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...
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...
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...
Just in case you thought big brother had gone on sabbatical, a shocking new report came out this week that highlights how unprivate your corporate email account is. According to an article in CNET about a new report by Proofpoint, more than 40% of large companies have hired folks to...
While I'm not quite as excited about the new online scheduler Presdo as the folks over at TechCrunch, I will say that it's pretty darn simple, and it seems to integrate seamlessly with Google Calendar. It also has Google's intuitive understanding of what you mean when you use natural...
A few days ago, the folks over at Gizmodo pointed out a new way to reach your international contacts. Using Jaxtr, which is primarily a free phone-to-web-to-phone international calling service, you can now send free text messages to cellphones all over the world. While Giz rightly points out some limitations—no...
As someone who routinely sends out newsletters to large subscriber bases, I've moved beyond the BCC-ed bulk email as a way to communicate with my customers. Instead, I use Campaign Monitor, which is well worth the $10 or so it charges me to send out an email newsletter. Here's why:...
Despite the fact that I pound two to three cups of coffee every day, I've never really thought about caffeine as a performance enhancing drug beyond the fact the fact that it makes me less tired. But there's evidence that, like steroids and other drugs, caffeine works better when it's...
Or at least make sure you pay close attention to who you're emailing before you hit send. That message, which has always been pretty close to Business Hacks' heart, was nailed home today when it appears that the New York Times scoop about a one billion dollar Eli Lilly settlement...
A typical office worker gets 126 non-spam messages per day and spends over a quarter of a day managing his inbox, according to a recent (free!) Wall Street Journal article. If you out of necessity or compulsion have to check your email box on demand, there...
Fuser is a recently launched email and social network message aggregator. You plug in your logins and passwords and—presto!—all of your emails, wall posts, etc. show up in the same inbox. Sounds easy, but maybe a little discombobulating to deal with all of this information in one place. So should...
Next time you're up for a performance review, Slacker Manager reminds you to bring along a folder chock-full of praise for you and your work. Sure, you have to fill the folder up yourself, but it's a great way to remind bosses, clients, and even yourself that you're a good...
Ever wanted to check out an online publication, website or application without first forking over your email address? You can register using the awesome new OtherInbox that Rick scored beta invites to, or you can channel 2004 and see if someone's already signed up using a generic username and password...
If you freelance or work at a small company with no email system in place, you'll often find yourself feeling sheepish for telling future business contacts to get in touch with you via your Gmail or Yahoo! account. Now, though, there's a free and easy way...
Without getting too complicated, the new startup ididwork.com is Twitter for your worklife. You get a certain number of characters in which to input status updates throughout the day. You can follow what coworkers on your team are up. Unlike Twitter, you can tag your updates with things like "presentation"...
If you're one of those folks with a bunch of unread mail in your gmail account, here's a quick weekend project for you: empty it out. Here's how to do it: First, filter your inbox so that all you see are your unread messages. Phillip Lenssen, author of Google App...
Here's a super simple mail proxy service that Web Worker Daily just clued me in on. The site of Akapost.com is borderline unusable, but the service it provides is awesome. (Besides, once you sign up on the site and follow these instructions, you basically never have to go there again.)...
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