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8 Great Outlook Hacks: Love it or hate it, Outlook is a part of daily life for countless computer users. Web Worker Daily offers eight tricks that can help you make the most of Outlook, including viewing multiple weeks in the calendar, setting Inbox reminders to act on messages, and enabling spell-check for all...; Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Rick Broida, Microsoft Outlook; Blog posts 2007-08-02
Google Maps Adds Traffic Times to Driving Directions: Suppose you're headed across town to meet with a new client. The directions you got from MapQuest say the trip will take you about 35 minutes, so you plan accordingly. But then you get caught in traffic and end up arriving 20 minutes late -- not the kind of first impression you want to make....; Tags: Rick Broida, Google Maps, Google Inc.; Blog posts 2007-08-02
How to Improve Your Concentration: Does your mind wander when it should be firing on all cylinders? Do you lack focus? Are you unable to concentrate on this very post... HEY, PAY ATTENTION! Lifehack.org offers 10 tips for sharpening your concentration skills, including my personal favorite:Isolate Yourself Become a hermit and stay away from other...; Tags: Rick Broida; Blog posts 2007-07-31
14 Essential Cell-Phone Numbers: You've probably heard the suggestion about adding an In Case of Emergency or ICE number to your cell phone's address book, the idea being that if you're ever in an accident or incapacitated, rescue workers would know who to call. The Cranking Widgets Blog lists that among its 14 essential numbers...; Tags: Rick Broida, cell phone; Blog posts 2007-07-31
Fetch Information Fast with Google SMS: It always surprises me how few people know about Google SMS, arguably the most useful cell-phone service on the planet. If you know how to send a text message, you can retrieve a wealth of valuable information: local business listings, stock quotes, driving directions, flight status, airline contact info, language...; Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, Rick Broida, Google SMS, SMS, Google Inc.; Blog posts 2007-07-30

Run Windows Mobile Apps from a Command Line: The guys at jkOnTheRun made an interesting discovery: the Windows Mobile OS includes a Run box similar to the one found in Windows proper. To access it (on just about any touchscreen-driven Windows Mobile device), press and hold the center button on the D-pad, then tap the clock icon in...; Tags: Operating systems, Handhelds, Rick Broida, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows; Blog posts 2007-07-27
How to Keep People Out of Your Office: Co-workers and other folks are going to stop by your office -- it's all part of doing business -- but you can keep their visits short and perhaps discourage future visits by following Productivity501's five tips. Two of my favorites: Meet them at the door – If you know someone is...; Tags: Rick Broida, Microsoft Office; Blog posts 2007-07-24
Harness the Power of Microtasks: Struggling to get started on a big project? Stuck at the halfway point? Perhaps it's time for a different approach. Personal-development blogger Steve Pavlina suggests breaking a large project down into "microtasks" -- small, easily accomplished action items that can be completed in under 30 minutes. Here's the idea in...; Tags: Rick Broida; Blog posts 2007-07-24
Turbocharge Gmail with These Apps and Add-ons: Businesses are flocking to Gmail in droves, and with good reason: It's arguably the best Web-based mail service on the planet. If you're one of the cool kids (i.e., a Gmail user), check out Lifehacker's list of the top 10 Gmail applications and add-ons. Many of them require Firefox (which...; Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Rick Broida, Google Gmail; Blog posts 2007-07-19
Get More Done by Communicating Less: Drowning in e-mail, instant messages, RSS feeds, and other electronic communications? Web Worker Daily has a suggestion: limit yourself to once-a-day interaction with all these interruptive forces, thus freeing yourself to do actual work for the rest of the day.Author Leo Babauta offers eight rules for turning this crazy idea...; Tags: RSS, Instant messaging, E-mail, Rick Broida, Web Worker Daily; Blog posts 2007-07-18
