There’s nothing like getting ready to start a new year and making sure that all of your ducks are in a row, especially when it comes to the technology tools that you are going to use. We are strong believers here at Lifehack of trying not to follow the “shiny new thing” and stick…

The modern home is far bigger than the home of just 30 years ago – and far more cluttered! How can that happen? Basically, our demand for stuff is outstripping our ability to buy space – no wonder self-storage is one of the leading growth industries in the United States. Questions about runaway consumerism aside…

Backing up your data is an essential part of digital life and protects you from losing important information. But when something goes wrong with one of your systems, it can mean you have to sift through thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of files for each project you’re involved with. Over the last few months, I set…

Living in an apartment or small room, space is important and keeping things organized while pleasing to the eye can make a big difference – particularly if you’re working from home. Here are around 20 simple ideas that could take your storage from drab to fab or just to something clear and organized. 19 Ideas to

In our efforts to suggest ways to slim your wallet, we covered several options. A new one that has popped up on the DIY site, Instructables, is this paper wallet. What could be slimmer than paper? Paper Wallet – [Instructables]…

As Professional Organizers, we don’t just get clients organized, we also teach them how to stay organized. Here are some empowering home organizing concepts that we teach people every day. Be decisive! Everything that is on your countertop or desk right now most likely represents decisions that have not been made. Clutter results from putting…

I’m just getting ready to do some backups of my system, and I was going to do a pile of DVDs as my backups, but then I realized just how much time that would take. Booooooring. So now I’m thinking that I’ll just go buy an external hard drive, shove everything over, and store it…

The Council of Library and Information Resources knows you want to keep your DVDs alive for a long time, while Sony and others hash out the Blu-Ray and HD-DVD issue. To that end, here’s a guide for the proper care and feeding of your collection. Archivists and librarians place great emphasis on preserving content for the…