Beck
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- 4/11/2023
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The Case for Using a Paper Planner
4/1/2019
MadaboutDana wrote:
>Perhaps we ought to set up a joint academic forum to pursue this
>research more actively!
Not sure how serious a suggestion this is, Bill, but I'd love to do this.
I've done ...
The Case for Using a Paper Planner
3/31/2019
Thank you, Dr Andus, for this thoughtful reply!
Dr Andus wrote:
>Considering that much of the zen type of mediation is about suspending a
>sense of a self, I had this feeling when I was looking at m...
The Case for Using a Paper Planner
3/30/2019
Dr Andus wrote:
>Maybe some of it is just nostalgia. (Coming across the Day Timer system
>was a revelation and I did enjoy using it before digital devices became
>portable.)
Maybe, but I also think...
The Case for Using a Paper Planner
3/30/2019
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Ha! I've never seen that film, but that's a great scene. I wonder how
>they coaxed Bruce Wayne to be in it.
At the time of that scene (2000), the most recent Bruce Wayne was Geor...
The Case for Using a Paper Planner
3/29/2019
Paul Korm wrote:
>Nowadays, if someone gives me a business card, I pocket it
>and throw it away later,
Probably wise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISYzA36-ZY
Omnifocus as a Tool for Lists, not Tasks
3/29/2019
A little update since digesting your experiences and recommendations from this thread.
I've modified my practice to consolidate some lists I was managing in OF so that they are a single item with an...
Omnifocus as a Tool for Lists, not Tasks
3/22/2019
IIRC you're using a MTN, yes? Does that factor in your paper system?
Paul Korm wrote:
>I'm not sure. No software I've used seems like "it".
Sigh.
Omnifocus as a Tool for Lists, not Tasks
3/21/2019
Paul Korm wrote:
>read Allen Co.'s description of how to set up OF as a list app, it
>sounded a bit like taking a hammer to a Phillips-head screwdriver and
>banging away it until it becomes a flat-hea...
Omnifocus as a Tool for Lists, not Tasks
3/21/2019
Alessandro Vernet wrote:
>So I can't recommend using OmniFocus this way. Which is too bad, because
>it is tempting to look at OmniFocus as an outliner in which you can put
>any type of items (project,...
Omnifocus as a Tool for Lists, not Tasks
3/21/2019
Hi friends,
I'm playing with a shift in how to use Omnifocus and I wanted to run it by the folks here (those that are familiar with it, at least). The shift occurred to me after reading David Allen C...
"Seeking the productive life"
3/5/2019
I haven't read this yet, but on a brief skim I am endeared how authentically and unapologetically geeky he seems. ߘ
Thanks for posting, I look forward to diving in.
Notebooks for Mac 2 beta available
2/23/2019
Thanks for this excellent (and compelling) review, Steve. I gave MJ and look and don't see how to edit notes in an external editor. Can you point us to that feature? — Beck
Stephen Zeoli w...
I tried this and it works.
From http://www.bobnewell.net/nucleus/bnewell.php?itemid=186
> An Agenda benefactor has made all six Agenda manuals available.
> These include Quick Start, Setting Up Age...
Thanks, fellas.
And to be fair Listerine, I *did* warn everyone it was boring. ;)
Paul Korm wrote:
>beta already, I'd have to say the prospect of $29.99/year for an app
>that turns out to automate what someone can do pretty much on their own
>already, is not compelling.
Paul, I...
Playing is a wonderful way to think of it, Paul. I agree. Sometimes when I am putzing about in the garden or chicken coop, I feel like I am playing outside just as when I was a kid. The CRIMPing we do...
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
I was thinking about "purposeful purposelessness" today and it occured
>to me that that could describe the design philosophy of Tinderbox. Mark
>Bernstein has created a very speci...
Whoa... this looks awesome.
Luhmann wrote:
>8. Academic Database and PDFs :: Paperpile (notes get archived in
>Dynalist)
Is this archiving automated?
Jeffery Smith wrote:
>There is a German-made paper-like screen cover, but it is virtually
>impossible to attach without trapping particulate matter between the
>screen and cover.
Jeffrey, I think we...
Jeffery Smith wrote:
>or may decide to use my FreeWrite
How have you found the FreeWrite? I've been quite disappointed in it, but am open to some sort of shift in expectations that'll get me using mi...
Jeffery Smith wrote:
>You are using Morning Pages [the app], or Morning Pages [the practice]?
Good question! I'm using the practice. I've used 750words.com before, but have determined handwriting i...
Paul Korm wrote:
>3. Scheduling :: Fantastical 2 and DropTask (feeds Google ->
>Fantastical)
>4. Task Management :: OmniFocus 3 and DropTask
Paul, have you written (or can you say more) about how you...
Dr Andus wrote:
>CMapTools forces the user to label arrows.
That's the very thing I love about it! I wish every concept mapping software had an option to turn this on.
Also, I found its keybindin...
Fun topic, Jake. :)
1. Brainstorming : Good ol' fashioned whiteboard, GoodNotes, Workflowy (happy)*
2a. Random Notetaking : Bullet Journal, GoodNotes (happy)
2b. Intentional Notetaking : Tinderbox (h...