Functional Origami with Pocket Mod

Not sure why – but this intrigues me.

June 24, 2009 | Filed Under Productivity | 36 Comments 

A Quick Review of the Sony Reader

On my way to New Orleans a few weeks back I popped into the airport book store for a little window shopping. Looking for a place to sit down and read I stumbled on a display for Sony’s new “e-reader”.

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October 5, 2007 | Filed Under Productivity | 2 Comments 

The Softer Side of Search: Mahalo’s “Human Powered” Solution to Search

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Mahalo is taking search back to the basics, and in doing so they are promising a clean, spam free search experience.

So what’s the big deal, there are tons of internet search options out their - What make this any different from the rest? Well for starters Mahalo’s search result are hand crafted and screened for relevance by real live human beings, and because each of Mahalo search results are hand crafted by humans you can be assured that none of those crafty little web pages fronting as a content page slips into your search results – the end product, a complete list of relevant links without having to sort through the garbage.

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October 5, 2007 | Filed Under Interests, Productivity | 2 Comments 

Free Productivity Tools to Streamline your Life:

Are you on the lookout for tech tools that can increases your productivity and efficiency? If so look no further, the following two free tools are sure to boost your productivity and creativity by providing you with a free transcription service and a visual project outline tool.

 

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September 18, 2007 | Filed Under Interests, Productivity | 2 Comments 

How to Increase Your Reading Speed by up 200% With Speed Reading

I was reading this book by Tim Farriss and in it there was a sub-section on learning how to speed read in just ten minutes. Ten minutes – everyone has ten minuets – heck if that’s all it takes to learn to speed read you might as well give this a try what have you got to loose? Just think, if you could boost your reading speed so much that you could read and comprehend a 140 page novel in just 40 min would it be worth trying? I don’t know about you but the cost benefit seems like a no-brainer.

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September 3, 2007 | Filed Under Productivity | 3 Comments 

Setting up Dual Monitors to Boost Productivity

dual-monitors.jpgAre you tired of your puny desktop? Do you feel cluttered and cramped, constantly clicking back and forth between document windows? If you answered yes to any of these then maybe you should think about super-sizing your workspace. You might be thinking to yourself “I need bigger monitor”, but before you go out and buy that expensive over sized flat screen you might want to conceder an alternative, because when it comes to computer monitors and increased productivity “Two might just be better than one”.

Yes that’s right, a high dollar large screen might not be the most effective or economical way for you to double your work space and boost your productivity. With minimal computer know how, and little or no monetary investment you can get yourself started working on a dual monitor system that is sure to boost your computer productivity.

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August 13, 2007 | Filed Under Productivity | Leave a Comment