Some Words

So, going into the new year, I thought it would be good to have a program on hand that let me go into a little more detail than iCal. Sure, the real problem is that I have the attention span of a small rodent. I also have a touch of OCD. (I’m just as bad as everyone else, but isn’t it annoying as hell when people self diagnose like that?) I have a hard time writing when there’s anything in my RSS feed. That’s bad. Anyhow, I started digging into some productivity software. I looked at Task List and OmniOutliner. The end result was a lot of spent time, and the sinking sensation that this could take way too long.

It’s so easy to set out trying to become more efficient and then waste weeks not getting any goals done, but trying very hard to set up to get goals done. I’d really like something that has iCal, but a few of the functions of the two programs I just mentioned, there’s Kinkless for OmniOutliner, and that is almost there, but it doesn’t do it’s own calendar, yet still leaves you thinking, why can’t all of this be done in iCal. So I looked into 10.5. No deal. They’re adopting a bunch of stuff, and of course pretending no one gave them the idea. (Multiple desktops? We swear Linux has never done that…)

So I’ve decided to muddle through with iCal for a while. There’s no sense in learning a whole new system, when the old one was close. I’ll use that stuff… oh yeah, paper, and take notes in files. Maybe I’ll keep OmniOutliner around. that might be ok. Anyhow. I’m going to write.

All of this thanks to 43 Folders who curse/bless me with their productivity suggestions, I waste time.