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Distraction reduction for your Mac

by Michael Rose (Dec 22nd, 2006)

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 ...

My Dream App voting round 2

by Scott McNulty (Sep 28th, 2006)

The second round of voting is under way over at My Dream App. Vote and let your voice be heard! Plus, when you vote you get a free copy of Mori, Hog Bay Software's document organizer. This round's judges are the cream of the crop of Mac bloggers including John Siracusa of Ars Technica, John Gruber ...

43 Folders rounds up best iCal tips

by David Chartier (Aug 31st, 2006)

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 iCal-related tips to come across 43F to prove it. A couple of the tips, of course, center around that GTD (Getting Things ...

43 Folders on timing apps

by Scott McNulty (Jul 19th, 2006)

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 his take on Meridian and Flextime which are two timing applications. I am not ...

5 Quicksilver triggers from 43 Folders

by Scott McNulty (Feb 14th, 2006)

I will not rest until every OS X user has downloaded and installed Quicksilver. Sadly, Quicksilver is a bit like a mule with a spinning wheel; no one knows how he got it, and he doesn't know what to do with it. If you would like some real world examples of Quicksilver's trigger feature (remember the ...

43 Folders shares 4.5 ways to master Mail.app

by Scott McNulty (Feb 3rd, 2006)

These 4.5 tips aren't ways to help you manage your email more effectively, rather they are ways to get you to stop noticing how much email you are receiving. The thought behind this is that if you aren't worrying about your email you can actually concentrate on the task at hand. Turning ...

iCalFix .1

by Scott McNulty (Dec 28th, 2005)

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. Robert created iCalFix, which is a 0.1 release, which sets a reminder for any event placed in iCal. At the moment the ...

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