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Isolator
july 2009 by mottram
"Isolator is a small menu bar application that helps you concentrate. When you're working on a document, and don't want to be distracted, turn on Isolator. It will cover up your desktop and all the icons on it, as well as the windows of all your other applications, so you can concentrate on the task in hand."
efficiency
osx
menubar
july 2009 by mottram
Daring Fireball: Simplenote
july 2009 by mottram
I blew £1.19 on Simplenote after reading this, and I'm glad I did. It's nicely done, like tapping Assist on a Newton is nicely done.
notes
efficiency
iphone
july 2009 by mottram
reQall
october 2008 by mottram
Interesting app that lets you record voice notes on your iPhone, which are then transcribed to text files which are synced to the web app or Firefox extension/turned into reminder emails or text messages. It's Evernote for audio rather than images, very roughly speaking.
iphone
sync
applications
apps
efficiency
october 2008 by mottram
Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka » 2008 » August » 29
august 2008 by mottram
Simple python script to delete the contents of a folder, with a bit of feedback, designed to clear out your downloads folder every week (good for Trash, too).
scripts
efficiency
august 2008 by mottram
patrickrhone.com: (Re)Introducing Machine Methods
april 2008 by mottram
Clever idea: Patrick's business website is designed so that it can also serve as a printable brochure or folded mailout.
efficiency
design
economy
minimalism
web
print
april 2008 by mottram
Going inbox-zero on your paper mail - (37signals)
august 2007 by mottram
Interesting idea.
efficiency
august 2007 by mottram
Five Steps to a Kinkless Desktop | Kinkless
june 2007 by mottram
Nice series on keeping your Desktop/files organised. I've pinched a few ideas, eg. using Hazel for labelling stuff (I'd only used for moving files according to type in the past).
gtd
organisation
kinkless
efficiency
june 2007 by mottram
iwantsandy
may 2007 by mottram
Intriguing email-based Stikkit-powered organisation thingy.
gtd
email
todo
efficiency
may 2007 by mottram
quicksilver:plug-ins:ical [docs]
april 2007 by mottram
I'd forgotten about this QS plugin - it's brill.
ical
quicksilver
gtd
efficiency
april 2007 by mottram
Success Begins Today » Blog Archive » Five Minute Organizer
may 2006 by mottram
A stackable micro-PDA thingy.
pda
efficiency
may 2006 by mottram
My Fiendish Master Plan
may 2006 by mottram
Nifty little script for making lots of little lists from one big list.
ruby
script
efficiency
text
textfiles
txt
may 2006 by mottram
Metadata as a 'filing system' - Lifehacker
april 2006 by mottram
This is exactly how I organise things on my computer (plus dated, very descriptive filenames and lots of Saved Searches for tags).
organisation
efficiency
tagging
tags
metadata
osx
april 2006 by mottram
how to work better on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
april 2006 by mottram
Motivational graffiti from Zurich.
gtd
organisation
work
working
efficiency
graffiti
zurich
biotron
flickr
april 2006 by mottram
gilest.org: The GTD Prayer
april 2006 by mottram
I worry that I laughed out loud at this.
funny
prayer
GTD
efficiency
april 2006 by mottram
3000 miles from home | aram kudurshian's web site | high priority
february 2006 by mottram
High Priority is an inexpensive Mac OS X 10.4 or higher menu extra whose sole purpose is to help you manage your To Dos in a simple, intuitive, and pleasant manner.
osx
todo
utilities
menubar
efficiency
productivity
february 2006 by mottram
blummy - The bookmarklet management bookmarklet
october 2005 by mottram
A bookmarklet thingy that lets you access multiple bookmarklets. Very nicely done.
bookmarklets
ajax
efficiency
october 2005 by mottram
Side Job Track
october 2005 by mottram
"Web-based job tracking, invoicing, reporting & project management software for the part-time independent contractor."
business
management
software
project
efficiency
gtd
october 2005 by mottram
White’s of Henry Lane » Blog Archive » Instant personal intranet: just add water!
october 2005 by mottram
Using these little scripts and a bit of extra fiddling you can make a nice todo list/notes app using Quicksilver for input/editing.
php
gtd
efficiency
intranet
*
october 2005 by mottram
Remember The Milk
october 2005 by mottram
Neat little todo list web app.
gtd
productivity
ajax
efficiency
october 2005 by mottram
Collaborative writing software online with Writeboard. Write, share, revise, compare.
october 2005 by mottram
The latest doohickey from 37Signals, for collaboratively editing short-ish texts online. Looks more useful as a feature of Backpack (I have a free account there, it's super-useful) than a standalone web app.
applications
writeboard
37signals
efficiency
tools
text
editing
october 2005 by mottram
the Scarlet Letters: Notes on Making Art
september 2005 by mottram
...and anything else, really.
