Computing 101: Leave it on or turn it off?
I’m still asked this question frequently. And I used to have a pretty long-winded answer about the pros and cons of each choice; it involved power, hardware wear-and-tear and time vs. productivity and, well, so on. Now the advent of cheap RAM has caused me to re-evaluate my opinion on the matter, which is: unless a frustratingly long computer startup effects your productivity in the morning,...
Read MoreTop 7 Free Killer iPhone Apps
Pandora Download for free from the iTunes Store Forget about searching for streaming radio stations, that’s so 20th century. Pandora lets you CREATE your own radio stations. Just tell it the name of a song or artist you’re in the mood for and it starts playing. As it plays, you can thumbs-up or thumbs-down songs to teach the software what you like. You can even create multiple...
Read MoreThe Zoho Experiment
When I attended the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco last week, I did not know all of what to expect. I am not surprised that I saw multiple MS Office replacement products. Some were open source and some had minimal cost. But what did surprise me was the variation in quality of the offerings. I won’t name the ones I did not like, but the coolest one by far was Zoho Office. Zoho is...
Read MoreiGTD Helps My Productivity and Peace of Mind
I started using iGTD in May and I absolutely love it. iGTD is a Mac app based on David Allen’s ideas in his book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. The developer of this free software is releasing updates seemingly every week, full of subtle and elegant improvements. The user community is very active and there is a great level of responsiveness on the part of Mr....
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