Posts Tagged ‘online’

The Simply Effective Guide To Reaching Anyone Online

Networking online is very similar to networking face to face. You’re ultimately trying to connect with people and forge relationships. The only real difference is that you’re using slightly different tools to communicate, and have to compete a bit harder to get their attention.

It’s not always easy, but it’s never impossible, if you commit to being a certain type of person, and taking appropriate measures to reach your goal… » Continue

February 27 2008 | By Alex | Tagged: Communication, email, networking, online, tool | 7 comments»

Building Relationships: 10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Social Networking Sites

The Internet has changed the way we relate to each other, as business partners, as clients, as friends, as family, even as lovers. Not only has it become easier to stay in touch with people we already know, it has become easier to find and connect with people we’ve never met before — and might not ever meet at all!

Whether you’re looking for new customers, a new audience, a… » Continue

February 11 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: connection, online, relationship, social_networking, tool, web-app | 17 comments»

Lifehack.org Readers’ Favorite GTD Apps

Last week, we asked:

What online productivity/organization application do you find essential, and why? What would you replace it with if it disappeared tomorrow?

I was surprised at how many people chose Google’s suite of productivity applications — Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, iGoogle, and so on. I hadn’t really thought of these as “GTD apps”, per se, but thinking about it, it not only makes… » Continue

January 2 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: application, gtd, online, tool, web-app | 35 comments»

11 Top New Web Apps of 2007

I’ve been on something of a web app kick lately. I really like the idea of creating,editing, and sharing documents and computing power “in the cloud”, accessible by whomever you want from wherever you want on whatever system you have handy.

The field of web-based productivity is growing by leaps and bounds, and seems to be on the brink of becoming mainstream and ubiquitous. That’s good… » Continue

December 21 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: gtd, online, Productivity, webapp | 54 comments»

Write Here, Write Now, Write Anywhere: 13 Free Web-Based Word Processors

Imagine the situation: You’re visiting your parents’ home for the holidays, a thousand miles from your own PC, when inspiration strikes, a brilliant idea for the next plot twist in your novel! Or consider: you’re on a business trip and your laptop is stolen — and the proposal you’re working on is due tomorrow! Or you’re on campus when you remember you have an assignment due in two… » Continue

December 14 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: online, software, webapp, word_processor, writing | 35 comments»

Your Desktop Anywhere? 21 Web-Based Desktops

The last couple of years have seen the release of a slew of new online desktop applications. Commonly called “WebOS”, “webtops”, or “web desktops”, these applications use Flash, Ajax, or other web technologies to mimic a regular, PC-based desktop. In theory, this means that wherever you went, you’d be able to access your work through a common interface and set of tools. All with a single login, too.

In… » Continue

December 7 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: desktop, online, Productivity, tool, webapp | 57 comments»

The Search for My Ideal GTD App

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been looking for an online service to help me stay organized. My system at the moment is a patchwork of paper, desktop apps, and willpower that has worked well enough in the past but has begun to come apart at the seams as I take on a growing number of responsibilities. Since I work at several different locations, I need to… » Continue

November 26 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: gtd, online, Productivity, project_management, todo, tools, webaps | 38 comments»

I want, I learn, I do, I get

A while back I revealed here the Secret even more secret than The Secret: if you want something you’ve got to go out there and do something to make it happen.

I got it right, but wrong: in this future-shocked age between the old industrial way of doing things and a Brave new Virtual Digital World, what you think you know is increasingly wrong - made obsolete by… » Continue

September 28 2007 | By Bob | Tagged: learning, online | 6 comments»

Report Fake PayPal Emails & Sites To PayPal

As a user of PayPal you would receive a bit of fake-PayPal spam and spoof sites. Most of the time you’ll delete, ignore and take measures so to not get any more. However, it’s a nice idea to give PayPal a heads up so they can do something about it too.

Simply forward all fake paypal emails to spoof@paypal.com and then delete them. Such emails usually have lots of spelling… » Continue

August 2 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: online | 5 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

June 18 2007 | By Leo | Tagged: life, offline, online, opensource | 48 comments»

Top 10 Ways to Use del.icio.us

Del.icio.us is an excellent system for archiving your favorite information from across the Net, tracking hot topics, and discovering new and useful sites. The power of del.icio.us comes in the form of it’s “collective intelligence”, which is constantly adding, reviewing, and filtering new information.

The community of del.icio.us allows you to find some of the best resources on the Internet without having to trudge through all of the junk.

It also… » Continue

May 24 2007 | By Kim | Tagged: bookmark, del.icio.us, online, software | 102 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»

Organize Your Documents Online

If you’re one to work away from home and like things accessible while mobile, you’ve already changed to an email client like Gmail, and are on your way to creating a completely online office.

Filing and organizing paper documents is a chore and takes up space so you may be digitizing them already via your scanner. This way any documents you receive online don’t have to be printed off; although… » Continue

April 26 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: document, file, online, organization | 5 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

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

LifeDev’s Productivity Tools

Although we do try to keep track of many online and digital organizers that we may not use ourselves here at Lifehack, we don’t necessarily post all the updates.

That’s why it’s nice to see a site as good as LifeDev start up a Productivity Tools section that focuses on just that.

They’ve been doing well to cover most of the changes occurring in the online organizer field over… » Continue

April 16 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: online, organization, Productivity, tools, web2.0, webtools | no comments»