On Sunday David Allen posted an update on Twitter mentioning that his “favorite GTD app”, eProductivity, had just launched a free version. In case you’re not familiar with it, eProductivity is a Getting Things Done application built around Lotus Notes. For many people Lotus Notes is a thing of the past, something they struggled with [...]
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Improve your podcast listening experience with Podcaster
I have been hearing about Podcaster (iTunes link) ($1.99, or free) off and on for a couple of years now, but never had the inclination to try it. Podcaster is an iPhone application that takes over handling podcasts from the iPod application. The killer feature is that Podcaster can download podcasts directly to your device, [...]
How I use more than one external monitor on my Mac laptop
You’re probably well aware that you can plug an external monitor into your Macbook and use both the built-in display and the external monitors in a dual display configuration. Since your Mac only has one monitor port, it would seem that one external display is the maximum, but there are ways around that limitation. I’m [...]
The absence of doing something
From Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction – NYTimes.com: Sam Crocker, Vishal’s closest friend, who has straight A’s but lower SAT scores than he would like, blames the Internet’s distractions for his inability to finish either of his two summer reading books. “I know I can read a book, but then I’m up and checking [...]
Apple vs. MS has shifted
From Diesel Sweeties webcomic by rstevens: Please note: I’ve moved my active blogging over to a new site, called Jason Clarke – Infinite Bass Line. I will leave this site up indefinitely, but if you’re interested in my latest posts please consider visiting the new site.
The ugly 3D Leopard dock
I’ve been working on a new installation of Snow Leopard, and I couldn’t figure out what was bugging me about it. Finally it dawned on me: the ugly-ass 3D dock that was introduced in Leopard. If, like me, you prefer your dock to be clean and easily viewable instead of shiny and reflective with a [...]
I’m back, b!*&#es
It was a little over a month ago when I decided to deactivate my Facebook account. Over the past month I’ve been tempted a few times to turn it back on again. Actually, I did — once, for about five minutes — to check out the new privacy settings, before quickly deactivating it again. As [...]
Control the color of your OmniFocus Reminder calendar on the iPhone
How to control the color of your OmniFocus Reminder calendar on the iPhone If you use OmniFocus and its wonderful iPhone companion app, OmniFocus for iPhone, you may have run into the same frustration as me. For some reason, Apple has not included a way to control the colors that it assigns to calendars on [...]
The era of the PC is ending
Steve Jobs is talking about the end of the PC era. “When we were an agrarian nation, all cars, were trucks. But as people moved more towards urban centers, people started to get into cars. I think PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people will need them. And this is going to make [...]
In praise of the all-nighter
I’m exhausted. I was up until 2:30 AM last night working on a redesign and re-implementation of this site, and I ended up getting less than four hours of sleep. Usually, getting that little sleep would destroy me the next day. I’ve come to realize that I need a reasonable amount of sleep at night [...]