Archive for the 'Productivity' Category

If you wanted an iPhone but didn’t want to switch to AT&T, maybe you can find a teenager to crack the code for you so you can use an iPhone with another carrier .  They look awefully handy, but I’m too cheap to buy one. But if AT&T wants to give me one and free [...]

When you’re just getting started, holding meetings in public places can save you lots of rent and other hassles. Here’s how to take advantage of the benefits without losing control.
From Dane’s blog
We often need to have a business meeting in a public place. Whether because we work at home and don’t have the space, or [...]

Most of our readers are familiar with Google’s free web based email, document, and spreadsheet tools. But there are other options that allow you to run your life or business completely “on the web”.
But in addition to Google, you might want to check out Zoho.com and ThinkFree.
If you just want to use open source office [...]

I can never tell when Gmail is going to start taking my legitmate email and consider it “spam” … there seems to be little rhyme or reason.
Sometimes Gmail disposes of some pretty important email in it’s quest to protect from Spam.
Here’s a quick technique to help you identify real mail you might trash.
From Technology Evangelist
Gmail’s [...]

Google has just bought the telephone service GrandCentral Communications according to the Silicon Valley San Jose Business Journal.
This sounds like a brilliant idea. It’s like Google’s integrating instant messaging directly into their web mail application so you can IM the people you email who are on the service. But do we really want Google having all our [...]

I’ve been putting up some posts on personal productivity.
A certain amount of concern in this area is good unless you end up killing yourself. You’ve got to wonder if corporations pay the GTD gurus so they won’t have to crack the whip themselves. When you’re self-employed, the constant focus on productivity could drive you nuts. [...]

Republic of Geektronica via Mark the writer
I have recently reconsidered my steadfast commitment to web-based task management tools and tried using Microsoft Outlook’s much-ignored Tasks feature.
I decided to try Outlook for task management for two reasons: First, I was giving a presentation to users of Outlook and wanted to have some tips that didn’t make [...]

Dane posted this… If you’re tempted to get an iPhone, it’s well worth reading!
I’ve long been on a record as a strong advocate of smart phones, and the Treo 650 in particular. I’ve had a Treo 650 since mid 2005. This weekend, after an hour’s drive and a short wait at an Apple [...]

You can increase your personal productivity by getting past voice mail systems and getting to a human being as quickly as possible.
GetHuman.com tells you the quickest way to whittle away at the “voice mail tree” and get to a real life human being for up to 500 companies from “AAA” to “Wisconsin Electric”!

Every self employed or work at home type of person is a “freelancer” of sorts. Here’s how one freelancer gets things done using a Molekskine notebook system.
I’ve recently started using the Moleskine notebooks because they’re cool (I use the large, squared page one for summarizing important meetings or projects but less than I’d thought) and [...]