creativity
art
productivity
writing
efficiency
september 2005 by mottram
Justin Blanton | Footnotes and Textpander
september 2005 by mottram
Yet another neat use of the fabulous Textpander.
footnotes
textpander
efficiency
writing
text
*
september 2005 by mottram
PhG - Site perso
september 2005 by mottram
Dinky little timer/clock thing.
osx
mac
time
efficiency
timer
clock
september 2005 by mottram
PigPogPDA - PigPog Creativity Wiki
september 2005 by mottram
Funny, this is very similar to what I do with my Moleskines, only I fold corners instead of using sticky tabs.
gtd
moleskine
efficiency
september 2005 by mottram
SubEthaEdit - Writing modes
august 2005 by mottram
Make your own Modes for SubEthaEdit
work
efficiency
subethaedit
modes
tweaks
customisation
august 2005 by mottram
43 Folders: Ye Olde Hipster
august 2005 by mottram
Thomas Jefferson used an ivory-paged notebook as, er, his Hipster PDA.
efficiency
organisation
history
august 2005 by mottram
Backpack Dashboard Widget for OS X 10.4 Tiger - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
july 2005 by mottram
Neato. Though strange that I will now be using Backpack without ever visiting the site (I add stuff to my pages using Quicksilver's built-in email functions)
backpack
efficiency
work
july 2005 by mottram
sproutliner
july 2005 by mottram
"Sproutliner is a free web service that helps you manage your projects and ideas (think of it as a supercharged structured to-do list)"
efficiency
work
productivity
outliners
july 2005 by mottram
Canadian Urban Eskimo / GTD Mail (email interfaced tickler) now in beta
june 2005 by mottram
The beginnings of a nice email-based notification/reminder system.
gmail
email
efficiency
reinders
notification
june 2005 by mottram
Oblomovka
june 2005 by mottram
Greasemonkey script to nag you to stop web browsing every five minutes.
greasemonkey
firefox
efficiency
GTD
june 2005 by mottram
Pierre Chatel's blog'n stuff: Sidenote v1.7
june 2005 by mottram
Only been using it a couple of days, and it seems to be indispensible. (Nice for mailing notes to Backpack/weblog)
utilities
osx
notes
efficiency
june 2005 by mottram
Human solutions, not software solutions (Signal vs. Noise)
february 2005 by mottram
Less is more (see iPod). Also, I wouldn't mind if someone did a round-up of user-defined conventions on del.icio.us.
tada-lists
signal-versus-noise
basecamp
todo
users
efficiency
solutions
february 2005 by mottram
White's of Henry Lane » Gmail Journal
february 2005 by mottram
Using a Gmail account as a journal (you could do eg. todo lists in a similar way).
gmail
efficiency
hacks
february 2005 by mottram
FutureMail
february 2005 by mottram
"FutureMail lets you send messages to yourself and have them delivered on any date you choose."
email
reminders
efficiency
february 2005 by mottram
Getting Things Done with Index Cards - a photoset on Flickr
december 2004 by mottram
Annotated images of a GTD devotee's index card organisation set-up. (I've been using a GTD-ish system of text files to keep track of flat-hunting/buying/moving, and it's worked well.)
cult
efficiency
gtd
organisation
december 2004 by mottram
You mean it’s not part of the OS? - The Unofficial Apple Weblog - apple.weblogsinc.com
december 2004 by mottram
Various OS X apps and utilities that are so useful it's hard to remember they're not part of the OS.
applications
efficiency
osx
utilities
december 2004 by mottram
WorkStrip
november 2004 by mottram
File management utility - looks pretty good.
applications
efficiency
osx
utilities
november 2004 by mottram
43 Folders: Quicksilver: Append to a text file from anywhere
november 2004 by mottram
Quicksilver makes it easy to add new lines to a txt file without even opening an application.
efficiency
quicksilver
tips
tricks
november 2004 by mottram
Cocoatech: Path Finder 3.2.2 now available!
november 2004 by mottram
Path Finder fills the gap between Apple's Finder and the command line environment by integrating many different features usually found in external applications into a single, powerful interface. Path Finder aspires to be the missing "Pro" version of Apple
applications
efficiency
finder
osx
utilities
november 2004 by mottram
MBS: TinkerTool
october 2004 by mottram
TinkerTool is an application that gives you access to additional preference settings Apple has built into Mac OS X. This allows to activate hidden features in the operating system and in some of the applications delivered with the system.
efficiency
osx
performance
tweak
utilities
october 2004 by mottram
Pasta: text pasting service for del.icio.us
october 2004 by mottram
Post plain text to del.icio.us, turning it into a note-taking, todo listing type of a thing. Wow. I'm a bit wary of using it, though, as it 'May go down at any time'.
del.icio.us
efficiency
tweak
october 2004 by mottram
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