You may have received spam from “me”, but I assure you that my name is not Julie, nor am I a hot redhead nicknamed Bondatrix, nor do I want to sell you potency drugs, nor do I enjoy the intimate company of animals. And I’m the last person you’d ever want to remortage your home with.
*sigh*
Posted in General
DEVONtechnologies has released the second DEVONthink Pro Public Beta. I’ve kept abreast of this one for a while now, and am pleasantly surprised by its capabilities with each new version. If you’re running a Mac, and need a heavy-duty but user-friendly application for managing your writing, research, freeform information, and files (including HTML, PDFs and graphics), then there’s no way to go wrong with this program. It’s probably the best software of its kind that I’ve ever used.
The final version is due around August 17th, but this download seems to allow unlimited usage till then. There is also a revised manual and a very handy tutorial to get you started. See the previous post An Attic Called DEVONthink for my review of the application, although this new version puts much of the older (and non-Pro version) version to shame.
(Sorry, Windows users… you’re out of luck on this one. However, I have had quite a number of emails suggesting Zoot as a good alternative. From their website docs, it doesn’t look quite as powerful, but I haven’t tested it myself.)
Posted in Apple, Organisation, Productivity
Part of the problem with working with any productivity or organisational system is in figuring out how to shape the dozens (if not hundreds) of bits of information barraging you daily into something more manageable. This, of course, leads to fundamental precepts of the Getting Things Done system: keep your inbox empty, your data slotted into the best places to act upon, and your level of trust in the system high enough to defeat the twin stresses of uncertainty and information overload.
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Posted in GTD
Update : This set, and many more, are now available free at www.DIYPlanner.com.
The latest member of the D*I*Y Planner Hipster PDA Edition family: a new job-tracking card with room for client info, times, rates, expenses and tasks, along with an optional back face sporting a grid for related information and diagrams. Hopefully, this should prove useful not only for freelancers and contract workers, but also those who move around a lot on different projects.
A big monkey-man salute goes to Neil Ford for his valuable ideas, suggestions and testing.
Download: hpda_jobtracker.zip
This package contains 1-up PDF, 4-up PDF and PNG graphics versions. I still consider this a first draft, so I’m especially open to any suggestions folks might have.
Posted in GTD
Driving in Yellowknife
Driving in Yellowknife
At the Snow Castle
At the Snow Castle
Musk Ox Skull
Thaw 4
Cameron River, Early Spring
Thaw 3
Thaw 2
Thaw 1
Yellowknife, Past Midnight
Durrell Wharf, Newfoundland
Rose Hips in Autumn
The Coming of the Storm
Water Lilies
A Zen Moment
Twillingate Lighthouse
Winter Brook
Irises 1
Irises 2
