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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...
- 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....
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Should You Wear Headphones at Work?
- Working in an office with other folks around can be an annoying experience. If you've truly got work to do, the less distractions the better, right? So is there anything wrong with aiming to cut off ambient sounds and unwanted interruptions by hanging a "do not disturb" sign around your...
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Read Your RSS Feeds Effectively
- Now that you've got an RSS reader (right?), you need to make sure that it doesn't become another email-esque albatross that you check way too often and spend way too much time going through. That doesn't necessarily mean, though, that you need to cut down on the number of feeds...
- 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...
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Understanding the Vacation Paradox
- Parkinson's Law states that your workload will expand to whatever time you allocate for its completion. Thus, when you're willing to work late or to check on work stuff from your PDA at home, you're usually not really getting more done; instead, you're just being more wasteful with your time. That's...
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Read Bulk Mail via RSS
- A lot of the mail we get cluttering up our inboxes is stuff we don't need to reply to, like company-wide memos, daily recipes or jokes, etc. It's not that this stuff is unimportant or spammy though much of it is, it's just that it's hard to figure out what...
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- Get Money for Your Old Gadgets
- If you often upgrade your electronic devices but never get it together to do anything with your outdated gear, there's a new website called Second Rotation that will give you a little bit of cash for them. For eBay and Craigslist pros, it's not particularly useful, but for those of...
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- Jerry Seinfeld, Productivity Guru
- To become a huge star by creating a show about nothing, you have to know a thing or two about personal motivation. What works best for Seinfeld, it seems, is putting up a wall-sized, year-long calendar so that you can get the satisfaction of—and motivation from—crossing off days in which...
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- 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 â€" If you know someone is...
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- Check Out Wired's How To Issue
- The August issue of Wired Magazine isn't out online just yet, but it is packed to the gills with cool tips in its annual How To guide. Like how to outsource your job (check out yourmaninindia.com) and use a Wiki compose your thoughts offline and run a fast meeting (keep...
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- Find the Best Place to Decompress after Work
- Planning to meet up with friends and colleagues after work? Instead of relying on old standbys, branch out using MappyHour to find the best bars with the cheapest food and drink specials on a given day (via ). It's a crowdsourced site, which means that there's a lot of local knowledge...
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- 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...
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
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