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University of Oregon shows off engraved MacBook Pros

by Mike Schramm (Jan 23rd, 2010)

I've always been jealous of the folks who get free laptops from their work or school (back when I was in school, I used a paper notebook and a pen and liked it!), but I'm especially jealous of the folks from the University of Oregon's Center for Student Athletes, who not only get some sweet MacBook ...

iGTD 1.4.4 update brings, uh, way too many new features

by David Chartier (Jun 18th, 2007)

Something tells me the crew who writes iGTD (fortunately) never really grasped how application version systems work (for the record: I say this with the warmest of intentions; iGTD is the first GTD-based app that I really 'get' and use). Typically, a company releases a 1.0, follows up with a few ...

MailTags and iGTD unite features in the name of productivity and discounts

by David Chartier (Jun 8th, 2007)

A recent update to iGTD brought some significant enhancements, one of which is very, very rich integration with Scott Morrison's MailTags 2.0. With v1.4.3, iGTD can process most of the MailTags 2 information attached to an Apple Mail message. For example: keywords in MailTags prefixed with @ will ...

BuildFactory - automation for developers

by David Chartier (Jul 7th, 2006)

I'm no developer, but I can call a good dev tool when I see one. BuildFactory from Bleep Software sounds like 'Automator for developers', with features like automated builds, building refreshed sources from Subversion, using your own external editor for errors and warnings, and building multiple ...

Adium to be a Google Summer of Code project

by David Chartier (Apr 27th, 2006)

Adium, the open source multi-network chat client with more features than I thought existed, has recently announced that they are going to be a mentoring project in this year's Google Summer of Code. For those unfamiliar: it's a program that brings students together to collaborate on and learn about ...

MailTags 1.2.1 available, 1.3 to feature IMAP syncing

by David Chartier (Apr 6th, 2006)

Dave Caolo posted about MailTags last August, but in case you're unfamiliar: MailTags is a fantastic plugin for Mail.app that allows you to both tag your messages and create iCal todos right from within Mail. MailTags' abilities go far beyond simply adding a few keywords though; you can also set ...

Kinkless Getting Things Done 0.83 released

by David Chartier (Mar 28th, 2006)

For those who aren't familiar with this "Getting Things Done" term that's being tossed around the 'net more and more often these days: it's a methodology (not necessarily a piece of software) developed by David Allen for better managing your projects, tasks, time and life. Kinkless GTD (Getting ...

Easy project folder setup with Client Folder Maker

by David Chartier (Dec 31st, 2005)

Client Folder Maker (CFM) is a handy applescript applet for those of you who repeatedly have to create standard folder structures for any kind of projects such as websites or design proofs for clients. The applet offers a simple UI for essentially creating a folder structure template, allowing you ...

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