First, create a new AppleScript:

tell application "OmniFocus"
set homepageFile to ((path to documents folder as rich text) & "OmniFocus.html")
tell default document
save in homepageFile as "HTML"
end tell
end tell

That will export your OmniFocus document as HTML to ~/Documents/OmniFocus.html (you can tweak the homepageFile variable to change the location).

Next, we want to edit the crontab.  I used CronniX (a decent cron GUI for OS X) to export my OmniFocus document every hour:

0 * * * * /usr/bin/osascript "/Users/yourname/Documents/OmniFocus Exporter.scpt"

Google “crontab tutorial” to learn how to tweak when it runs.

Finally, I set my home page in Firefox to ~/Documents/OmniFocus.html and installed the extension New Tab Homepage so that each time a open a new tab, my homepage loads.  Now whenever I open a new tab I’m presented a nice list of all my tasks.

The real nicety of the display is that Mac OS X knows when you have attached the display to use its integrated devices. That is, when you’ve hooked it all up, it will use the iSight in the display instead of the notebook’s, and it will use the USB audio on the display and disable the output on the notebook. That is, until you plug a set of headphones into the port on the notebook, at which time the display’s speakers will disable and route the audio directly to your ears automatically.

Good design is invisible.  If you notice a design decision, it’s most likely because it got in your way.  Now, I’m not saying I don’t have frustrating moments with my Mac, but it “just works” a lot more often than any other piece of technology I’ve owned, and serves as a constant reminder of what I should strive for in my design.