http://dougist.com Douglas Barone Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:14:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://dougist.com/2010/09/tagging-in-fsim/ http://dougist.com/2010/09/tagging-in-fsim/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:09:49 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=1529 http://dougist.com/2010/09/tagging-in-fsim/feed/ 2 http://dougist.com/2010/08/getting-ready-for-plaintext/ http://dougist.com/2010/08/getting-ready-for-plaintext/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:49:48 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=1500 http://dougist.com/2010/08/getting-ready-for-plaintext/feed/ 0 http://dougist.com/2010/06/taskpaper-scrivener-note-taking/ http://dougist.com/2010/06/taskpaper-scrivener-note-taking/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:01:55 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=1347 ]]> http://dougist.com/2010/06/taskpaper-scrivener-note-taking/feed/ 2 http://dougist.com/2010/02/minimalist-with-my-notes/ http://dougist.com/2010/02/minimalist-with-my-notes/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:51:21 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=1169 http://dougist.com/2010/02/minimalist-with-my-notes/feed/ 8 http://dougist.com/2010/01/my-policy-on-email/ http://dougist.com/2010/01/my-policy-on-email/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:03:09 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=970 http://dougist.com/2010/01/my-policy-on-email/feed/ 0 http://dougist.com/2010/01/notational-velocity-show-in-finder/ http://dougist.com/2010/01/notational-velocity-show-in-finder/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:56:45 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=795 http://dougist.com/2010/01/notational-velocity-show-in-finder/feed/ 5 http://dougist.com/2010/01/mymfa-a-two-year-writer%e2%80%99s-development-program/ http://dougist.com/2010/01/mymfa-a-two-year-writer%e2%80%99s-development-program/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:18:57 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=752 myMFA, it’s outlined in detail, along with the schedule of how I implemented it in 2009 and 2010, after the jump…]]> http://dougist.com/2010/01/mymfa-a-two-year-writer%e2%80%99s-development-program/feed/ 2 http://dougist.com/2010/01/writeroom-and-notational-velocity/ http://dougist.com/2010/01/writeroom-and-notational-velocity/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:07:17 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=735 http://dougist.com/2010/01/writeroom-and-notational-velocity/feed/ 6 http://dougist.com/2009/10/busycal-an-ical-replacement-is-not-quite-busy-enough/ http://dougist.com/2009/10/busycal-an-ical-replacement-is-not-quite-busy-enough/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:04:51 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=670 Here's what I liked and didn't like about the application...]]> http://dougist.com/2009/10/busycal-an-ical-replacement-is-not-quite-busy-enough/feed/ 3 http://dougist.com/2009/08/file-system-infobase-manager/ http://dougist.com/2009/08/file-system-infobase-manager/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:47:42 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=427 http://dougist.com/2009/08/file-system-infobase-manager/feed/ 24 http://dougist.com/2009/06/email-as-todo-list/ http://dougist.com/2009/06/email-as-todo-list/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:06:32 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=346 his last email update. In it he described a short list of his productivity secrets and to the gasps of GTD/David Allen proselytes the world over he declared that he uses his email inbox as his todo list. I thought I heard the followers of Merlin Mann and his 43 Folders InboxZero program clutch their collective chests. I joined in by posting... < blockquote>I love todo list so much I had dozens - Omnifocus, iGTD, iCal, Things, legal pads, 3x5 cards, all of it. Then I relized the wonder of the one inbox, and I have made my email that box. Like Pogue, anything that comes in is filed, replied to, or tossed a la basic GTD principles. What is left over are todo/project emails. The problem with using the inbox...]]> http://dougist.com/2009/06/email-as-todo-list/feed/ 1 http://dougist.com/2009/06/writing-timers-wasting-timers/ http://dougist.com/2009/06/writing-timers-wasting-timers/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:15:28 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=301 Scrivener boards, I learned of a system for working in periods of forty-eight minutes followed by breaks of twelve minutes. The idea was to train the subconscious to visit during the twelve to help the creative process along. Easy to adopt, right? All you need is a great timer, because if it works you’re fully absorbed during the 48 and will/should/hope to loose track of time until the bell goes off. So I had to go find the right timer. Don’t laugh, this is a big deal and it can take dozens of hours of frittering to try them all and get just the right one....]]> http://dougist.com/2009/06/writing-timers-wasting-timers/feed/ 0 http://dougist.com/2009/06/shifting-mediums/ http://dougist.com/2009/06/shifting-mediums/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:51:20 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=270 http://dougist.com/2009/06/shifting-mediums/feed/ 1 http://dougist.com/2009/02/dating-devonthink/ http://dougist.com/2009/02/dating-devonthink/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:09:05 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=151 http://dougist.com/2009/02/dating-devonthink/feed/ 8 http://dougist.com/2009/02/if-mark-twain-had-a-laptop/ http://dougist.com/2009/02/if-mark-twain-had-a-laptop/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:06:03 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=133 http://dougist.com/2009/02/if-mark-twain-had-a-laptop/feed/ 0 http://dougist.com/2008/08/writing-tools-journler/ http://dougist.com/2008/08/writing-tools-journler/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:20:01 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=25 http://dougist.com/2008/08/writing-tools-journler/feed/ 10 http://dougist.com/2008/07/a-journler-of-mythic-propotions/ http://dougist.com/2008/07/a-journler-of-mythic-propotions/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:13:25 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=11 http://dougist.com/2008/07/a-journler-of-mythic-propotions/feed/ 2