How to remove your DNA records from police databases

A European Court has decided that the retention of the DNA of innocent people is illegal, so what do you have to do to have your information deleted?

The Register has all the information you need on how to remove your DNA records from police databases.

Time Management: The Best of GTD and DIT

Whakate.com has a great article comparing David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) and Mark Forster’s Do It Tomorrow (DIT), probably the two most popular time management systems around today.

Buy Mark Forster’s Do It Tomorrow book.

Buy David Allen’s Getting Things Done book.

The author describes the core features of each methodology, compares the two and makes recommendations on which might be best suited to you.

I use a combination of both, taking advantage of the collection and organisation pieces of GTD with the action methodology of DIT. I've been using this since October and it's working out for me well so far!

Googling Security, by Greg Conti

This sounds like a good book: Googling Security, by Greg Conti.

"When you use Google’s “free” services, you pay, big time–with personal information about yourself. Google is making a fortune on what it knows about you... and you may be shocked by just how much Google does know. Googling Security is the first book to reveal how Google’s vast information stockpiles could be used against you or your business–and what you can do to protect yourself."

Read more on Boing Boing or the review on Slashdot.

Goodbye Pownce, Hello Six Apart

"In these troubled times", Pownce is trounced by Vox. That's one I'll have to take off my daily read list. :-(