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Another landmark

Another landmark

Literary agents are the key to securing a viable publishing deal in these day of big business, global publishing. Today I submitted my book to three suitable London agents.
I am under no illusions about the nature of the climb ahead of me to get Persistent Spirit and the rest of the Table Rappers series published [...]

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GMail GTD – a practical method for harnessing your inbox overload stress

GMail GTD – a practical method for harnessing your inbox overload stress

The principles of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) system have been a huge help for me in, would you believe it, getting things done. A friend recently asked me to describe how I work GTD principles within Google’s GMail to maintain control of the dreaded email inbox. Here is an outline of my personal [...]

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Things GTD reaches version 1.0

Things GTD reaches version 1.0

Ever in search of the perfect GTD (Getting Things Done) solution, I have used pretty much everything that is available and landed firmly with Cultured Code’s Things.
Today came the very pleasing announcement it will be released as Version 1.0 next week.
Beyond the basic principles, GTD can be administered to the chronically overwhelmed in a whole [...]

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Chapter 1 is in the bag

Chapter 1 is in the bag

I am delighted to announce that Chapter 1 of Persistent Spirit is in the bag and all ready for release on Sunday January 6.

The ongoing schedule is to release a new chapter early each Sunday evening (UK time) so that you can partly fill that pre-Monday morning few hours at the end of the weekend.

Chapter 1 brings the story several years after the Prelude, and you get to meet a few of the more important characters you will be accompanying on their adventures. I want to tell you more about the episode, but that would spoil everything!

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Desert Island Geek on Adam Curry’s Podfinder

Desert Island Geek on Adam Curry’s Podfinder

I have been totally remiss in posting about this, but, without any influence from myself, Desert Island Geek got itself featured on Adam Curry’s Podfinder a couple of weeks ago: Podfinder. Grateful thanks go to Brian Noe who manages the show, for selecting.
Check out Podfinder here
Listen to the show:
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MacZot Ubercaster offer

MacZot Ubercaster offer

MacZot, the “get your Mac software cheap for a day” site, is currently offering Übercaster for $20 off the standard price.
Get it here: http://maczot.com/discuss/?p=411

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When systems came on one CD

When systems came on one CD

When systems came on one CD, originally uploaded by neil….Going through some old disks and came across this. I had actually forgotten I’d owned a Powerbook 1400!
—- ?Sent using a Sony Ericsson mobile phone

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