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664 emails to inbox Zero in two hours!

January 5, 2021 Luc Beaulieu

For the last few years, twice a year I pledge to my family (and myself) not to open once my e-mails for at least two

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Kanban-View for Things 3 – Release V1.0 available (free)!

August 26, 2018 Luc Beaulieu

The following will allow a visual project-level overview of what is on your plate. It is comprised of 3 files: a python script, a CSS file and a PDF README file (a copy of this post). It can be executed from the terminal or as a system service using the macOS Automator app (thus never needing to open a terminal and can be associated to a keyboard short cut).

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Automating collection of To Dos from meeting notes using DevonThink, AppleScript and Things

March 7, 2015 Luc Beaulieu

For sometimes now, I went fully digital when attending meetings (one on one, research, scientific congress or even committee meetings). I adopted the iPad for that task

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About the e-Office series!

September 16, 2012 Luc Beaulieu

In one place all the posts related to hardware, software and other considerations for setting up a productive scientific digital workflow. I will add to

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Zotero on the go!

September 6, 2012 Luc Beaulieu

In the previous post I was describing the free Zotero scientific manuscript management software. Through a comment via this blog and others, I was pointed

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Invest in a good manuscript (PDF) management system

September 3, 2012 Luc Beaulieu

If, as starting graduate students, you are following my first key advice of reading on a regular basis scientific manuscripts related to your field of

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Digital Office Part V: making it work!

August 18, 2012 Luc Beaulieu

So far, posts in this digital office series this blog have tackled the hardware selection and components, OSX and iOS software, and finally the inputs

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Digital Office part IV: Inboxes and various tips

July 2, 2012 Luc Beaulieu

In the previous posts, we went over the hardware requirements and selection, software and finally mobile software. It is now time to address the sources

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Don’t forget the basic stuff!

May 21, 2012 Luc Beaulieu

This semester I thought an undergraduate laboratory to last year engineering students. These will be entering the job market (or pursue graduate studies) in a

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