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As soon as I saw the new Google Calendar command line interface I decided to give Google Calendar another chance. Previously, I had ditched it in favor of Backpack–I tried using both for sending myself timely SMS reminders and found that the Backpack Dashboard Widget made entry easier. I like not having to go to a web page to do something like create a reminder for myself if I can help it.

From the command line (terminal in OS X), go to the directory and execute this line:

After visiting the “new” AOL site my friend noticed some similarities to Yahoo’s site (and by some similarities I mean it looks like Yahoo’s long lost twin brother). Check out a comparison screen shot and you be the judge.

There are lots of times when I want to send myself a snippet of info to my phone, like an address, someone’s phone number, or a reminder. I have a hard time remembering by mms address, though, so I created a gmail filter to forward messages to my phone. This is nice because I can give it to my friends, too, and tell them to just email [email protected] to send a message directly to my phone when they don’t have my number or their cell phone handy.

I’m working on a few Firefox extensions, and I came across a pretty slick tool that generates a skeleton for your extension:

I recently came across this video about processing your email inbox quickly and efficiently. It’s a talk that Merlin Man (from 43 folders) gave at google and it contains some pretty useful tips about productivity in general, including a lot of GTD related stuff. It’s definitely worth checking out.

This is awesome: today a friend told me about a site called callwave.com. It captures your voicemail, converts it to text, saves the audio and text to a website, and sends you a text message transcription of the voicemail.