Posts Tagged ‘tool’

10 Essential Tools for Practical Travelers

I grew up traveling. My dad was a manufacturer’s representative in home furnishings, which meant he did a tour of all the furniture stores in the Midwest every few months. In the summers, we went with him, exploring the tiniest of Midwestern towns while he showed the fall line in some Main Street furniture store.

After college, I headed to London. When my 6-month work visa expired, I traveled Europe… » Continue

May 7 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: , , , , , , | 35 comments»

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: , , , , | 7 comments»

The Newbie Guide to Blogging

We live in a blogging world. Whether you’re a business startup, an established business, a freelancer, an intern, a musician, or anyone else, blogging can help you:

  • Make your name or brand visible
  • Connect with others in your business or interest
  • Reach out to the public about issues you’re passionate about
  • Express yourself
  • Update clients or an audience about projects you’re working on
  • Share your knowledge
  • Learn to write better
  • Share
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February 25 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: , , , , , | 45 comments»

12 Hours to Better Time Management

Work. Kids. School. Sports. Second job. Partner’s job. The next great American novel. Your knitting circle. Remodeling the guest bathroom. Taking your car in for its 30,000 mile tune-up. An on and on and on — it seems like we have things to do in abundance. What we don’t ever seem to have enough of is time.

I think we all know what we should do, but the prospect… » Continue

February 20 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: , , , , , , | 36 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: , , , , , | 17 comments»

We Ask, You Answer: Your Quirky System

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer.  The following week, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are doing!

This… » Continue

February 11 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: , , | 36 comments»

The Ultimate Student Resource List

It’s back to school time, yet again.  In the spirit of the season, I decided to gather together the best tools, websites, and advice I know of to help make you a more effective and relaxed student this semester. Since I know you’re broke, it’s all free!

10 Free Applications Every Student Needs

Unless you have money coming out of your ears, you probably won’t want to shell out… » Continue

January 23 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: , , , , , | 93 comments»

Tips and Tricks for Distraction-Free Writing

If you do a lot of writing, you already know the benefits of a distraction-free writing environment. It’s hard to keep yourself on-task when there are noise, people interrupting you, or the ever-present temptation of Desktop Tower Defense only a click or two away on your PC. It’s especially hard when you reach a rough patch and it’s so much easier to do something else than think your… » Continue

January 16 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: , , , , | 31 comments»

How to Get Things Done with Jott

I first tried out Jott last year, and was really impressed with what it could do. You call their number, say something into the phone, and it sends it as a text message back to you. And it works — aside from a few odd names and strange words, its transcriptions are pretty much spot on. Apparently they run your voice message through a speech-to-text engine and then… » Continue

January 11 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: , , , , | 26 comments»

How to Use a Notebook to Make 2008 the Best Year Ever

The notebook has been around forever. Do you remember your first one? It probably had very wide lines and perhaps a spiral binding. You used a fat pencil and traced letters until they became second nature. Before long you learned script. Then you migrated to pens. Some of you, dear readers, are now Moleskine aficionados and are selective and perhaps downright snooty about your pen choice. The lefties here… » Continue

January 7 2008 | By Susan | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | 30 comments»

We Ask, You Answer: Your Apps, Online

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer.  The following week, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are doing!

This… » Continue

January 7 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: , , | 12 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: , , , , | 35 comments»

We Ask, You Answer: GTD 2.0

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer.  The following Monday, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are doing!

This… » Continue

December 24 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: , , , , | 29 comments»

The Lifehack Last-Minute Gift List for Productive (and Potentially Productive) People

With less than a week left before Christmas, I thought it would be a good idea to list some of lifehack.org’s favorite gift ideas. Everything on this list would get a hearty smile from the productive person on your gift list. Most of the items shown here are available through Amazon, for fast delivery by Christmas if you hurry. Links here lead to Amazon.com and prices are given in… » Continue

December 19 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: , , , , , , | 25 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: , , , , | 57 comments»

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