Google has released a new extension called Google Gears for both Firefox 1.5+ and Internet Explorer 6.0+. The extension itself won’t do you any good. But with application like Google Reader, which already utilizes Gears’ API, will let you to take your data offline – in case of Google Reader, it means you can read…

At Lifehack.org How-to Wiki, we have some new content on speed reading. It currently covers the general information, some quick pointers on its techniques, and also myths about speed reading: 3) Speed reading is just skimming the material, you won’t understand it better. This is dangerous because it is a half-truth. Speed reading is a process for…

It’s exciting at lifehack.org. Editors and contributors have done some great content (as always), and people has responded positively as shown from the pingbacks and trackbacks, diggs and bookmarks to us. Those are some great encouragements for all of us – thank you. I will interview couple of people this week – I have connected…

Leo Babauta at Zen Habits did an interview with me recently. He asked me topics like accomplishments, my productivity system and lifehack.org. Take a read. Also I am happy to announce that Leo has joined lifehack.org as a part-time writer. I am sure you enjoy his posts as much as I do. James at Organize…

In productivity blogosphere, there are countless arguments between two camps: paper vs digital. Along with the evolution of my productivity system, I agree what Glen Stansberry at LifeDev describes in this article – we can use both together as they can co-exist and work well together: Well, I can answer that question in one word: Both…

From the recent challenge on DRM, to the iPhone hype from his presentation, and the popular iPod madness, we know Steve Jobs is a marketing genius. But that’s not the only it, he has his own view of what’s successful and the view of leadership and career. Ririan Project selected 10 quotes from Steve…

Jimmy Atkinson at Ask the Advisor sent me a note on his recent article on personal finance tips for oversea travel. As I have just back from a long trip, I understand getting everything ready, especially safety and financial prepared, are extremely important. He suggested 27 tips around safety, health, and financial issues: Make two photocopies…

As a manager, hiring is not hard, but hiring right people is one of the hardest components in management. Interview plays a major factor on getting great people on-board. BNET has a feature section called Now Hiring: Brilliant People with a quick how-to, some example questions that you must ask, and ten mistakes interview make…

Most of the time, small-talk conversation is required for networking in the corporate world. It requires a lot of practice, but having couple of tips to get started will speed you up with the progress. Ben Stein at Yahoo! Finance did a nice piece on how to have a business conversation: Begin by knowing that the…

A smart productivity blogger, Scott H Young, shows you a way on getting good marks on your final exams without studying? Sounds like a pipe dream? He proves it is not. He states there is a learning style called holistic learning, which is an opposite approach to learning by memorizing and practicing by repetition and force…

Just between you and me, except the online calendar sharing feature, Google Calendar is a very traditional calendar software. It’s just a prove to say Google can develop a calendar software in a web based platform. Anne Zelenka at Web Worker Daily proves otherwise. She suggests 18 ways to make it rock: Add holidays, moon phases, sporting…

The best way to gain knowledge and save time is to increase your reading speed. There are many tutorials, software, and articles for speed-reading, it’s tough to find stuff that suitable to you. Recently Scott H. Young has written a great post on highlighting six key tips of increasing his reading speed. Initially…

Todo list is an ingredient to be ultra productive. With so many daunting tasks in our daily life, having a todo list is a must. After you’ve decided to keep a todo list, the question will be: “where should I keep it?” Where do you keep your todo list right now? Will you change the way…

Our community has started off a good discussion on Getting Things Done. Member MoneyShark asks: I think this system is golden, of course every thing can be adjusted. Has anyone read this? I would love to have a discussion on the finer things of GTD. One of my favorite pieces of advice is getting everything out of…

New Lifehack Community Recently we have received some comments which you want to see improvements on our lifehack community. Some of you also wanted to have a place for further discussion on your productivity issues, lifestyle concerns, or simply share your tips and tricks. We heard you and now we present you with a new…