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17 This page contains links to articles about GTD, procrastination, etc.
18 Come here and play if you don't want to work.
22 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=git+r+done
24 : The modern use of git r done was developed in the early 90's by hard
25 : working white males who reached a point in their life where they wanted
26 : to actually accomplish something in life... instead of getting
27 : completely hammered and rebuilding transmissions, the started doing
28 : projects that really mattered - projects like fixing the mailbox,
29 : cleaning the house, possibly even taking a few loads to the dump. This
30 : sudden surge of progress made these men feel good, like they were doing
31 : something. So, they had to have a way in their simple minds to reaffirm
32 : that feeling of getting something done. Thus, "GITRDONE!" was born. This
33 : can be said before a task is completed to motivate them, or after a task
34 : is completed to celebrate. It is also used profusely during the process
35 : of completing a task for no apparent reason which is very obnoxious and
36 : ambient. Often used with a drawn out "Woooooo!" yelling before or
39 * A Day Unplugged: Frenzied Blackberries vs. Kwai Chang Caine?
41 http://www.43folders.com/2008/03/03/kung-fu-unplugged
43 : In yesterday's New York Times, Mark Bittman wrote an entertaining and
44 : thoughtful article about realizing that his need to stay wired,
45 : in-touch, and updated was really starting to eat into him. His headslap
46 : moment came on an international flight, as he realizes the only other
47 : place I could escape was in my sleep. He goes on to talk about the
48 : difficulty of maintaining even a single day of Sabbath from electronic
49 : communication and media...
51 * The Advantages of closing a few doors...
53 By John Tierney Published: February 26, 2008
55 Full [[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/science/26tier.html%3Fem&ex%3D1204347600&en%3Dbf8b21f9fbee36d7&ei%3D5087%0A][article in the NYT]]
57 : The next time you're juggling options — which friend to see, which house to
58 : buy, which career to pursue — try asking yourself this question: What would
61 : Xiang Yu was a Chinese general in the third century B.C. who took his troops
62 : across the Yangtze River into enemy territory and performed an experiment in
63 : decision making. He crushed his troops' cooking pots and burned their ships.
65 : He explained this was to focus them on moving forward — a motivational speech
66 : that was not appreciated by many of the soldiers watching their retreat option
67 : go up in flames. But General Xiang Yu would be vindicated, both on the
68 : battlefield and in the annals of social science research.
70 * Time and Attention by Merlin Mann
72 Great [[http://www.43folders.com/2008/02/14/time-attention-talk][talk by Merlin]] Mann about "Time and attention".
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