Seth Godin, as usual, nails it. The object isn't to be perfect. The goal isn't to hold back until you've created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of … [Read more...]
“I Can Do That” Syndrome
You're listening to a piece of music and it sounds so simple and easy that you say to yourself, "I can do that." But can you really? And if you can, how come you haven't yet? Taking a first person perspective of someone else's perspective can be … [Read more...]
How To Rescue Your Time And Get Your Life Back
A couple weeks ago I wrote about the time required to become an expert songwriter. That advice could have been just as well for any craft, not just songwriting. And the number of hours that I referenced, 5,000, was arbitrary. There is no magic … [Read more...]
GTD: Integrating Remind, iCal, GCal, Quicksilver
A Unix program called Remind is one of the greatest tools for keeping your goals and projects on track. Where calendars like iCal and Google Calendar come up short, Remind fills in the gaps. For example, iCal alarms can remind you of an event … [Read more...]
The Zen Of Attraction
If Less Is More, Then Nothing Is Everything I've been responding to the idea of attraction put out by the less than scientific Secret folks and found a really cool spin on it by the more practical Coachville community. I've abridged the principles … [Read more...]
Update Twitter, Facebook, iChat, Adium, And Skype With Quicksilver
I'm a Facebook fanatic. I joined immediately after they opened to the public. In the beginning, there wasn't much to talk about. None of my friends had joined and there really wasn't that much I could do there. But since then, the buzz has caught my … [Read more...]
Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies For Your iPhone
In an attempt to hack their creativity and artistic output, Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt created a deck of cards they called the Oblique Strategies. Whenever they came up against a creative dilemma--and especially while under a moment of pressure or … [Read more...]
My New Method Of Automated Journaling
I've been hacking this auto-journal script for a while and I've recently settled on using a local install of WordPress combined with AppleScript and Quicksilver. It's really pretty easy. Follow MacZealots' tutorial on Installing WordPress on … [Read more...]
Append To Inbox Quicksilver Action
For some people, Quicksilver doesn't work as advertised. For example, I can't get the 'append to...' action to work as a trigger. And since there's one file that I'm continually appending, I wanted to customize my workflow. That's why I created my … [Read more...]
Blogging With Quicksilver And AppleScript
[tag]Quicksilver[/tag] gets more powerful everyday. I make it a point to learn something new about it almost daily. And it never ceases to surprise me with it's power. And I can say the same with [tag]AppleScript[/tag]. Anything I do repeatedly, I … [Read more...]
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