In response to Ask Lifehack.Community “How do I organize a large and growing collection of Electronic documents?”, Matthew Cornell had a detail look into the issue on organizing electronic documents. Recently he adopted GTD’s filing system, which designed for paper organization, for his email organization. In his post, he wondered if this can apply…

GmailThis! is a bookmarklet that can let you launch gmail and compose an email on the current page and url you are visiting, plus any text you have highlighted on that page in the body. I like it! This is quite a fast way to access Gmail: … GmailThis! is an easy way to make a…

Email is an effective communication tools, but sometimes when you have too many emails, it will add burdens to your life and overload you. Michael Angier has suggested ten ways on handling your emails, to prevent clutter and save you time: Don’t Check Mail Every Few Minutes Flag Messages for Later Action Use Folders Set up Rules Deal with Similar…

Minezamac has a very detailed tutorial on combining GTD methodology with Tracks and Moleskine. What Minezamac has suggested is to use Tracks to keep track of all of your tasks, and use moleskine planner to keep track of your appointments. You can then print out your tasks from Tracks’ TXT export and slip…

Over at minzemac.com, the blogger introduces his method of using his iPod Shuffle as GTD system, by installing Portable Firefox and GTDTiddlyWiki. After that, he can go to any computer to access his task list – Mac or PC, as the portable firefox is compatiable with both. iPod Shuffle can also save other files…

Update (2005/10/26): Added Download Manager Tweak. Update (2005/10/22): Thanks for those readers who introduced Tab Mix Plus. It is quite a powerful tab extension. I am using it instead of Tabbrowser Preferences. The best feature I ever wanted in a browser is the ability to load extensions which can do some little wonderful things. Firefox is the…

Another web on AJAX implementation – but this is a pretty simple yet effective tools for searching dictionary for definitions. Upon typing the word in the text field, the software will return the definitions on the word immediately, without the need of submitting the form and wait for the page to reload. ObjectGraph Dictionary

Just wanted to share a good news, especially if you are a Linux and KDE user. Looking around the information today, there is a project sponsored by Google’sSummer of Code concentrated on implementing Getting Things Done methodology in KDE’s email client, Kontact. Kontact is what I used in my work laptop and love it…

How can it be easier to know what to follow-up on tasks we have delegated or waiting for reply? Michael Hyatt over Working Smart has suggested a way on handling this. He uses GTD method on creating an context called Waiting For. First he setup an free email address and set it forward back…

After for a while, Google finally catched up and made a specialized search for blog. This will be useful if you are looking for materials on people comments and reviews on specific topic: Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. Google is a strong believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by blogging, and we…

There is a pretty good how-to on using Backpack as a note taking tool for school. The good thing for using Backpack as note taking solution is that it can create a set of pages, tag them up with topics, and link them together easily. … While Backpack wasn’t necessarily designed to be the ultimate…

Looking for some downloads for the weekend? Try these when you got a chance: iTunes 5 New iTunes with feature including New Look, Search Bar, Smart Shuffle, Sync from Outlook, Playlist Folders, Parental Controls, Album Reviews. Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 New Firefox for testing purposes, with improvements on tab browsing, faster browser navigation, better usability and…

Here is a tool called Time Tracker – It is a To-do tracker with a time facility so that you can keep track of time you spend on specific task. It is made with AJAX so the usability is pretty high. It also gives you a set of suggestions which you were entered. Time Tracker

MSN.com has a bunch of good tips and tricks on things around computing that you should know, but vendors or companies do not want you to know. Some of them are very basic, but tips like Extended Warranties Aren’t Worth It, Faster Shipping Isn’t Always Faster and Your Cell Phone’s Been Crippled are good information…