Posts Tagged ‘Technology’

The Lifehack Last-Minute Gift-Giving Guide

Christmas is just over a week away, and no matter how organized you are, I bet there are a few people on your list that you just can’t figure out a gift for. In the spirit of giving, then, I offer these suggestion – each of which is, as of 12/16, available to ship in time for Christmas. (All prices are in US dollars.)Kindle It’s no secret that we’re… Continue reading

December 17 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: christmas, gift, holiday, present, Technology | 10 comments»

Roll Your Own TwitPic-like Media Hosting Using Posterous

One of the more useful aspects of Twitter is the ability to quickly broadcast images, videos, and other media to your followers, making it an effective “mo-blogging” (mobile blogging) platform. Twitter doesn’t have this ability built in, though; sending pictures or video clips to Twitter requires using third-party services like TwitPic. Most Twitter clients will automatically upload images to these third-party hosts and add a link to your tweets… Continue reading

October 8 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: image, lifestreaming, online, Technology, twitter, video, web-2.0 | 8 comments»

Why A Good Web Site Matters To Your Business

For most businesses, a web site is one of the most important investments you can make. Entrepreneurs are either overspending or underspending on their web sites, and many have no idea what they're doing or why. So today I'm going to talk about why a good, solid web site really matters to your business, and in the next two weeks, I'll follow up with articles on the core components your… Continue reading

June 9 2009 | By Susan | Tagged: entrepreneur, Management, small_business, Technology, web_site | 32 comments»

The Lifehack 2008 Gift Guide

It’s that time of year again – time to sally forth in search of the perfect gift for the special and not-so-special-but-they’re-family people in your life. Given the economic situation this year, I made up a list with a few criteria in mind:

Nothing crazy expensive. Everything on this list is under $400, and most is way under. Sure, a 48-foot LCD TV would

December 1 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: christmas, gadget, gift, giving, guide, Hannuka, Productivity, Technology | 13 comments»

Shiny New Toy? 7-Step Checklist for New Gadget Nirvana

Got a new gadget? Maybe it's a beautiful new iPod, Blackberry, or camera. We've seen a lot of debris from these gadgets in our organizing work... empty boxes, drawers and bins full of old cords and cables, and files full of obsolete manuals. Here's my 7-step checklist for making sure your gadget has the best possible life!1. Look at the return policy. Right when you get home with your new… Continue reading

August 18 2008 | By Lorie | Tagged: gadget, hardware, organization, Technology, theft | 6 comments»

3 Ways to Stop Living Vicariously Through Technology

Image courtesy of jonrawlinson on FlickrAs technology continues to improve, it is becoming easier than ever for us to live vicariously through the creations of others. Living vicariously through technology is “watching instead of doing.” An example is getting home from work and deciding to watch television or Youtube videos instead of creating something of your own. It is stagnating during your free time instead of growing. This… Continue reading

August 13 2008 | By Derek | Tagged: creativity, growth, personal growth, Technology | 10 comments»

How to Ruthlessly Reclaim Work Day Time

When you're starting a small business or working from home as a freelancer, you need to make every minute of time count; it's a race against the clock to break even before your new endeavor uses up your savings and breaks you.But there are always a million and one things that interfere with and take over your day. Your to-do list of twenty items that you intended to tackle by… Continue reading

April 28 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: email, feedreader, freelancing, home office, housework, phone, Technology | 23 comments»

Increase Productivity and Relieve Pain with the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard

If you have been looking for a way to increase your productivity without having to train your mind to think or behave in a completely new way, then many will point you to the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard. Well, they're wrong, as I discovered; the time and effort to re-train your mind is quite extensive, but the time spent is worthwhile!If you're prepared to make some sacrifices - or rather… Continue reading

February 12 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: dvorak, hardware, health, keyboard, Productivity, Technology | 38 comments»

The Ten Videos to Change How You View the World

I believe that a sign of good information is that it makes you think. If reading a book, listening to a lecture or watching a video doesn’t change how you think, it probably isn’t that important. But if you encounter something that forces you to change your views, even if you don’t completely agree with it, you’ve found something valuable.The problem is where do you find these… Continue reading

October 16 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: games, happiness, humor, inspiration, linguistics, marketing, poverty, reality, Technology, video | 111 comments»

Confessions of a Late Adopter

I love gadgets, I really do. But unlike your typical fanboy or -girl who can be found standing in line at Best Buy or the Apple Store days before a new product's release, I'm more likely to be found trolling the aisles of the local thrift store, surfing eBay, or scrounging through the clearance bins at Office Max looking for my gadget fix. I'd like to say it's… Continue reading

September 26 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: consumer, simplicity, Technology, tool | 10 comments»

An Unlikely FREE Collaboration Management App

What if you had a completely turnkey solution for managing multi-threaded interactions with teams? What if this application handled scheduling, status updates, RSS feeds from collaborative blogs, group messaging, 1-to-1 messaging, photo and screen capture sharing, and more? What if it permitted secure group communication for people inside and outside of your company? And what if you didn't have to convince your IT department to install it?Sounds powerful… Continue reading

June 29 2007 | By Chris | Tagged: business2.0, facebook, socialapps, socialnetwork, Technology | 16 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 reading

May 11 2007 | By Leo | Tagged: firefox, internet, online, shortcuts, Technology | 392 comments»

UnTech Yourself

Technology can definitely make life easier. E-mail, rapid communication, RSS and the internet create vast opportunities for new information. But technology isn’t perfect. Adopting new technologies can have a sharp learning curve and many programs have unseen bugs and usability problems. Even more prevalent is this boost in information can cause overload, zapping your time in endless e-mails and feeds to read.Breaking your paradigm of… Continue reading

May 10 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: book, ipod, Productivity, Technology | 6 comments»

Digg Life: How Social Media Will Change the World

With a very simple concept, Digg.com has changed the fundamental nature of the news media and how millions of people access information. Digg (and its fellow social media sites) democratized the media, and wrenched control of what gets read from the gatekeepers of print and broadcast corporations and gave it to the people. Now, argue about whether this is good or bad, but it's now a fact of life.And… Continue reading

May 9 2007 | By Leo | Tagged: digg, socialmedia, Technology | 56 comments»

Send email and text hands free with Jott

Jott is a service that lets you send messages in either text or speech format from your cellphone. You call your Jott number, leave the message, choose the recipients and Jott does the rest. I believe Jott could be very helpful as a to do/GTD manager.Jott - [Jott.com]… Continue reading

April 13 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: gtd, jott, Technology | 6 comments»

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