Rescue Yourself From Boring Meetings with FakeCall: "If only my phone would ring, I could get out of here!" How many times have you fidgeted your way through an endless meeting, cocktail party, or product demo thinking exactly that? If you're a Palm Treo user, FakeCall will do the trick. Just add a "fakecall" appointment to your calendar...; Tags: Handhelds, Rick Broida, FakeCall, phone; Blog posts 2007-07-18
Add Google Calendar Appointments from Your Phone: If you're a Google Calendar user and by all rights you should be, here's an easy way to add new appointments when you're away from your PC: Send a text message from your phone.All you do is create an outgoing SMS with details about the event, such as "Lunch with...; Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Rick Broida, phone; Blog posts 2007-07-13
Make your iGoogle Page More Productive: Want your home page to be all that it can be? If you use iGoogle formerly Google Personalized Homepage, there are lots of ways to turn it into a productivity powerhouse.For starters, try creating a new tab called "productivity." Google will automatically serve up such useful gadgets as Driving Directions,...; Tags: Rick Broida, iGoogle, Google Inc.; Blog posts 2007-07-12
Put a Stop to Windows' System-Restart Reminders: The last thing you need during a busy workday is Windows nagging you to restart your machine after it's installed a system update--or doing it for you automatically after five unattended minutes (goodbye, unsaved work document!). Fortunately, it's a relatively simple matter to banish these pop-up reminders: Click Start > Run...; Tags: Operating systems, Rick Broida, Microsoft Windows; Blog posts 2007-07-09
Preview Links with Interclue: Ever wish you could just "peek around the corner" at a Web link, previewing the page before actually clicking through to it? That's the idea behind Interclue, a new Firefox extension. Just hover over the Interclue icon next to any link and in a flash, a pop-up appears containing a...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Rick Broida, Interclue; Blog posts 2007-07-09
25 New Apps for Your iPhone: So you took the plunge this weekend and snapped up an iPhone. You lucky BizHacker! Now it's time to see what she can do. Web-2.0 blog Rev2.org has assembled the top 25 Web apps for the iPhone. Not all of them will improve your productivity, but the list definitely includes...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, NOW IT, Rick Broida, Apple iPhone, Gas.App; Blog posts 2007-07-03
Learn Keyboard Shortcuts for Google Docs: When I use Microsoft Word, I rarely touch the mouse. That's because I know all the keyboard shortcuts for things like copying, pasting, indenting, and document navigation. Turns out a lot of those shortcuts carry over to Google Docs & Spreadsheets, and they're all listed in a handy table right...; Tags: Keyboards, PRODUCTIVITY, Rick Broida, Google Docs, Google Inc., keyboard shortcut; Blog posts 2007-07-03
Call Goog-411 for Maps: Need a map? It's just a phone call away. A few months ago, Google launched 1-800-GOOG-411, a free telephone service that lets you search for businesses by voice and get connected to those businesses for free. Now, when you're on your call to GOOG-411, just say "map it." In short order...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Rick Broida, GOOG-411, phone; Blog posts 2007-07-02
Google Desktop Now Available for Linux: More Google goodness today: Google Desktop is now available for Linux. Sporting nearly all the features of its Windows counterpart (well, the first version, anyway), Google Desktop indexes the data on your hard drive for lightning-fast searches. After installation, just press the Ctrl key twice to launch the Quick Search...; Tags: UNIX, Desktops, Rick Broida, Google Desktop, Google Inc., Linux, desktop; Blog posts 2007-06-28
Sync Calls to the Outlook Journal with CallsToJournal: If you're a heavy Outlook user, you probably leverage the program's Journal to record information about your interactions with contacts. Chapura's CallsToJournal takes virtually all the legwork out of adding call data to the Journal, automatically synchronizing the details of all calls made or received on your Windows Mobile or Pocket PC smartphone.When you...; Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Handhelds, Rick Broida, CallsToJournal, Outlook Journal, Microsoft Outlook; Blog posts 2007-06-27