Heh… did I get you? I didn’t mean the actual Thanksgiving Day tradition will make you live longer. Rather, actual acts of thanksgiving will increase your lifespan. A Better You Blog cites statistics from 2000 that being thankful is actually beneficial to your health. One further reason is that research shows it is beneficial to ...
November 2006
WorkingProgram has a new Outlook add-in called Qlockwork that helps you keep track of your time online by the tool you’re using. Interestingly, you don’t need to do anything other than install it and it starts tracking 5-minute segments of your day. While this is a cool concept and I like the fact that it ...
Making your right side of the brain work in tandem with your left side of the brain is hard work. Trying to mix creativity with procedures and orders usually goes together about as well as oil and water. For most people, the left side of the brain is what’s used most in our orderly, bullet-point ...
Quicksilver is a great Mac app for smartly launching any application based on your preferences. In short: less clicks, more action. It can even do web searches. Now you can include killer GTD functionality with Quicksilver via Actiontastic integration. One of the most basic tenets of GTD is brain dumping; getting all those projects and ...
It’s true: some of us are just more prone to slack off. Typically, that’s viewed as a bad thing. But, it doesn’t have to be all bad. Maybe we should just accept the fact that we’re going to slack off, despite our best efforts. To compensate for our resistance to work, Jason Womack at Davidco ...
David Seah has just reached rockstar status in my book. He’s just created the coolest variation (and far and away the geekiest) of the Hipster PDA. The Arm-mounted Index Card Scabbard, or ICS. First made popular by quarterbacks, the arm-mounted scabbard is useful for people who don’t have the luxury of having pockets, or want ...
Apparently I’m not the only one who thinks context is vital. While most of my thoughts have to do with capturing ideas and organization, there are other areas where context is crucial. Let’s take programming for an example. I know only enough about programming to be dangerous. (And I don’t mean dangerous in a James ...
IBM has a new podcast focused on shortcuts and how to organize your digital life. They look more like beginner’s level, but some of ‘em look pretty good. I haven’t listened to any yet, but here’s a couple that look interesting: How to use wikis at work How to prioritize email [IBM Shortcuts Podcast via ...
