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	<title>The Enigm@ Chronicles &#187; GTD</title>
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		<title>How To Attain Desktop Nirvana</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jasraj Sandhu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I came across a great article on how to achieve the &#8216;Kinkless Desktop&#8216;, or what I would refer to as Desktop Nirvana. The article was very insightful and finally got me moving to achieve total desktop nirvana i.e. a clutter free desktop. Thus I was able to go from this &#8230;

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A while back I came across a great article on how to achieve the &#8216;<a href="http://kinkless.com/article/kinkless_desktop" title="Five Steps To A Kinkless Desktop" target="_blank">Kinkless Desktop</a>&#8216;, or what I would refer to as Desktop Nirvana. The article was very insightful and finally got me moving to achieve total desktop nirvana i.e. a clutter free desktop. Thus I was able to go from this &#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5870/winxpdesktopic4.jpg" alt="Desktop Limbo" align="left" height="368" width="490" /></p>
<p align="center">to this (for my home pc) &#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3707/kinklessdesktopredyp6.jpg" alt="Desktop Nirvana @ home" align="left" height="306" width="490" /></p>
<p align="center"> and this (for my work pc) &#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2473/kinklessdesktopworked8.jpg" alt="Kinkless @ work" align="left" height="392" width="490" /></p>
<p>Using Kinkless 5 steps as my baseline, I then took my little project 1 step further and applied some very basic Getting Things Done(GTD)  concepts to attain the final product as displayed above. Just by having my 4 folders</p>
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<li>Inbox &#8211; for any new/incoming stuff</li>
<li>Outbox &#8211; for those things that I can settle quickly to get them done and over with</li>
<li>D.Central &#8211; for anything else i.e. some application icons, task list, &#8230;, etc</li>
<li>No Mercy Deletes &#8211; for anything I must get ride by the end of each week, the name implies it all &#8211; no mercy!</li>
</ul>
<p>The simple 4 folder GDT concept I then married to a gem of a software called <a href="http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/" title="ObjectDock" target="_blank">ObjectDock</a> which enabled me to organize my shortcuts, programs and running tasks into a very attractive and a-la-Mac style fun animated dock.</p>
<p><img src="http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6461/objectdockvi5.jpg" alt="ObjectDock" align="left" height="72" width="490" /></p>
<p>Thus I have achieved my goal of Desktop Nivana and the final product currently provides me with:</p>
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<li>A minimalistic icons approach with generous desktop space for great wallpapers</li>
<li>A GTD layout that keeps things organized &#8211; kiss the clutter goodbye, forever</li>
<li>A Fancy &amp; Fun dock for my most used softwares</li>
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