Best of luck with that new site!

For example, I’m working on an idea for a new site. It’s not far enough along to have an actual project associated with it so I’ve got a simple page set up in Backpack where I post ideas, images, notes, to-dos, etc.

But I’m still learning how Backpack can help me. So far I’ve found it pretty useful.

I’d love to know.

I know Staci and I know when she wants attention.

Also, it should be noted that I usually don’t work on the computer when spending time with her and it’s no where near as important to me as she is.

Thanks for the concern and advice, and I do appreciate it, but trust me on this one, she gets plenty of my attention.

I’ve been married over 20 years, and admit I still understand very little about women. I can pretty confidently tell you, though, that Staci’s comment may have sounded cute and innocent, but ten years from now she’ll be resentful that your computer is more important to you than she is.

When the woman in your life asks if you’re going to stay up with your computer/football game/beer buddies/phone call with anyone, it’s a clear signal that she wants your attention. The smart man who wants a happy and loving, long-term relationship will stop what he’s doing at that point, and make his wife the center of his attention.

Ask another woman what *she* thinks Staci meant by her question, and listen very carefully to her answer.

Sign me “slowly learning.”

By now, I’ve found my approach and it does save me time and hassle but I suppose when I look hard, I’ll find software I use that doesn’t.

I’ve thought along similar lines recently as you mentioned in another post, IIRC: there is a way in which computers creep into every corner of spare time by promising benefit, joy, saved time, information or communication. I can’t believe how hard it is for me to switch off my machine (which for that lack of an office) is in my living room at the moment) in the evening because I might miss an email and only read it in the morning. But it is hard and sometimes I think that’s scary.

We should probably think more clearly about infringing technology and how to keep it at bay in our everyday lives. I don’t know if this is a geek-only problem or if “normal” people feel it as well. But I, for one, should switch off more often and earlier.

Thanks for this great blog, which I wouldn’t be able to read and think about without technology. — There you have it again, the double-edged sword.

I currently use a wiki for todo lists, calendar, and bookmarks. At work, I just use a text file to track my work items. I wish I had a slicker, more integrated system, but I haven’t found it yet. I started to write my own GTD wiki software, but I’ve been too busy to make much progress.

http://www.emilyhambidge.com/blog/emily/66/

If you’re going to make me talk to a machine, then give me some buttons to communicate to it in a way I know will work.