I’ve added a page to this site describing my GTD set-up, in case anyone might find something useful there. You may find it using the “GTD” link in the menu, or by clicking here.

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I want to tell you about how three different services (along with my own PHPMyGTD application) and my phone have changed the way I handle my appointments and reminders.

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Sandy has had iCal feeds for a while, but I couldn’t use them with Google Calendar. Well, now they’ve created “private” iCal feeds. I use quotes on “private”, because it’s not really protected in any way, except that it has an obscure, randomly-generated URL. However, this is good enough for an application like Sandy.
I’m going […]

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(This is the first in a series of unknown length on my thoughts on Buddhism’s Five Hindrances and their relationship to the concept in psychotherapy of Cognitive Distortions.)
I was first introduced to the psychological concept of cognitive distortions by Maria. Per the linked Wikipedia article, cognitive distortions are thought processes that “maintain negative thinking and […]

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Last night, just as I was falling asleep, I heard my phone ring out a text message tone. (Incidentally, it’s this sound, a customized version of one found on the Monty Python website. It can be startling.)
I leaned over to look at it. The head node from the cluster was checking in to let me […]

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