My “sent” folders are a morass. I think that’s true of most folks. I wrote a little script in my imapfilter config.lua to duplicate some handy functionality from the venerable pine. I’m sure it could be cleaned up a bit, but it does the job for me. On the first of the month, it creates …
Category Archives: Productivity
Archiving Sent Mail with
Audio apps for relaxation and focus
Like so many people (everyone?), I sometimes struggle with focus. I have a number of strategies that work, but sound plays a role in all of them. In this article I’ll take you through my focus-related audio tools. Focus-related audio falls into four categories: music that’s acceptable background music like classic ambient; generated noise (white, …
Lenten web fast
Last year I observed a web fast during Lent. It was really successful, so I’m doing it again this year. I want to share a bit about my thinking. Most people are familiar with the Lenten practice of forgoing luxuries or fasting. The purpose of this practice is penitence, and to prepare the mind for …
GTD Incompletion Trigger List in OPML
Update: the link to the Organise IT trigger list seems to be pretty popular. Unfortunately it’s gone from their site. You can see an archived version of the list on the Wayback Machine. As part of my 2013 planning, I’m doing what David Allen’s book Getting Things Done calls a “mind sweep”. It’s a process …