Tag Archives: productivity

Log Me In

My family came in for the Thanksgiving Day weekend and I was lamenting with my brother-in-law, a fellow geek, about how I ran into a bunch of problems accessing email from work. I use a hosted exchange account that lets … Continue reading

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Consolidating Passwords

I’ve never been the best about IT security. Part of the reason is because in all the years I’ve been working or playing with computers (over 20 years total but about 15 years on a PC, 12 or 13 years … Continue reading

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Content Consumption

I’ve talked about the difficulty of staying on top of all the content I want to consume these days. This is one of the biggest double-edged swords to the net. You have so many choices that it’s hard to keep … Continue reading

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Digital Organization

I’ve never been the most organized person in the world. I’m not the least organized either. Sometimes I think I am an anal-retentive-wannabe. I feel a vague uneasiness when things are out of order, which is most of the time. … Continue reading

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Search Engines in Firefox

I’ve been using Firefox for a while now and played with a bunch of the extension – I have a list here of the ones I like. Another feature that FF has is an integrated text field for searching for … Continue reading

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The Curse of Time

It recently occurred to me how much time has become a factor in all things technological. It’s a bit obvious, given the fact that speed is something that has been constantly sought after with everything from transportation to computers. When … Continue reading

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To speed up or not to speed up.

I recently traded in my older 30GB third generation iPod for one of the newer 40GB 4th generation ones. Other than the added capacity and storage space, the main reason, I told myself, I needed one, was the new iPods’ … Continue reading

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Organizing and Microsoft Outlook

I sometimes think of myself as someone who want’s to be super-organized (anal?) but my laziness and propensity to get distracted get in the way! I do feel a lot better when things around me are neat and organized, does … Continue reading

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Spam, spam, spam, eggs, and spam!

I’ve been looking for something to fight for quite a while. I sign up a lot of places online and give out my email address, so I get a ton. I am talking hundreds of messages per day! I am … Continue reading

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Speed-Listening

I love to read, but I’ve been cursed with this lack of ability to read at any reasonable pace. I’ve tried speed-reading on my own and through a class but without extreme dedication to the program, it’s just not worked. … Continue reading

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