Posts Tagged ‘internet’

5 MORE Ways to Make Your Computer Work For You (And Not The Other Way Around)

In my last post, I focused on ways to automate tasks on your computer, from backing up to document writing. Automation is something that computers are especially good at — it is, after all, what they do.

An important part of mastering your computer, though, lies not in the software you use but the attitude you bring to the computer, the worldview that shapes how you interact with it… » Continue

March 26 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: automation, centralization, computer, internet, Productivity, tip, web-app, workflow | 8 comments»

5 Ways to Make Your Computer Work For You (And Not The Other Way Around)

Computers have the potential to vastly increase our personal productivity. They are also, of course, capable of becoming vast time-sinks, sucking our productive moments away in a haze of frustration and imposed patience. Alas, the line between one and the other can be exceedingly thin. Here, then, are five ways to keep on the “productive” side of that line and avoid the “time-sink” factor. I’ve focused here on practices… » Continue

March 24 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: automation, computer, file_management, internet, Productivity, tip, web-app, workflow | 13 comments»

Save Your Sanity: Have a Communications Blackout Day

Technology is great, but there can be too much of a good thing. E-mail results in faster communication, but it also leaves overflowing inboxes, spam attacks and the need for lengthy messages. RSS, Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon and instant messaging programs can also be great, if the 24/7 uninterrupted stream of information doesn’t drive you crazy first.

My suggestion is that for one day each month, have a… » Continue

January 15 2008 | By Scott H | Tagged: Communication, e-mail, internet, messaging, network, simplicity, stress, unplug | 9 comments»

How Reserving a Domain Name Can Boost Creativity

What secrets lie within your creativity? For some, an early morning workout will produce the idea of the century while another person might find journaling to be most helpful. As they say, whatever works for you is obviously helpful. One idea which I have put into practice has been the reservation of domain names. This is a relatively low-cost practice which integrates your concept with the… » Continue

December 17 2007 | By Mike | Tagged: creativity, domain_name, idea, internet, motivation | 6 comments»

100 Websites For Internet Beginners

Ted.com has dubbed this list as 100 Websites You Should Know And Use, but I think this may even be a great beginner guide for anyone new to the internet.

Who’s new to the internet, you ask? I come across many people who have used the web casually, mostly for emails, and don’t quite know of how much information and resources there are.

This list of 100 websites is a… » Continue

October 19 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: internet | 10 comments»

10 Simple Tips for Using Email

We all use email, but, sometimes we use it too much or use it inappropriately. To get the most out of email we need to use it carefully and judiciously. These are 10 tips to get the most out of emailing.

1. Use different email accounts for different purposes.

It is is good to have separate email accounts for separate purposes. For example, you may have one for business and… » Continue

September 26 2007 | By Tejvan | Tagged: Communication, email, internet, tips | 20 comments»

Does the Internet Really Increase your Productivity?

Because of the power of the web, we assume the internet must be saving us time and money. It is true that if used carefully the internet can increase our productivity. However, at the same time it can create additional burdens on our time, negating any benefits we may have got. Using the internet for an hour a day, can save us considerable time in shopping, business, and social… » Continue

August 23 2007 | By Tejvan | Tagged: internet, Productivity | 12 comments»

Free Wireless Internet On Your Laptop - Through Your Cell Phone!

This is a neat little hack that I discovered last week when looking for a new cell phone plan. I had just gotten a BlackBerry Pearl, and the plan from T-Mobile came with unlimited data transfer for wireless internet on their EDGE network. (By the way this also works with other blackberry’s on other networks, and possibly other smartphones.)

I immediately installed mobile versions of GMail (never even… » Continue

June 4 2007 | By Brian | Tagged: blackberry, internet, wireless | 23 comments»

5 Web Worker Mistakes

The Web Worker Daily have compiled their Top 5 Web Worker Mistakes. Meaning, these are the most common reasons people who use the internet for business muck it up. It’s written for coders, but speaks to all of us.

If you’re a web worker (as opposed to a web dilettante), you need to treat your work as an actual business, with a business structure, a separate bank account, contracts, invoicing… » Continue

May 28 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: internet, job, web, working | 2 comments»

15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever

Everybody’s favorite open-source browser, Firefox, is great right out of the box. And by adding some of the awesome extensions available out there, the browser just gets better and better.

But look under the hood, and there are a bunch of hidden (and some not-so-secret) tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp your browser. Make it faster, cooler, more efficient. Get to be a Jedi master… » Continue

May 11 2007 | By Leo | Tagged: firefox, internet, online, shortcuts, Technology | 327 comments»

Getting Free of Google’s Grip: The 10 Top Alternatives

Last week I wrote an apparently controversial article on how I do my work completely online and why the operating system I use is no longer relevant: Firefox OS: Why My Hard Drive and Software are Obsolete.

In the many comments that followed, I was accused of being a Google fanboy, because I use so many Google apps: Gmail, Gcal, Google Reader, Picasa, Google Homepage and more… » Continue

April 9 2007 | By Leo | Tagged: firefox, google, internet, online, Technology | 23 comments»

Firefox OS: Why My Hard Drive & Software are Obsolete

While the debate of Windows v. Mac v. Linux rages on, at times rising to a roar in certain circles, I meekly raise my hand and offer a newly emerging fourth choice: none of these operating systems really matter anymore.

Why not? Because for writers like me, and for many others, all the software and storage space you really need is now online. All that matters is that you have… » Continue

April 2 2007 | By Leo | Tagged: application, firefox, google, internet, Productivity | 239 comments»

Do you know how to raise your Internet Price?

I went shopping this weekend for a new car. I entered a few numbers and in a few minutes I could see exactly the Internet Price for 41 specific cars within a hundred miles of me, and my Inbox started filling up with emails from Internet Sales Managers. I can remember just a few years ago this kind of Internet Pricing didn’t exist, and then a few years on… » Continue

March 26 2007 | By Bob | Tagged: internet, value | 2 comments»

But What Do I Do When My Internet Connection Goes?

Some of us work from the net and when, for whatever reason, the connection is lost for longer than 5 minutes, frustration can reach boiling points.

But don’t let that stop you from being productive! Let’s get done some of those PC-related things we usually neglect to get around to.

Here’s a handy list of five things you can do while you’ve got some time off from the internet while on… » Continue

February 8 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: computer, internet | no comments»

30 Internet Things

PCWorld Magazine has a post called “30 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do on the Internet.” I wonder if Senator Stevens knows about this (U.S.-based joke about a Senator from Alaska telling people the internet is basically a series of tubes).

This is a great list (if you skip past page 1’s intro) for reminding you of some of the things that are out there. Here are a few that… » Continue

July 10 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: internet, pcworld, services, software, websites | 2 comments»

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