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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:12 PM

Do It Tomorrow: Reactive vs. Rational Sides of the Brain

I'm reading through the Do It Tomorrow book by Mark Forster ... From Chapter 1, "What This Book Is About"... There are two parts to the brain: the reactive (stimulus -> reaction) and the rational (thought -> decision -> action). Resistance to
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:03 PM

Autofocus: What I'm Keeping from GTD

What am I keeping from Getting Things Done (GTD) as I begin to apply Autofocus (AF)? Ubiquitous capture: everything goes into my AF list as a next action or is otherwise discarded, deleted, or archived. I try to make immediate "next action or not" decisions
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Monday, March 30, 2009 7:26 PM

Do It Tomorrow: Getting Started

I just picked up a copy of a book by Mark Forster titled Do It Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management. I plan to blog tidbits from it each day as I read through it. You can track my posts on this book by going to my home page and clicking the Do
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Monday, March 30, 2009 7:22 PM

Autofocus: Q&A

What's revoltionary to me about Autofocus (AF)? Surely a single list of next actions is nothing new and sounds much too simple. You may ask what about: Writing tasks on paper versus putting them into a computer? My Outlook Tasks list tracks tasks that
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Friday, March 27, 2009 7:44 PM

Autofocus: Adapting Outlook from GTD

Now that I've started using Autofocus (AF), here's what I ditched from my Getting Things Done (GTD) implementation in Outlook, and here's what I kept: I still have my Outlook "Archive" folder (with no sub-folders) in which I keep all of my old reference-based
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:03 PM

Visual Studio 2010: Deploying Web Applications

In this 16-minute video, you'll learn about new features in Visual Studio 2010 that make deploying web applications a lot easier. See: http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-10-Making-Web-Deployment-Easier/ Contents: 02:40 Use the new Web. Configuration
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:44 PM

Autofocus: Why Do I Use It?

Why am I so interested in Autofocus (AF)? What's the big deal about having all of my next actions in just one list? (OK, "one" list that is comprised of both my AF notebook and my Outlook Tasks list considered together, but that's only for convenience's
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:39 PM

Visual Basic 10: Language Improvements

In this 12-minute video, you'll learn about some of the new features and functionality coming Visual Basic 10. See: http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-9-Visual-Basic-10/ Contents: 01:10 Multiline and statement lambdas. 01:50 Implicit line
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:56 PM

Autofocus: Day 1 Results

Here are my first day's results using Autofocus (AF): Work-related tasks entered in my notebook yesterday: 10 Work-related tasks entered in my Outlook Tasks list yesterday: 10 Non-work-related tasks entered in my notebook yesterday: 4 Of these: Completed
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Monday, March 23, 2009 6:32 PM

Autofocus: Getting Started

I started using the Autofocus (AF) system this past weekend. My current AF setup consists of two parts: a Moleskine 5”x8.25” notebook (purchased at my local Barnes & Noble ) and my Outlook 2007 Tasks list. In my notebook, I capture work-related tasks
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:38 PM

ASP.NET AJAX 4.0: New Features and Functionality

In this 27-minute video, you'll learn about some of the new features and functionality of ASP.NET AJAX 4.0. See: http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-8-ASPNET-AJAX-40/ Contents: 01:20 New features summary list: Client templates, Bindings,
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Monday, March 09, 2009 3:48 AM

Tables of Contents in Help Systems

Just curious: to what degree do you rely on Tables of Contents (TOCs) in computer Help and documentation systems that are either installed on your local compter or available through web-based assistance sites like MSDN ? Please let me know in the comments
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Monday, March 02, 2009 5:22 PM

Visual Studio Team System 2010: Work Item Tracking Improvements

In this 14-minute video, you'll learn about how Team Foundation Server 2010 helpS you more easily plan the work and iterations which make up your project. See: http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-7-No-More-Planning-Black-Box/ Contents: 2:00
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