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DIY planner kit

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If you have had trouble settling on the perfect planner, why not try droplet’s DIY planner kit.  For $10, you can download the PDF files for letter-size and half-sized templates and either 3-hole punch or bind the pages into a book. The PDF comes with monthly calendar pages, weekly pages, notes pages and a contacts page so that you can build just the sort of planner you need.

I owned the files at one point but in the security debacle of 2010, I lost the files along with everything else I had stored digitally. And just when I was getting itchy to make my own planner!

(via droplet on Etsy)

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At the start of every year, I try to determine if I am working most efficiently and what, if any tools, exist to make my job easier. Cloud is such an app. When installed on your Mac, it automatically uploads screenshots to your web storage. This is great if you are working on client work or collaborating and want a way to share images with people quickly, without cluttering up your email. But there’s more to Cloud than that. Its got the kind of functionality that makes it fast and easy to upload music tracks, videos and links (with shortened URLs) quickly with the Raindrop plug-ins in the preferences. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

(via CloudApp)

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Alfred App

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Four months ago, I mentioned a new app discovery called Alfred. I thought I would follow-up to let you know, I cannot live without it now. The simple act of clicking Option+Spacebar and keying in the first few letters of anything has shaved so many seconds of clicking around on my computer that I think I’ve added at least a day of productivity to my life. Really.

Add to the free app with the PowerPack (£15 or $24) and you can do even more than just locate files, calculate, spell and shutdown (favorite feature!). With the PowerPack, once you’ve located an image or file, you can immediately email it or open it with a specific application. There is an iTunes mini player controller, ability to find a contact in your Address Book quickly and access clipboard hisories. There are opportunities for even more functionality with scripts and more but that’s outside my realm of expertise.

So, try out the app and see if you find it useful. If you do find it useful, try out the PowerPack and really blow your mind! My fingers hardly ever leave the keyboard now.