admin on September 29th, 2005

By Patrick Rhone
Not too long ago, I was asked by a client of mine how long it would take to complete a certain large project. After thinking about it for a while, I gave what I thought was a fair estimate given all of the parameters, possible hurdles and building in time for contingencies. The [...]

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admin on September 28th, 2005

By Keith
From time to time I’ve got real trouble sleeping. My mind literally races. My thoughts coming in and out faster than I can deal with them. It’s almost like a thousand bees buzzing in my head.
It probably sounds worse than it is, but when I’ve got things going on [...]

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admin on September 26th, 2005

By Bob Walsh
A few days ago thanks to Keith’s kind invitation, I talked about how the new free beta of Google’s desktop search engine can make your e-mail life easier. I say e-mail life, because odds are good if you are reading this, you spend a good part of your life answering and writing e-mail!
In [...]

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admin on September 22nd, 2005

By John Zeratsky
Modern technology is often blamed for adding complexity to our lives. I frequently hear references to “a simpler time” before we had computers, PDAs, cell phones and home theaters.
Well, that’s a bunch of crap!

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Britt Parrott on September 20th, 2005

Make large tasks more manageable by creating a staging area.

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admin on September 20th, 2005

By Keith
I’m a firm believer that work should be fun. Hopefully lots of it.
However, we all know there are way to many tasks, even in a fun job, that simply are no fun to do. Anything you have to do routinely, for example, can be a drag. Checking and responding to e-mail, [...]

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admin on September 19th, 2005

By Bob Walsh
If you’re not already using Google’s new Desktop Search (Beta 2) released a couple of weeks ago as part of your Getting Things Done process, you are missing out on a seriously useful tool that costs nothing.
With this latest version of Google Desktop (GD):
* Most of the pain of using Microsoft [...]

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