or an IPOD.
I think YouTube is [...]

Great Interviews With David Allen and Merlin Mann at 43 Folders

The Productive Talk series on 43 folders are great. They provide a lot of clarity into implementing GTD. Subscribe to the podcast. Great Stuff.
Technorati Tags: gtd, 43 folders

Why I use Shaw rather than StarChoice.

This article at 37 signals says it well. I found the navigation too slow on my StarChoice tuner - it took way to long to move from channel to channel, and didn’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on a PVR where I feared the same might happen.
Shaw’s PVR is fast navigation-wise. Quirky [...]