Archive of March 2008

Saturday, March 08, 2008

My Organizational System (GTD)

So I've slowly been evolving my organizational system to help me in (my version of) Getting Things Done (GTD).  This post is about where I've been, where I'm at, and where I'm going with it...

So way back in 1994/5 I started using EccoPro personal information manager.  I used this for several years and absolutely LOVED it.  It did calendaring, todo's and notepads.  For me this application was absolutely killer because the notpads used an outlining structure which was fantastic for me because I tend to think in outline from (as many others likely do too).  Thus I could easily transfer my mental organization to paper/electronic form.  Bear in mind this is pre-cellphones/SMS as well as the pre-web days.  Unfortunately development of it was dropped and the product effectively whithered away.  Oh no!  I held on as long as I could and continued to use it, but eventually it became a hassle to try to maintain on newer versions of Windows.  Go read the above linked Wikipedia article for the full scoop.  Actually it still lives, but progress is glacial.

In the year 2000 I broke down and bought a Palm IIIx organizer for the then lofty price of about $180.  This was huge for me as it was lots of money at the time (actually, it still is!), but was easily the lowest price I had seen it at.  I really wanted a Palm device well before that, but it I couldn't justify the cost until it came down in price.  And then they kept coming out with new models of course, but when the IIIx came out it was the right combination of features (mostly memory) and price.  Actually the price went back up over $200 after I bought mine, thus I was quite happy to have bought it when I did.

With my new wonder toy I imported my contacts from EccoPro, gained portable calendar alarms and began to conduct my life with the Palm memo pads replacing the the outlining notes I had previously kept.  I missed the nested listing that EccoPro's outlining provided, but I learned to adapt by breaking things into smaller pieces and keeping them in separate topics as necessary.  Plus, with third-party applications I gained secure password storage and a gas mileage tracker.  The notepad situation was not ideal, but it worked for most everything else I was doing, so life went on.  Read more…
March 8, 2008 @ 11:05 pm | Category:
Friday, March 07, 2008

Samuel Adams Black Lager

Samuel Adams Black Lager
March 7, 2008 @ 12:58 pm | Category:

Sharp-shinned Hawk (2 shots)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (left) Sharp-shinned Hawk (right)  Read more…
March 7, 2008 @ 12:42 pm | Category:
Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Ice Fishing 2008

So again this year I trekked off to Michigan to go sit on a frozen lake and freeze my ass off.  But unlike the past two years it was actually worth the effort.  We caught a number of fish, although most were not legal to keep and had to go back.  But I faired the best with a walleye that was a keeper and another which was just shy of legal.  So Rusty's notion of coming up a couple of weeks later this year seemed to be correct.  So in any case, here are this year's pictures.
March 5, 2008 @ 12:54 pm | Category:
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