Posts Tagged ‘offline’

Know When to Unplug From the Internet

I’ve recently had a very troublesome realization about my line of work. I’m the managing editor for a few websites and a contributing editor for a few others. Websites happen to be on the Internet; a job that revolves around websites tends to require that you use the Internet.The troublesome part is that the Internet can make it very hard to get work done. Child labor laws aside, it’s sort… Continue reading

April 20 2009 | By Joel | Tagged: internet, offline, Productivity | 24 comments»

Open Source Life: How the open movement will change everything

Consider this: in just a few short years, the open-source encyclopedia Wikipedia has made closed-source encyclopedias obsolete -- both the hard-bound kind and the CD-ROM or commercial online kind. Goodbye World Book and Brittanica.Sure, these companies still exist, but their customer base is rapidly shrinking as more and more people would rather go with Wikipedia -- it's free, it's easy to use, and it's much, much more up-to-date.This is… Continue reading

June 18 2007 | By Leo | Tagged: life, offline, online, opensource | 50 comments»

Google Gears powers Reader with Offline Function

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 your latest feeds (2000 items) without any Internet connection. This is such a great… Continue reading

May 31 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: google, offline, software, web | 4 comments»

How to Make Life Offline Easier?

While you're getting your online life easy, organized and productive, try a few of these tips to keep offline life the same. No use in having an immaculate online presence when you keep getting tripped up by things away from the computer.

Hoard stamps. It's true that snail mail is becoming less and less important, but every once in a while, you do need a stamp.
Outsource your chores. Your time

April 18 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: offline, online, tips | no comments»