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- BNET Author Biography
- David lives in San Francisco and is an editor at Gelf Magazine. He also freelances for several magazines including Wired and Business 2.0. He's always on the lookout for new ideas about how to make life at work more efficient, more productive, and more fun. Please feel free to send...
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- Calliflower Rocks For Conference Calls
- As someone who regularly organizes small teleconferences, I've long wanted a simple way to manage them. Calliflower appears to be the easiest way yet. To set up a conference call using Calliflower, all you have to do is log in; create a time and length for the call; and invite...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Get Cool Travel Gear
- What's well-written, fairly interesting, and incredibly freaking annoying to read? Time Magazine's list of 25 Gotta Have Travel Gadgets, that's what. The article is pretty well researched (the gadgets tend to be light and useful like the Kensington ComboSaver Portable Notebook Lock and the Tumi Ultra Slim Universal Power Adaptor...
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Get a Basecamp Wiki for Every Project
- Rick has mentioned it before, but here's another reminder that if you're looking for an online collaboration tool, Basecamp is the way to go. I use Basecamp wikis to collaborate on story ideas for the magazine I run, collect tips for Business Hacks, and manage several different small software projects....
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- FireTune Your Browser
- As we know from last month's poll, most of you guys tip Firefox as your browser of choice. You like it because of its openness, customizability and security features, and because it's less prone to bugs and crashes. Now there's a way to get even more performance out of the...
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Treadmill Desk: Walking While Working
- A few weeks ago, I moved across the country to Brooklyn, NY. I don’t recommend moving -- it's pretty freaking stressful -- but one of the great things about it is that you get to try out new stuff in a new environment. One of the new things I...
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- Get Walking Directions
- We're fat. Gas is expensive and pollutes. It's a great way to see a new city. It's a nice day out. Whatever the reason, we should be walking more. Whether it's to work, to dinner or just around, a good walk burns calories, clears your head, and cures tiredness. ...
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Go Straight To Voicemail
- Regardless of your feelings on voicemail (and I think I've made mine pretty clear), there are still times when leaving a message for someone is preferable to actually talking to them. (Think: checking in late afternoon with the boss, dealing with cantankerous clients, reaching someone you know is in a...
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Make Your Web Head Shot Work For You
- A recent article in Slate highlights a lighthearted issue that is often a source of angst for folks with online profiles: what picture should you use? Unless you're the subject of an article in the Wall Street Journal, you probably don't have a stately black and white stipple drawing to...
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Optimize Your Free Memory
- My computer started crapping out on me yesterday, and I realized that it might have something to do with the fact that I had six different programs running: Word, Firefox, GIMP, Filezilla, PowerPoint, and Adobe. Or maybe it was because I had 20 different Firefox windows open along with eight...
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Get Your Cheat Sheets Right Here
- Over at MakeUseOf, they've compiled very useful keyboard shortcuts for Google search, Firefox, Gmail, Windows including Word and Excel, and Mac OSX. They're not searchable except once you download them as PDFs, but they are a great resource; In the Google page, I picked up a few tricks on how...
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Are Airline Miles Trading Markets Worth It?
- As someone who flies frequently but whose only loyalty is to the airliner that can get me the cheapest seat to where I'm going, I almost always find myself with a bunch of miles spread out over a bunch of frequent flier programs. Which is why I have subscriptions to...
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Uninspired? Try an Oblique Strategy
- I'm still not exactly sure how I would define an oblique strategy, but I do know that they can be most useful for getting me out of a rut. Originally developed by musician/producer Brian Eno and artist Peter Schmidt, these strategies were described by Eno as "a series of prompts...
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Gadget Lust: Powermonkey eXplorer with Solar Charger
- Okay, so I probably don't need this gadget, as I spend almost all of my days within a few feet of a power outlet. But maybe the fact that I don't own this gadget is the reason I'm so sedentary. If I owned the Powermonkey eXplorer with solar charger, I'd...
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Making the Switch from Windows to Mac
- When I think about giving up my trusty Dell laptop for a MacBook, I sometimes fantasize about how great it would be to have a machine that doesn’t need constant virus scans. Or think about how awesome it would be to go through the day without being nagged by a...
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Is Voicemail Dead?
- There's an interesting discussion going on over at TechCrunch on the merits of voicemail. Basically, many tech-savvy folks feel that voicemail is a bad way to interact with people because it's outside of their normal workflow continuum and is difficult to deal with. Many of those people deal with it...
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Should You Buy a Microsoft Office Subscription?
- For some reason, Microsoft has decided to start renting an Office software package (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote and a security program called OneCare) to consumers for about $70/year. I'm assuming this subscription policy is an effort to gain back some of the market share they're losing to free programs like...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- How to Thank People in a Presentation
- If you're running a meeting or a conference, you'll often have to devote a sizeable chunk of your opening talk to thanking all of the people who helped make it possible. But there's a better way to do that than just rushing through a boring list of names at the...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Pass Airport Security without Unpacking Your Laptop
- Back in April, the TSA decided they had had enough of the holdups and complications caused by their requirement that every laptop-carrying passenger remove his or her computer to go through the airport security checkpoints. So, strangely, they did some rather progressive! They sent out a list of standards to...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Re-Scan Suspicious Files with Jotti
- Ever come across a program or file that you think is legit and useful but your onboard anti-virus program flags as suspect? Before you give up on it, run it through one of the online scanners that LifeHacker suggests to see if you're dealing with malware or just got a...
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- IMing Your Way to Productivity
- Every year, a new study seems to come out claiming that either IMing is a productivity timesuck or that it's actually a useful, relatively non-intrusive tool. Recently, the scientific pendulum has swung to the "useful" side, as a recent study found that "workers who used instant messaging on the job...
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
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