The Lab with Leo Laporte: Draft Pitches on Hiveminder and Open Source

A few days ago I heard back from Ryan Yewell at the Lab with Leo Laporte about my segment pitches for the show.
It turns out that they are interested in the pitches on Hiveminder and Open Source and want to know the 3 to 4 main points I'll cover in each segment and the resources [...]

On getting organized

Its not that my life is absolute, unrestrained chaos anymore … it is just that I have gotten quite busy in the last few years (especially in the last six months.)
Using the tickler file concept from Getting Things Done has been massively helpful. I forget fewer tasks and procrastinate less. Additionally, the general level of [...]

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Creating iCal events from messages in Mail.app

I just wrote a small Applescript that creates one iCal event from every selected email in Mail.app.
If attempts to run the script fail, grab the source here, open up the Script Editor, paste in the source and then save as a .app
Terse use instructions follow:
email2ical creates one iCal event for every selected email message [...]

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GTD tickler functionality in Mail.app

I just wrote a bit of Applescript to handle simple tickler functionality in the OS X Mail.app. Grab a copy: GTD-like tickler functionality for Mail.app
If the script does not work properly, grab the source here, open up Script Editor, paste in the text and save the file as a .app.
Thanks to Andy Warwick for his [...]

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