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Index Cards, the Ultimate Multi-Touch Interface

November 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · idea!, managing, simplify your life, technology

Turns out, 007’s new multi-touch comm device has nothing on the decades old index card. Index cards are a great communication tool. Use them to present website designs, create conceptual layouts for applications, and brainstorm ideas in general. These two pictures were taken from one of our client meetings, when we are trying to organize [...]

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Things on the iPhone now Sync with Desktop

August 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · iphone

I meant to blog about this for a long time. Things.app is, IMHO, the best GTD app for the Mac. I have been using the beta for a very long time. In fact my GTD system is on it. When the iPhone 3G is announced, the folks at CulturedCode started working on a version specifically [...]

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A great scanner for the Mac – ScanSnap S300M

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments · mac, review

Just wrote up a review for this little scanner. Great automatic document feeder. Great scan quality, and speed. Just wish it is cheaper. Read and watch the full review here on the review page.

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Design Notes from Omni Focus demo video

May 17th, 2008 · No Comments · observation

I took some notes on one of the video explaining why the Omni Focus application design is so nice. I liked the analysis, but I actually gave up on the product itself. I now use Thing. However, these are the interesting design points:
Application’s feature is “shrink to fit” — The feature set is not overwhelming [...]

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