Are to-do lists a helpful tool to getting things done? Or do you find them frustratingly long and seemingly insurmountable? Or do you find them buried under papers or in old documents/post-it notes on your screen, wall, door? Or do you somehow ignore to-do lists entirely? Thanks to Andy Crouch's 5 Questions post on to-do lists, I've had quite a few good conversations with friends and family on this topic. Two pastors of my local congregation have given some interesting feedback on the topic. One quipped that he … [Read more...] about Keeping “to-do lists”
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One Positive Use of Twitter: Free Research Software
My post about Twitter didn't generate much (i.e. any) conversation, but here is one redeeming use of Twitter: free software. MacHeist (a website that offers free and discounted Mac software) is giving away a free copy of DEVONthink to anyone who sends a specific message on Twitter. Sure, it's a shameless ploy for free publicity, but DEVONthink is worth it, IMHO. I use it to store research, PDFs, book quotes, random article, and just about everything else digital in my life. It's not cross-platform like Evernote, but if … [Read more...] about One Positive Use of Twitter: Free Research Software
What Tools Do You Use?
Tom's recent post about online materials got me to think about tools to organize that research. With the glut of information now available, what do you use to keep it all organized? I'll start. First, a disclaimer: I use a Mac, and I think all of the tools I use are Mac-specific. Here are the tools that I use: For news and RSS feeds, I use NetNewsWire. For research material (quotes, docs, notes, etc.), DEVONthink Pro. For larger writing projects, Scrivener. To keep track of my library, Books. To keep … [Read more...] about What Tools Do You Use?