Projects for the near future

[cjsmith]

1. Figure out schedule through December, what with eight point three million holiday themed parties (some of which are optional, some nearly mandatory) and a chunk of travel.

2. Christmas list wrestling.

3. Decluttering! To be done alongside...

4. Crock Pot Recipe Tryouts!

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Also:

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

5. Schedule dinner/hanging-out with at least one large hairy motorcyclist.

Re: Also:

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah! I got sick last time and bailed on ya!

You're way north, right? Is Palo Alto -ish in the middle?

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

Allo allo!

I found you through excessor's weblog and your response to my reply!

I didn't realise that you were also an MIT grad. I finished my MS in 93! Considering you were interested in the whole Presentation Zen thing, I thought you may also be interested in tools that would get your projects organised. There is a floating meme going around in my sphere surrounding the whole "Getting Things Done" book. I don't subscribe to all the book has to say, I did find a tool to help me sort the bajillions of tasks I have in my head. I wrote a brief post in my (professional) weblog here: http://blocklevel.com/weblog/toolbox/kgtd/ Of course, this tool assumes you have a Mac, but I am sure you can take the idea and run with it, should you have another OS of choice.

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

OK, only *after* I post this, do I see that you have 43Folders in your LJ RSS group ;-)

::feels silly::

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hi hi! :-) I'm an '89 bachelor's.

You saw I follow 43 Folders, and yes, I'm very intrigued by the ideas presented there. I too don't subscribe to every last detail the book has (in particular some of the vocabulary just makes my brain reboot) but I find many of the concepts very useful.

I wish there were a site similar to 43 Folders but assuming its readers had PCs. I don't search for an equivalent every time I see a tool mentioned. I do credit 43 Folders for getting me to use a timer. VERY handy for beating the procrastination-monster. :-)

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, 43F is Mac-centric, and Merlin *is* a bit mad, but he has some good stuff. There are some outlining apps for the PC, and you could easily whip up a task/"next action" list with that, without the actual KGTD scripts that wouldn't do you any good. I like the KGTD scripts as, well, that means I don't have to write them myself, and it also synchs with iCal (my calendaring application) and therefore my iPod, so I can see all the crap I need to do "on the road".

Of course, you could buy an iBook ;-)