Archive | October, 2006

37Signals Releases Free Version of "Getting Real”

by Jim on 26. Oct, 2006 in Ruby on Rails, Tech, Web Authoring

I picked up “Getting Real” from 37Signals back when it was first released as a PDF book. It was well worth the $19 price tag. The book is packed full of useful insights into starting and running your own web business.
I’ve recommended the book to several people (you know who you are), but [...]

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Using Backpack Offline with PackRat – Screencast

by Jim on 24. Oct, 2006 in Apple, Articles, GTD, Mac OS X, Screencasts, Software, Tech

This is the first of (hopefully) many screencasts I hope to bring you over the coming months. Today’s screencasat is about how to use your Backpack account offline on your Mac with a new program called PackRat.

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Inbox at Zero!

by Jim on 17. Oct, 2006 in GTD

After listening to the audio book by David Allen “Getting Things Done”, I’ve been inspired to get things organized. While I’m still working on a GTD system for all of my work, I have taken a huge step and got my email inbox reorganized. Down from about 600 messages to 0 in one [...]

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Sick of DRM

by Jim on 04. Oct, 2006 in Apple, Music

I’m getting sick of DRM. I’m switching to Emusic. I mean, I love Apple’s stuff, but I want some freedom of choice in my life.

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