Archive for the 'Productivity' Category

Read it all at Web Worker Daily
But here are the ones I like best. For instance, I can’t get into the keyboard shortcuts at the moment.  Do I really want to remember all that extra stuff? It’s like learning a foreign language, and if I’ve got to learn one, I’d prefer one spoken by people [...]

Do you have a deadline and you definitely want to track the number of days you have left?
Here’s a free version of a countdown timer (images below) called Time Left.
The problem is… you can really only use this with ONE major goal at a time. Otherwise, it won’t help you focus on that ONE THING [...]

From their press release…
Website: www.oprius.comSales and Contact Management Tool Releases Web Page Builder
(Victoria, BC, February 26, 2008) – Oprius has always been a great tool for working with leads and customers, but now it can also be used to help generate new leads. This new lead generating functionality has been added to Oprius’ current [...]

I was in the car last night and heard something on the radio I desperately wanted to follow up on today.
Unfortunately, I was alone, had my hands tied up with – of all things – driving.
And I couldn’t stop to write anything down.
Then I remembered… I’ll call my Jott account.
Then I sent a “Jott” by [...]

WebWorkerDaily turned me on to this page.
If you use Gmail like I do, you’ll love it’s search capacity as well as large amount of free email storage space.
The problem when you’re searching for things is to narrow your search.
Here are some search terms that Gmail Search recognizes and how to use them to make your [...]

This is a hint from Lifehacker.com that’s worth trying. It’s called Getting Things Done Over The Phone With Jott
It’s – at present – a free voice to text via email and/or text service that may help you get stuff done when you’re on the go and really can’t type but could talk into your cell [...]

This was at Web Worker Daily…
Using full screen view, increasing the text size, and taking frequent breaks – among other suggestions – are recommended.
I try to have some eye drops handy as well for the “dry eye” problem. But also doing eye exercises and massaging the area around your eyes seems to help as well. [...]

Here’s how to put your Gmail account on Steroids
You’ll find ideas here for how to
* How to turn Gmail into a massive personal database (Gmail + the Google Toolbar)
* How to get real-time news updates in Gmail (Gmail+ Google Talk + Twitter)
* How to automatically store your bookmarks in Gmail (Gmail + del.icio.us + Yahoo [...]

These applications can greatly help your productivity in your home business if you will use them: iFTP, Snag It, NotepadEx, Launchy, and irfanview.
I personally like Snag It. I’m not familiar with the other ones can, except for the note taking utility, can’t see myself using them much…except iFTP, that sounds promising.
But check them out for [...]

People who work at home or work at a “third place” remind themselves in different ways about getting things done.
If you’re in front of a computer screen all day, then using a calendar program – like one in Microsoft Outlook – makes sense because it reminds you about upcoming appointments, tasks, etc.  It’s so good, [...]