Jun 182009

GTD advises those that practice it to empty their minds often. If you suddenly get a great idea or if just remembered something that you must do, you have to write it down somewhere as soon as that comes into your head. Not only will it be less likely to be forgotten, it will also free your mind to think about stuff that you actually enjoy thinking about.

The problem with this advice is that most of those ideas pop up when you’re on the go, and thus requires you to bring a portable note taking tool with you always. Ticklers or small notebooks are often too bulky to fit in your pocket, while PDAs and smartphones are often too expensive for such a simple task.

Enter the Hipster PDA.

Hipster PDA

The Hipster PDA (Parietal Disgorgement Aid) is a fully extensible system for coordinating incoming and outgoing data for any aspect of your life and work. It scales brilliantly, degrades gracefully, supports optional categories and “beaming,” and is configurable to an unlimited number of options. Best of all, the Hipster PDA fits into your hip pocket and costs practically nothing to purchase and maintain. Let’s make one together.

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Apr 182009

This blog will be up for a long time so I might as well get this “issue” out of the way this early.

Between my habit of dropping F-bombs and PI-bombs and my ever-present “skull” pin, it’s not apparent that I consider myself a religious person. I’m a practicing Roman Catholic, and I just came home from a 6pm anticipated mass.

Don’t worry, I am not going to preach about my religion in this post. We’ll just look at one of the more pragmatic ways of looking at religion, namely, how it can apply to your personal growth.

Note that while this post can be applicable to atheists and agnostics, it may not be applicable to people from extremely strict religions. If your god dictates what you must do every second of your life without fail, I would suggest that you don’t go beyond the cut below.

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