Helping Creative People Create

From the monthly archives:

January 2007

Merlin at 43F points us to a terrific (mac only) resource for writers: Scrivener. Scrivener is more or less a project management tool for writers. It allows you to: edit multiple documents create “corkboards” to storyboard and arrange thoughts use a fully-featured outliner track keywords (like themes) you write about full screen edit … and ...

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Office Depot has just come to the conclusion that employees lose more than 15 minutes a day (or 2 hours per week), due to lack of organization.  Apparently 53% of employees operate in a “controlled chaos” environment.  Honestly, they’re lucky it’s controlled.  Most people only work in chaos.  So naturally, Office Depot has come up ...

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I’ve been trying out a couple of mind mapping programs: MindManager Pro and Thinkature. MindManager Pro is paid software ($349) from Mindjet, and in my opinion is the Cadillac of mind mapping programs. It’s fast, has an easy to use interface, and is very intuitive with an interface very similar to Microsoft Word. I love ...

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I think it looks better than a roller coaster ride… 8959221252413764426 8959221252413764426&q

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I’ve been wanting to do an update on LifeDev’s template design for a while now. While I really liked the old design for nostalgia purposes, I’ve been wanting to try a sleeker, more modern look. So when I saw the nonzero theme had been ported to WordPress, I jumped at the chance to use it. ...

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Black Belt Productivity reminds me of something that I wrestle with all the time: GTD isn’t a static framework. While there are a few unbending rules (like review frequently), there still isn’t a stone tablet hidden away in David Allen’s office with the “perfect” blend of productivity tools. Really, most of it is open to ...

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