Distraction reduction for your Mac
Ah, the holidays: a time for reflection, relaxation, and finally getting your GTD feng shui into proper order. Who better to give you some leverage over the incredible source of distractions and detours that is your Mac than Merlin Mann? The 43Folders productivity guru gets focused with Leo Laporte on the most recent edition of MacBreak, covering additional ground after an October episode on desktop de-cluttering.My favorite attention-enhancing power tool is currently WriteRoom, which has made it much easier for me to take notes in meetings without getting lured away by the siren call of unread emails and projects in progress. What do you use to help clamp down on the tangents and procrastination?
[via Lifehacker/43folders]
Merlin Mann of 43 Folders may be "shaking [his] hammy fist in impotent rage at iCal's numerous shortcomings," but he's still a devout user and has rounded up some of the best 
Are you an alpha geek? Do you need to schedule every activity on your Mac with military precision? Well then, Merlin Mann is probably some sort of god to you. Therefore it stands to reason that you would be interested in 
I will not rest until every OS X user has downloaded and installed 
These
Have you
ever wished that iCal would automatically add a reminder for every event that you place on a calendar? Well, Merlin
Mann of 43 Folders did and Robert Blum heard his pleas.
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