Put Your iTunes Library on a Diet
My music buying habits have slowed considerably since my college days, when I'd rush down to the music store every Tuesday and spend every penny I hadn’t guzzled through a beer bong the previous...
View ArticleJacob Marley vs. Bob Marley: Shutting Out the Ghost of Music Past
In the few weeks since I wrote my first plea to trim the fat from your iTunes library, I've continued purging my own collection. On the first pass, I simply deleted the clearly objectionable stuff,...
View ArticleWhy Are You Reading All That News?
When I wrote about my method for controlling RSS overload a couple weeks ago, 43 Folders user terceiro left a comment that put me in my place: You’re feeling stress about your RSS feeds? Talk about...
View ArticleDick on Kipple
Quote:There's the First Law of Kipple... 'Kipple drives out nonkipple.'...Kipple is useless objects, like junk mail or match folders after you use the last match or gum wrappers or yesterday's...
View ArticleAsk MeFi on sane solutions for book clutter
Advice for clearing literary clutter | Ask MetaFilterThere's a thread on Ask Metafilter about book-centric clutter that's getting lots of good comments right now. It started when matildaben asked for...
View ArticleMore from Peter Walsh on clutter, quality of life
Oprah's Clutter Man: "It's Never About the Stuff"Clean Sweep's Peter Walsh (previously) has a new book out, and Mediabistro had the chance to chat with him while he was out promoting it.While I wish...
View ArticleClutter War II: Attack of the Giant Baby
As of next Sunday, our lovely daughter will have been with our houshold for six months (Happy Half-Birthday, Eleanor). It's a good arrangement, and we're all pretty happy about the whole thing so far....
View ArticleLinks and Resources for the Chronically Disorganized
N S G C D | HomeI'm still in a de-cluttering mode these days (more on that soon), so I was intrigued by this resource, which arrived this morning via Mrs. Folders.While primarily a trade group for...
View ArticleSimplicity must be possible.
Two stories that I know I should be learning from: Paul Graham on overcoming distractions. By creating an Internet-Only computer. Quote:I now leave wifi turned off on my main computer except when I...
View ArticleMerlin's Review of "It's All Too Much" on Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools
Cool Tool: It's All Too MuchAs my battle with clutter continues, one of my favorite people (and one of the smartest guys writing for the web, period), Kevin Kelly, noticed my efforts and took note of...
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