thanks to the RIAA, internet radio may cease to exist on 5/15/07. this one’s no hoax or ‘potential’ problem - the law’s been passed and is slated to go into effect in 3 weeks. no more pandora, di.fm, soma.fm, or any streaming internet radio.
more info & an online petition here: savenetradio.org
Home prices set for first drop in 40 years
Average Selling Prices in Santa Clara County Hit Record Highs in March
seems like silicon valley is one of the few bright spots, while the rest of the nation is enduring heavy thunderstorms. the economy is strong here, and the well-off are still buying the better properties. but the less well-off segment of the market (subprime) is pretty much gone. does that lead to a market that tanks, or just one that’s “normal”?
iGTD is a fantastic GTD app - and i’ve tried em all (kinkless, actiontastic, etc, etc…). it’s made by a 26yo polish developer, and it’s the first Mac app he’s ever written. very impressive. there’s been a rash of GTD apps coming out (mostly for Mac), and this is the first really usable one that i’ve found. Merlin Mann, the GTD evangelist, also likes it.
basically, the idea is this: information and things “todo” are coming at you left and right in life & the workplace. the GTD philosophy says “get it out of your head” and “put it all in a trusted system”. that system can be pen & paper, index cards, whatever…for the uber-nerds it’s a GTD application like iGTD.
what’s great about iGTD is that it makes the 2 main steps of GTD flow really easily:
1) “Collect”: it’s effortless to create tasks with links to URLs, files or email messages. Dump them all into the “Inbox”. While working in any application, if you think of something you can pull up the Quicksilver plugin, type in the task, and it will be whisked away to the Inbox.
2) “Process”: periodically (at least daily) you process all the tasks in your inbox and assign a Context, Project, and/or Priority. This puts them into neat little buckets for you to knock off at the right time & context.
if this sounds like something that might help you out, i suggest reading the book first, or at least the GTD wikipedia entry.
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