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Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file by taude on Thursday August 14, 2025 @11:49AM (#44901877)
I think he had a blog called LifeHacker and/or 36 folders (I don't know if they were his or just a writer, but I remember following him back in the day).

It's wild to think that was almost 20 years ago when Getting Things Done was going through tech circles as the organization method dujour. (I also equate the same time period with learning Ruby on Rails.)

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Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file by runjake on Thursday August 14, 2025 @10:27PM (#44907980)
Merlin ran 43folders.com[1]. That domain name was a reference to GTD's tickler files[2].

Merlin did not have anything to do with Lifehacker.com. Gina Trapani[4] founded Lifehacker[3]. But, Lifehacker often covered and was inspired by Merlin's work.

1. http://www.43folders.com/

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tickler_file

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifehacker#History

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Trapani

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Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file by taude on Friday August 15, 2025 @08:48PM (#44918944)
Cool, thanks for clarifying. It was just all jumpled in my AMAZING RSS reader. I miss those days.
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