Archive for November, 2009

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Take a Vacation from Your Email!

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Considering how useful – revolutionary, even – email is as a communication tool, it can also be an incredible drain on productivity. If you’re anything like me, you have discussion listservs, newsletters, Google alerts, Facebook updates, blog comments, advertisements, automated backups, reminders, and all manner of other stuff pouring into your inbox all the time [...]

10 Best Productivity Books of 2009

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Granted, the year’s not done yet, but publishers start to slow down new releases right about now, so it’s not likely we’ll see another contender for “best of 2009” until January. Plus, Christmas is coming up, and I wanted to give you plenty of time to read some of these books before you give copies [...]

Stationery Pr0n: Japanese Pens and More from JetPens.com

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Geeks tend to love pens, notebooks, and office gadgets. Some of the most popular posts here at Lifehack have been about pens and other stationery. Let us loose in a Staples or Office Max and we’re like kids in a candy shop. We can’t pass a stationery shop without feeling at least a twinge of [...]

Ask Reader: What’s your dream iPhone app?

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Stepcase Lifehack readers and other lifehackers, we are reaching out to hear what types of applications you guys would like to see on your iPhone. Think of it as your dream iPhone app. In the past, Stepcase Apps were developed based solely on our team needs. However, as we continue our development of mobile apps [...]

Review: Xobni Extends Outlook’s View, But at a Cost

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Outlook is a well-established presence on the business desktop, providing millions with their email, calendar, contacts, and tasks. It’s such an institution, in fact, that when Microsoft radically revamped the Office suite’s interface in 2007, it left Outlook largely unchanged.
Although it’s big and sluggish, there’s no denying that Outlook does what it’s supposed to do. [...]

Information Pollution Alert! Living with Data Smog

Friday, November 13th, 2009

We are a nation awash in data smog. This is more than just information overload — it’s not just that there’s too much information out there for one person to adequately encompass, it’s that there’s too much data out there to even make out the information clearly, let alone to evaluate and act on that [...]

Searching for a Shared Virtual Workspace?

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

In my coaching practice, I am increasingly looking for ways to work with my clients on shared documents and projects online. Pretty simple right? You’d think so. I went to the first two places that I knew offered some or all of these services: Google & Microsoft. Big disappointment.

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Put Up Your Hand If You Ever Lie

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Put up Your Hand if You Ever Lie.
If your hand went up, then we now know you’re a liar. If it didn’t go up then we know you’re an even bigger liar.
When asked the question “are you a liar?” nearly 97% of people answer “no”. When the remaining 3% (self-confessed liars) are subjected to questions [...]

Put Up Your Hand If You Ever Lie

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Put up Your Hand if You Ever Lie.
If your hand went up, then we now know you’re a liar. If it didn’t go up then we know you’re an even bigger liar.
When asked the question “are you a liar?” nearly 97% of people answer “no”. When the remaining 3% (self-confessed liars) are subjected to questions [...]

11 Ways to Think Outside the Box

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Thinking outside the box is more than just a business cliché. It means approaching problems in new, innovative ways; conceptualizing problems differently; and understanding your position in relation to any particular situation in a way you’d never thought of before. Ironically, its a cliché that means to think of clichéd situations in ways that aren’t [...]

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