Entries from March 2008 ↓

Summary
PageFour, by Bad Wolf Software, is a creative writing software package.
Overview
Manufacturer: Bad Wolf SoftwarePlatform: WindowsCurrent Version: Windows: 1.65
Pros and Cons
Pros

Bare minimum functionality
No bells and whistles found in Office software
Easy to customize screen
Easy to use
Intuitive interface
Automatic backups
Built in outliner
Ability to merge chapters into one document
Printing templates to control output quickly and easily without reformatting the document
Stores [...]

Last week I promised a look at my decluttering of another room: my bedroom. I used Peter Walsh’s techniques in It’s All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff of deciding the purpose of a room, then removing everything that doesn’t fit that purpose.
Unlike my office, which I have [...]

As I looked at my project list in “Why You Should Find Time To Think”, I realized that most of my projects did not have outcomes. How would I know when I could check them off?
But then I realized that it wasn’t enough just to know what circumstances in which a project was done…there were [...]

I just received notice that we’ve been included in a top 100 list over at: The Top 100 Productivity and Lifehack Blogs - College Degree.com. I’m honored to be included with so many of the blogs that help me stay on track.

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Do We Have To Be Completely Uncluttered?
I have often wondered what would happen if I had clutter under such control that I would not have any in the house. Everything would have a place and be in that place. Perfection.
Are We Setting Ourselves Up for Failure?
The last word drew my attention. Perfection. The unattainable state. [...]

I came across this idea I was reading Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?: An Easy Plan for Losing Weight and Living More. It is fascinating to me the possibility of the link between clutter and fat. But it was a new way of looking at things.
In the book Peter Walsh pointed [...]

I recently decided it would be a good idea to get my WiFi card working. With that done, I realized I had no applications installed that could use it. I started to look for a PDA web browser.
The three free browsers I was able to find were Opera, WebPro and Eudora. With each of these, [...]

Earlier this year I was struggling with my schedule. I found myself in survival mode because of a family health crisis, and realized that many of the things I do every day are not essential to keeping life going. I examined my schedule and found that I was doing a lot of things.
However, the productivity [...]