Archive for the 'Productivity' Category

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Over at The Daily Saint Mike St. Pierre suggests that you’ll have more fun on your time away from your work or business if – in the middle of your vacation – you come in for four hours one day and attack the pile on your desk instead of worrying about it. It all sounds [...]

Most iGoogle gadgets seem to be silly distractions. I have to admit I’ve never really optimized iGoogle for anywhere nearly like the productivity these tools provide. But after reading this article, I may have to try to clean up my iGoogle page and put it to better use. Frankly I just avoid mine right now. [...]

Email taking you all day? Here’s 20+ Firefox Plug Ins To Manage Your Email I thought the tools to help you create temporary “throw away” emails was a great idea to help you cut down on spam! If you use GMail, you’ll definitely want to know about these scripts to improve GMail’s functionality.

Blogging has an intrinsic occupational hazard. Because you’re working on the Web, the world’s biggest distraction you can fritter away more time than you realize. Here are some great tips about being more productive in your blogging… Like using an ordinary kitchen timer to bring you back to reality, saving time by working offline, and [...]