Posts Tagged ‘guide’

The Lifehack 2008 Gift Guide

It’s that time of year again – time to sally forth in search of the perfect gift for the special and not-so-special-but-they’re-family people in your life. Given the economic situation this year, I made up a list with a few criteria in mind:

Nothing crazy expensive. Everything on this list is under $400, and most is way under. Sure, a 48-foot LCD TV would

December 1 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: christmas, gadget, gift, giving, guide, Hannuka, Productivity, Technology | 13 comments»

A Basic Guide to Thrift Store Shopping

We live in expensive times. As prices go up and up and up (gas is hovering around $3.00 a gallon across the U.S., milk is expected to top $5.00 a gallon before the end of the year, and so on), even the normal discount stores are starting to feel a little pricey. For many of your basic household needs, you might well find a better deal at thrift stores… Continue reading

August 1 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: budget, charityshops, frugal, guide, Money, shopping, thriftstore | 13 comments»

Getting Things Done (GTD) summary and use-case study

R. Emory Williamson-Lundberg has done a very useful whitepaper on GTD. This is one of the best organized summaries on tools and use-case for getting things done. It shows two different set of tools that can use with GTD mythology - HiFi - things like software, and LoFi - paper and physical filing stuff. The article has Mac OS X in focus but there are stuff that can be used… Continue reading

April 10 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: gtd, guide, Productivity, tool | 1 comment»

Effective Email Tips

Stakeholders (Audience and related people)? Subject? Importance? Sender & Recipient Internet Connections? Are all issues that you have to think of while sending and email. If you wish to send email messages in a more effective manner following the broad email etiquette standards, then DO continue reading.In this article, we will try to touch upon the various important issues pertaining to email etiquettes and protocols:Inbox related Tips Organize your Mail –… Continue reading

November 29 2005 | By Guest | Tagged: article, Communication, email, guide, Productivity, tips | 4 comments»

E-Mail Etiquette

I will Follow... has a really good guideline on E-Mail Usage and Etiquette. You may know some of the key points in there, but some tips may be the wake up call for you on how to use email properly. It has contents about how to use to, cc, bcc fields, how to format your email, and so on. In relation to time, the author also talks the natural of… Continue reading

September 20 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: Communication, email, etiquette, guide | 3 comments»

Beginner’s Guide to Making a Planner

If you are not willing to shell out $50-60 to buy a ready to use planner, what are the alternatives? One of the popular methods are spending time and create a set for your self. Douglas Johnston over D*I*Y Planner has written an article on teaching you to create an planner system using his template and ordinary paper. Topics discussed are: