MacBreak Weekly #235 (Part 1) starts off a great informative series (Part 1 of 4) to introduce the new features found in Automator and Services in Snow Leopard.
There are additional videos: #236 (Part 2), #237 (Part 3), and #238 (Part 4). More information can also be found at: www.macosxautomation.com
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I recently upgraded my Apple iPod Touch to version 3.0. Here are the features that I have found the most useful:
And these are the ones that I may get some more use out of once I get some more usage:
All in all a solid update IMHO and worth the $10.
Today’s Jersey Boys Podcast show is a quick rundown of the latest news and pointers related to the Jersey Boys National Tour. Currently, the National Tour cast is in Atlanta, GA. We start off the podcast with music from the Broadway show, highlighting the song “You’re The Apple Of My Eye” written by Otis Blackwell, and give you a sample from the 1950s recording from The Four Lovers.
Listen! (Size: 11.5-MBs, Time: 16m40s)
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
Song samples included in this podcast (thanks to Rhino Records):
]Edited: 10/27/2025
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Today’s Jersey Boys Podcast show reaches back into our archives and puts together in a single podcast the Tommy DeVito interview we conducted back in Fall 2007. The audio recording for the MP3 has been upgraded from previous releases at 64-kbps to 96-kbps. Also, if you enjoyed this audio interview with Tommy, you should check out these other interviews: Las Vegas Review Journal (Doug Elfman) and Jersey Boys Blog Interview (Dec06).
Listen! (Size: 56.6-MBs, Time: 1h22m15s)
The only song segment sampled in this podcast (thanks to Rhino Records) was:
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
Edited: 10/22/2025
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There was a recent tweet on Twitter #GTD from Emily Wilska (@OrganizedLifeSF) asking for a "status report" template that one might fill out after completing a David Allen GTD Weekly Review.
While I don't have a status report template, I do have a personal Weekly Review dashboard hosted up on Google Docs.
Here is a link to my GTD Weekly Review Dashboard Google Doc spreadsheet that I created. [NOTE: Conditional coloring of fields & fonts may not transfer if you export to Excel or other spreadsheets.]
The basic idea is to track when you do the individual items of a review by placing the date in "Last Completed" column. The spreadsheet will then make a calculation based on today's date, and give you a GREEN, YELLOW, or RED status. Most of the items are on a weekly (7 day) schedule, but some of them are on a monthly (30 day) schedule. Here are some links for more information on how to implement conditional coloring of fields for Excel, Numbers, and Google Docs. Feel free to customize to your own needs.
I started using this dashboard last summer when things were really getting out of hand at work. I was finding my timing for reviewing Weekly Review items to be sporadic with some items being reviewed several times a day to some slipping a couple of weeks or even a month between reviews. To keep sane, I adopted this dashboard for Weekly reviews (which I look at everyday) and also David Allen's My World Mindmap (which will be a post for another day).
The key for me is knowing what I am doing and not doing, otherwise I turn into a crazy maker.
(7/15/2012) – Updated to fix broken link to Google docs.
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I wasn’t able to attend this event but I thought it was important to capture and share.
Kelly Forrister at the David Allen Company recently did an innovative event on Twitter (#GTD #Tweekly). It was an interactive Getting Things Done Weekly Review. Here is the sequence via 29 tweets that she posted:
It is my understanding from the GTD Virtual Study Group which did a quick review at the very beginning of their latest podcast is that the timing for this weekly review was limited to 1 hour with all the major items (11 steps) taking approximately 5 minutes each. The big take away from many of the participants was that they were amazed at what they accomplished in 1 hour.
Other recommended resources during the Twitter session were:
I’ve listened to the Weekly Review CDs and I personally recommend them. The guides are excellent also, and I use them when I need references during GTD processing.
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One of my co-workers recently came up with this handy DIY Moleskine
Find the template you want to put in your moleskine, print it out, cut to size, and then use 'repositionable' glue to secure it in the moleskine. I added a 'shopping list' to one of the back pages of my moleskine. Now I can use this for a couple of weeks, and then pull it out & add another fresh one without messing with a list of old items permanently in my moleskine.
Another reason, I like this is because it is sort of like creating your own post-it notes, but having control of the content, color, and size of the note. The index card size ones at DIYPlanner.com seem to be ideal for the Moleskine.
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I was recently reviewing a file of quotes that I've collected over the years, and the following stood out as timely for the state of today —
"I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." – Winston Churchill
"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." – George Bernard Shaw
"A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money." – G. Gordon Liddy
"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner." – James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
"Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries." – Douglas Casey, Georgetown University
"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." – P.J. O'Rourke
"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else." – Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." – Ronald Reagan (1986)
"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!" – P.J. O'Rourke
"In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other." – Voltaire (1764)
"No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session." – Mark Twain (1866)
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have." – Thomas Jefferson
While this podcast is dedicated to Frank Sinatra, the Four Seasons, the Four Lovers
Charlie Calello was a member of the Four Lovers and for a short time officially part of the Four Seasons. He was also the primary arranger for huge percentage of Four Seasons and Frankie Valli songs and albums.
There is also some great commentary from Charlie Calello in the Jersey Boys coffee table book
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Listen! (Size 9.2 MBs, Running Time 13m15s)
This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) – makers of fine tech clothing.
Today's traditional Tech Rags Tear Out style podcast examines the following four items:
Links mentioned in this podcast include:
The microbrew recommendation for this podcast was the Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout. And the technology podcast recommendation is from GDGT.com.
Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.
This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) – makers of fine tech clothing.
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