Screenshot Tour: A look under the hood of Quicksilver - Lifehacker. Hack Attack: A beginner's guide to Quicksilver - Lifehacker. Jim Phelps - IT Architect in Academia » Kinkless Getting Things Done. My kGTD setup. Kinkless GTD .83: Enhances Quicksilver and iCal integration, much more. Kinkless GTD 0.83 [Relative Motion] | Kinkless The wait is over, kids.
Ethan Schoonover has just released his .83 version of Kinkless GTD, and, brother, does it ever bring it. (For an intro to what kGTD is, start here, then go here and of course, here.) So, first great thing: the syncing problems people (including me) were having -- getting changes in Action views and iCal to get reflected correctly back in Projects view -- has been fixed most elegantly. So it's just a lot more usable and dependable right out of the box. Everything syncs: all changes to all columns are now synchronized across all views of a task (Projects/Actions/iCal) Deletions now handled with the good old delete key on your keyboard Singleton tasks section, now a full citizen Better QS action… and fancy “task shorthand” to make it easy to send a task to a specific context/project Task aging Visit the kGTD .83 release page for full details Previously But in this latest release, Ethan takes it further (yes!
The new syntax. Mindfulness: The practice of being “here” As I mentioned in a recent Lifehacker interview with Matt, I've been casting about for a good way to work in my newfound interest in mindfulness, or the ostensibly Buddhist practice of bringing your attention and focus back to the present moment, primarily through breathing and awareness.
Well, here you go: one rank Western novice's collection of blurbs and excerpts on an ancient (yet oddly timely) method for easing yourself back into this moment -- any day, at any time, and in anything you choose to do. Mindfulness is this and here Mindfulness is the practice whereby a person is intentionally aware of his or her thoughts and actions in the present moment, non-judgmentally. Mindfulness is applied to both bodily actions and the mind's own thoughts and feelings. In Buddhism, the second kind of mindfulness is considered a prerequisite for developing insight and wisdom. Paper, productivity & passion. John Norris. Main Page. 43 Folders: Quicksilver: Append to a text file from anywhere. Forums - Index. Dan Dickinson: The Primary Vivid Weblog: Quicksilver: From A Better OS X To Even More.
This is an intermediate Quicksilver tutorial, to help people who went through my first tutorial and are looking for a little more in-depth information about how to tweak Quicksilver.
While there are a few nifty things to do in here that are spelled out verbatim, most of this should be taken as a launching pad into your own self discovery about Quicksilver. Before going through this article, please make sure your copy Quicksilver is up to date (including plugins), you know how to invoke the hotkey and do basic Quicksilver actions, and can find the preferences window. This is current through b51 (3800). You are going to rock and roll. And you can hardly wait for the music to begin.
Step #1 – Tune Up Your Catalog No application will ever meet your exact needs with the default settings – unless, of course, you’ve written it yourself, but the chances of this are slim. Technology Archives. Elizabeth lane lawley's thoughts on technology, academia, family, and tangential topics Monday, 13 July 2009 shared calendar solution I’ve been struggling for a couple of days now with how to create a shared calendar that family members can use to coordinate care for my grandmother—especially while my mother, her primary caregiver, is out of town.
Google Calendar seemed like the best choice, so I created a new calendar under my primary Google account, which I could then share with others. The problem with that, however, is that I really need this calendar information to be available on my iPhone (which is my primary scheduling tool). Happily, the iPhone 3.0 software also supports the CalDAV protocol, and Google supports that protocol as well.
Success! For the rest of the family, I can simply share the new calendar with their Google accounts—or, if they have devices or software that can subscribe to a CalDAV calendar, I can give them login info directly. Dan Dickinson: The Primary Vivid Weblog: QuickSilver - A Better OS X In Just 10 Minutes. Note: This tutorial is also available in O’Reilly’s OS X Panther Hacks.
Further Reading: I have also published an intermediate tutorial, with 10 steps to leverage more power with Quicksilver. There’s also Gold Trigger, which helps you understand the trigger system. This isn’t Ronco. I’m not an excitable friend from across the ocean with red hair and a bowtie and a British accent. You’re not watching Amazing Discoveries. This probably sounds like bullshit, I know. Before you start, you will need to have: A Mac running Mac OS X 10.4 or better. Got all that? 43 Folders: Quicksilver: Grab a copy and play along at home. Quicksilver: a better mousetrap. FrontPage - Notebooks.