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Don't Declare Email Bankruptcy! Get Bit Literate Starting Now.

Posted on Apr 7th, 2008 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

Episode number one of my new podcast Precision Change went live recently. Enjoy! Are you overwhelmed by information? Do you have 1000's of emails sitting in your inbox right now, many unread, all nagging at... More »

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David Allen 45 Minute Free Video on GTD, i.e. Getting Things Done

Posted on Mar 15th, 2008 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

Everyone geeky about GTD has probably already seen this video, but I just happened upon it today. Hat tip to Cody .

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Back up your phone's address book for free

Posted on Dec 6th, 2007 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

Via Casey , I found a free online tool that allows you to back up your phone's address book for free called ZYB . Welcome to the future!

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Start again: getting back on track with GTD

Posted on Oct 5th, 2007 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

On Vipassana 10-day meditation retreats , there is a simple instruction given at the start of each (grueling) meditation period: "start again." It's a great instruction--so simple, so easy to forget. My Macbook recently crashed... More »

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Paul Graham on "stuff"

Posted on Aug 6th, 2007 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

http://www.paulgraham.com/stuff.html "Every thing you own takes energy away from you. Some give more than they take. Those are the only things worth having. "

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Mac productivity madness with Mark Hurst's "Good Easy"

Posted on Jul 27th, 2007 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

Mark Hurst, author of Bit Literacy, shares his mac setup for maximum productivity that he calls "the Good Easy": http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/07/25/the-good-easy-on-os-x.html I'm not yet Mac geeky enough yet to comment except to say that I respect... More »

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Workplace productivity habit: turn off your phone

Posted on Jul 25th, 2007 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

Can't focus? Try turning off your cell phone, specifically during working periods of 60-90 minutes. You can always check your messages on your breaks and return phone calls within an hour or two. Just contemplating... More »

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The 5 sentence email

Posted on Jul 20th, 2007 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

I'm trying out a new format for email that I got from Mike Davidson: all emails replies are now five sentences or less in length. So far it's reduced that last bit of email reply... More »

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iPhone madness and GTD

Posted on Jul 1st, 2007 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

Our new media company Falling Fruit recently interviewed some Apple superfans who were waiting in line for the new iPhone: http://fallingfruit.tumblr.com/ Relevant to GTD, here's an interview on why Zachariah is buying one for productivity:... More »

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Getting Things Done in times of chaos

Posted on Jun 26th, 2007 by Duff : Modern Magician Duff

Recently I've been blessed with extreme chaos in my life and work. It's given me an opportunity to review what's really important to me, and also to empathize with those who live perpetually in chaos... More »

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