Kapakapanui track

A 13 KM hike up the gentle side of Kapakapanui a 1089 meter high hill behind Waikanae with a knee shattering descent down the steep side.

We did the tramp on 28 of April a day of two parts. It was sunny and partly cloudy below 500 meters. Above 500 meters it was cold, wet, white and windy - a hike in the clouds really.

With Mike Gilbert and Andrew Bichan - honorary members of the Wellington Alpine Naturalist Club.

Highlights include:
- a snug little hut,
- a yield sign hung in a tree just up from a trail junction, and
- a trig station a meter out of place.

Mike is planning to run the trip as part of the WTMC family group trip in June. Unfortunately we will be unable to attend as we have a prior commitment.

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Caveat Emptor

Caveat Emptor is Latin for  “Let the buyer beware.”  If you are a diehard android fan or Microsoft supporter, you can probably skip this site. You are not my target audience. 

You won’t find anything that offensive, hateful, or intentionally derogatory. I don’t engage in link bating. 

It’s just that the basic technology I am writing about will not be of interest to you. You might find some of the post about workflow interesting; however reviews of applications that are specific to the iPhone / iPad  (of which the majority will be) will probably not be of interest. 

Just wanted to be clear.

Scope

Good project managers will tell you that all viable projects start with a scoping exercise. Good scoping provides focus, and can make the difference between a good project on paper, and a delivered project in real life.

So what is in scope for this little project? Here is what I will be looking at:

  1. All iPhone and iPad task management apps.
  2. Mac clients (where they are available companions to the iPhone / iPad apps).
  3. Discussions on Getting Things Done (GTD) or other organizational systems.
  4. Workflow conversations.
  5. Reflections on challenges of balancing new technologies / with old school, tried and true technologies.
  6. Other odds and ends that come a long.

As the author / owner / purveyor I reserve the right to change the scope as this project evolves.  I don’t think it is going to go from posts on  personal organization / GTD / Workflow to Justin Bieber fan worshiping over night, but stranger things have happened.

Note the emphasis on iPhones / iPads / and Macintosh computers. This is not a debate about the merits of one platform versus another or one piece of hardware over another. I made my decision about technology and I am happy with it.   For the most part the tools I have make me effective and I am looking at how to improve and enhance that effectiveness.

Introduction

I have a passion for all things organizational. I am one of those people who will wander the aisles of the big-box office supply stores admiring all the options to organize things. I love fountain pens and plain paper. I love applications that promise (but never quite seem to delivery) organizational nirvana.

Over the years I invested heavily in Franklin-Covey day planners, palm pilots,  windows pocket PC,  iPhones and iPads. I started on the PC, hated it, and left for a Mac. I stayed with a Mac until Windows 2000 seduced me back.  I return to Mac OSX in 2003 just after my children were born. Over those two decades I have transitioned  from using task lists to a loose getting-things-done workflow. 

This is a series of about my search for a solid workflow and tools that help me be productive. Along the way I am sharing what I learn in the hope that it is beneficial to others. 

There are no strings attached. 

No gimmicks. 

All I am trying to do is get stuff done in the most effective and efficient manner possible given the technological constraints I work under:  a troglodytic IT department at work (Blackberries only and Windows XP) versus and a full blown Apple-Drink-The-Kool-Aid-We-Stopped-Shipping-Optical-Drives house.  That is it.