The Unclutterer blog posts a neat productivity tip that also serves to also keep the dreaded Paper Monster at bay. By printing out tiny “To Do,” “To Pay,” and “To File” labels for binder clips and…
February 2008
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Fri 29 Feb 2008
Use Labeled Binder Clips to Keep Paper at Bay [Paper]
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Fri 29 Feb 2008
Use Face-to-Face Interactions to Get More from LinkedIn [Networking]
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Jason Alba, author of I’m on LinkedIn — Now What?, gives Wired’s How-To Wiki advice on how to use LinkedIn for something other than esteem-boosting connection counting. One of the keys is stepping…
Fri 29 Feb 2008
Alex Dekker writes “Sony’s Mike Abary says in an interview, ‘If [Asus's Eee PC] starts to do well, we are all in trouble.’ Presumably by ‘we’ he means all the hardware manufacturers who sell over-priced, full-fat laptops. And he’s not going to be too pleased when he sees the Linux-powered, sub-$200 Elonex One. Looks like what’s bad for Sony may be good for the consumer.” The CNet article mentions that a version of the Eee running XP is available in Japan now and will be coming to the US within weeks.
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Fri 29 Feb 2008
damienhunter notes a Wired story on the power-hungry ways of the first generation of Blu-ray players coming soon to a laptop near you. “With the Sony-backed HD format emerging victorious from a two-year showdown with Toshiba’s HD DVD, many laptop manufacturers are now scrambling to add Blu-ray drives in their desktop and notebook lineups. Next month, Dell will even introduce a sub-$1,000 Blu-ray notebook… But the promise of viewing an increasing variety of HD movies on your laptop may be overshadowed by ongoing concerns over the technology’s vampiric effect on battery life. Indeed, if the first generation of Blu-ray equipped laptops are any indication, you might not get more than halfway through that movie before running out of juice completely, analysts say.”
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Fri 29 Feb 2008
Get Things Done by Closing a Few Doors [Productivity]
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Although choice is generally seen as a positive thing, the New York Times examines how and why closing a few doors can help you take major steps toward moving forward with projects and getting things…
Fri 29 Feb 2008
Google-ize Your Windows Mobile Phone with Google2Go [Featured Windows Mobile Download]
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Windows Mobile only: Freeware Windows Mobile application Google2GO! marries the functionality of Yahoo! Go to Google apps. As you can see in the demo video above, that means search, calendar, email,…
Fri 29 Feb 2008
David Allen: GTD is More Than Just Lists [Getting Things Done]
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Weblog Web Worker Daily sits down with Getting Things Done author and productivity evangelist David Allen to discuss his upcoming book and how GTD is more than just lists. To Allen, it’s about…
Fri 29 Feb 2008
Got a bone to pick with an internet adversary? Peeved at a scofflaw organization or a shady political figure? Get revenge in proper geek fashion by crafting a Google bomb.
Fri 29 Feb 2008
Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama continued to rewrite fundraising records this month, with Clinton announcing yesterday that she had rebounded from a disappointing showing in January to raise $35 million in February, by far her biggest one-month total of the campaign.
Fri 29 Feb 2008
House Lawmakers Question Privacy in Cyber-Security Plan
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House lawmakers yesterday raised concerns about the privacy implications of a Bush administration effort to secure federal computer networks from hackers and foreign adversaries, as new details emerged about the largely classified program.