What should I say? is a website that is the metafilter of giving advice. It works in the following way: users that are faced with a difficult conversation describe the conversation, then the readers leave their comments and give advice about how they handled similar situations. What should I…
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Clutter 101: How To De-Clutter
Previously we posted the first in a series of articles from Organize It called Clutter 101: Why do we keep clutter? Organize It recently published the second article in the series which addresses how to de-clutter and get rid of the stuff you don’t need. Check out the introduction below: For the…
The top 40 blogs
If you’re consistently prowling the web to find great content, like me, stop over at the Frantic Industries weblog. Frantic Industries recently published a list of the 40 most popular weblogs according to FeedBurner. In case you miss us, lifehack.org is rolling in at number 18. FeedBurner is a popular RSS feed…
Search through lists with WhatALi.st
As you know, “list posts” have become very popular recently. If you are a lover of lists, WhatALi.st is a site you’ll enjoy. WhatALi.st is a search engine that leverages social networking elements such as tags, comments, and voting. WhatALi.st also allows users to create and share sites about any…
Share your photos with KoffeePhoto
KoffeePhoto is a photo sharing web site. However, KoffeePhoto allows you unlimited, free storage space and it also has a mobile version designed for cellphones. Now you can take the photos of your kids out of the wallet, upload them to KoffeePhoto, and then when it’s time to show them off, fire…
BlueOrganizer: Smart Browsing Tool for Firefox
BlueOrganizer is a Firefox extension that ties information from all of your favorite sites into your “right-click” menu. BlueOrganizer “works to help you simplify and organize your life online.” The following description describes BlueOrganizer quite well: It understands that you and your friends are dealing with everyday objects, like movies, books, restaurants, wines and…
Review: EditGrid a web based spreadsheet application
EditGrid is an online spreadsheet application, similar to the highly touted Google Spreadsheets and widely used Microsoft Excel. With a week of EditGrid usage under my belt, I can say that I am considerably more impressed by EditGrid than Google Spreadsheets. From the very get go, EditGrid is refreshing. The first…
Being messy means more productivity
An interesting article was published on Extreme Tech this week that argues that “messier” people are more productivity than extremely organized people. The article argues that “organized chaos” allows you to be more efficient and productive. Taking the time to stay organized everyday takes time and money, but letting your work stay…
Turn any web page into a white board with Firedoodle
Firedoodle is a Firefox extension that adds white board functionality to any website. Firedoodle is extremely versatile. Check out the description below and the Youtube video explaining and demonstrating how to use Firedoodle. When you install Firedoodle, you add a whiteboard to every web page you visit using the Firefox Browser. This…
Turn Windows XP into Mac OS X with FlyakiteOSX
This is not exactly new news, but you can change the look and feel of your Windows XP computer to be extremely similar to that of Mac OS X by installing the free FlyakiteOSX transformation pack. I am quite impressed with the transformation pack. If you’d like to give the pack a test…
Clean your coffee grinder with rice
Rice can be used to thoroughly clean your coffee grinder. According to Real Simple, running a bunch of rice through your coffee grinder will give you a cleaner cup of coffee. Anybody out there ever tried this life hack? Do you have any other tips about how to give your coffee…
101 Shareware and Freeware Programs
The Free Geek has compiled a long list of 101 freeware and shareware applications. The list is very thorough and covers audio, browsers, compression, desktop enhancements, download/upload clients, email tools, fax and telephony, graphics and photo, Internet (surfing), iPod tools, MySQL tools, networking, office productivity, personal finance, programming, security, system utilities, tweaks, and web…
Top 10 Greasemonkey scripts to improve your productivity
Two weeks ago we covered the top 10 Firefox extensions to improve your productivity. Similarly, the powerful Greasemonkey extension (with the help of Stylish) can do wonders for your productivity, as well. You can accomplish many of the tasks that the Greasemonkey scripts below can do with various Firefox extensions. However…
One phone number to ring all your phones
GrandCentral is a service that gives you one phone number and will ring all of your phones when you receive a call. Here’s how it works…You pick a phone number from the database of numbers in (or around) your area code. Then you enter all of your personal/business phone numbers and only give…
17 Interviews with David Allen
If you love the GTD system and just can’t get enough of David Allen, LifeClever has compiled a list of 17 interviews with David Allen. Some of the interviews are audio and some of the interviews are text. Whichever you prefer, there is a lot that can be learned from David…