For the couple past months I've been working really hard to streamline my process of Getting Things Done by implementing automation into my workflow. One way I am accomplishing automation is by using AppleScript. With AppleScript I can automate tasks that I would normally have to use my keyboard and mouse to accomplish. Even if the original task only takes me 15 seconds to accomplish, by writing an AppleScript I can turn a 15 second task into a 1 second task by executing a trigger in Quicksilver that will fire my AppleScript. Not only am I boosting my productivity by saving time to finish a given task, I'm also saving energy by automating mundane work that I really don't want to do any way. A quick way for me to lose momentum and energy in my day is doing mundane, repetitive work.

I recently heard about a really cool open source software program on Leo Laporte's radio show "The Tech Guy". It's called Synergy. The software allows you to share the keyboard and mouse of one computer with other computers, and it does this all through software, no hardware needed. The typical way of doing this in the past was by installing a hardware KVM switch that you physically hooked your keyboard and mouse up to (and video, if you want), and then had to either physically press a button on the switch, or press a hot-key on the keyboard to have your keyboard and mouse switch to the other computer.