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A new rule: sacred time | 52 Tiger

I will spend those hours with my family and whoever else happens to be physically in my house (maybe I’ll even let myself get bored). I’m doing this for a few reasons. First, I was becoming resentful of the people and things that were preventing me from working during that time. Those “people” happened to [...]

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Alfred – Finer Things in Mac

Alfred, the incredibly useful productivity utility from Running with Crayons, lets you create “Groups” for launching a bunch of apps and files all at once the Powerpack add-on is required. Add everything you want to a list, give it a keyword, and call it up whenever you want your Mac to do more of your work [...]

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iOS 5 Reminders – Don Southard

I can see myself happily using Siri and Reminders for more of those one off reminders that always felt frivolous and out of place in my OmniFocus “Single Actions List”. Tasks like specific items I needed from the grocery store were horrible to manage in OmniFocus and I could not easily share them with my [...]

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Ties – Richard Stallman

I think the tie means, “I will be so subservient as an employee that I will do even totally senseless things just because you tell me to.” Another reason to avoid wearing a tie for a job interview is to show you’re not interested in employers that want such subservience. Well, yea. This. Mr. Stallman [...]

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Instapaper 4.0 – Marco.org

This is a great update. Download it now. Understatement of the year. I don’t even know what it costs these days. Buy it anyway.

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When Do You Upgrade? – Curious Rat

It’s easy to know when to upgrade your computer because, for most people, it happens after 3-4 years when things start to slow down, hard drives fail and batteries lose the ability to hold a charge. Phones are even easier – tuck the old model in a drawer, purchase a new model, rinse, repeat every [...]

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