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  1. Guide to working paperless

    I think my simplest self-imposed challenge was to: go entirely paperless at the office this month. It was so simple it’s almost laughable. I’m so confident that I met my own goal I’ve posted this a week before the end of the month. So how did I do it and how did it spill over [...]

    Oct 25, 2008 — 3 Comments

  2. Track your goals for the day, week or resolutions

    I’m a huge fan of simplicity; I’ve been working on de-cluttering, simplifying, and reducing the unnecessary in my life lately (which is why I’m in love with Zen Habits). I’ve started tracking the many things I want to do by using Joe’s Goals. Joe’s Goals is a simple site where you set a goal (positive or [...]

    Dec 31, 2007 — No Comments

  3. Fall back with an extra hour

    Last year I asked what you would do with your “extra” hour (thanks to DST): What if we had an extra hour every day? How would you spend your time? I

    Nov 6, 2007 — 6 Comments

  4. Creating a daily agenda

    One of the most useful habits I’ve begun is very simple. It’s helped me accomplish more each day. It’s helped me feel accomplished before I go to bed. The best part about this technique? There are only three steps! 1. Create your daily list I use my BlackBerry Tasks application to dump every single task I think [...]

    Jun 19, 2007 — 7 Comments

  5. Credit Balance Tip

    If you’re like me, you enjoy spending all your money using a credit card (bonus miles, reward points, easier to track, etc.). But, when month-end comes and you spent $1,200 of your $1,800 limit it’s going to look really bad on your credit score (because you’re using a lot of credit). Since I’m paid twice [...]

    Apr 22, 2007 — 2 Comments

  6. How to work and study efficently

    This week is the perfect storm. Apparently professors are very good at taking the number of weeks in a semester and dividing by three because they all decided this was the week. My projects, presentations, papers and exams won’t catch me off-guard though; I saw them coming thanks to some foresight (a calendar). But, how do [...]

    Oct 2, 2006 — 3 Comments

  7. Time Management

    I’ve been asked how I keep my busy life on track. Honestly, it’s become second nature and don’t put much thought into it. But, now that I sit here I realize there are some tips I can share to hopefully keep you organized. But, first things first: Get yourself a schedule

    Sep 25, 2006 — 4 Comments

  8. Howto: Tidy up your power cable

    So, if you don’t know already: I’m pretty clever. Not really but I sometimes impress myself with my ability to put two and two together. Remember that time I made an infrared receiver for my keyboard? I took another binder clip, taped it to the back of my desk, put my MacBook power cable through [...]

    Aug 17, 2006 — 4 Comments

  9. GMail Todo List

    I’ve been keeping another secret from you guys. I have a genius way to keep track of my ‘todo’ list. GMail is so powerful I don’t know if people really realize it. Thus, my mini-guide to making your own todo list in GMail. (Hmm, before posting this I realized someone else has done this same [...]

    Jul 25, 2006 — 31 Comments

  10. Blogging With Word 2007

    I think this is one of the more excitingly useful features. At first I was like,

    May 24, 2006 — 3 Comments

  11. Grade Report

    I like to play with numbers. Good thing I switched my major to Accounting, right? In any case, what’s one of the most important numbers to any student? That’s right: their GPA. A few semesters ago I sat around wondering what my GPA would look like if I were to get an ‘A’ in X Class [...]

    May 17, 2006 — 4 Comments

  12. Weekly Schedule

    You may or may not remember this productivity tool I’ve created. It’s simple, really. When I originally posted about it I wasn’t sure how I’d even use it and what the best methods would be. Now I can confidently share my Weekly Schedule tactics with you. I’ve done some measuring and discovered the amount of time [...]

    May 16, 2006 — 5 Comments

  13. Firefox Find Tip

    If you want to quikcly search for something on a page you can simply type ‘/’ and it will pull up the ‘Find’ toolbar. If you’ve ever had to search a man page you shouldn’t have a problem understanding this one. I used to have the option ‘Begin finding when you begin typing’ enabled but [...]

    May 10, 2006 — 2 Comments

  14. Wireless Receiver Mount

    I pulled a MacGyver tonight as I was faced with a dilemma. I decided I wanted to use my keyboard tray. Unfortunately my wireless MCE keyboard needs line-of-sight to communicate with the receiver. So, I mounted the receiver on the back of the desk with a binder clip, staple, and a twist tie. Go check [...]

    May 6, 2006 — 1 Comment

  15. Weekly Schedule

    I was looking at David Seah’s excellent tools the other day. I was inspired. I had been thinking about revising my daily schedule and I came up with the following tool in Excel: the Linear Week Schedule. I basically laid out the week in 30 minute blocks. Each row is 6 hours. Now you can see [...]

    Apr 1, 2006 — 4 Comments

  16. Sneak into D&B

    Quick Tip: If you’re under 21 and have no 25+ year old friends to get you into Dave and Busters, walk behind a group and pretend you’re with them. ‘Nuff said…

    Feb 25, 2006 — No Comments

  17. Tip: Get Less Junk Mail

    Sick of getting credit offers that you never initiated? I get at least 3 credit-card offers each week. There’s an easy way to stop these: 1-888-5OPTOUT or OptOutPrescreen.com I wouldn’t have noticed this offer was available to me if it weren’t for this new regulation requiring a statement in “12-point type – on the first page of [...]

    Feb 11, 2006 — No Comments

  18. Dealing With Stress: Proactive

    When you look at stress in the long-run you’re no longer ‘dealing’ with it but merely ‘managing’ it. If you’re prepared to become stressed then you won’t be shocked when it hits. These are some thoughts I’ve compiled: Develop phyiscal resiliency: Many sources suggest a healthy, controlled diet. Some things include eating less sugar, reducing caffeine [...]

    Feb 10, 2006 — 4 Comments

  19. Dealing With Stress

    I?ve been reading a bunch on stress (given I?m a workaholic) and I?ve done some thinking: I rarely ever feel stressed so I never have to deal with it. I?ve never understood why this is, though. Maybe I?m stress proof, maybe it?s how I live my life? My question to you is: How do you deal [...]

    Feb 7, 2006 — 2 Comments

  20. Quickly Open Websites

    I don’t remember where I stumbled upon these little tricks but I’ve found myself quite the nifty habit: Whenever I want to pull up a website (ie, www.devinreams.com) I just type ‘devinreams’ in the address bar and hit Ctrl-Enter. Both Firefox and IE fill in the http://www. and .com for you! Think of all the time saved! Bonus: [...]

    Jan 14, 2006 — 4 Comments

  21. Desktop Apps

    Over on BusinessBits I asked why we don?t see enough ?desktop web apps? (or is it web desktop apps?) out there these days? Well? Lifehacker has posted a very useful one. It puts input boxes on your desktop and you can press Alt-W to search Wikipedia, Alt-G, Google, etc. This is exactly the useful stuff [...]

    Jan 14, 2006 — No Comments

  22. Teleflip

    I just found a nice site: teleflip.com. It lets you email any phone by just sending a message to phonenumber@teleflip.com. No longer do I need to find out someone?s provider and email syntax. Plus, they can reply right back to you. In the past I?ve used AIM to send people messages but I think I?ll [...]

    Jan 14, 2006 — 1 Comment

  23. Track Your Money With Money

    Ben, at CollegeStartup has written on the importance of keeping track of one?s money. Frankly, I agree with him. Many students aren?t sure how much money they have at any given moment. But that?s alright because those same students typically never have more than $200 in the checking account anyway! Seriously, though. That?s a problem. [...]

    Jan 14, 2006 — 1 Comment

  24. Create Your Own “Phone Tree”

    I?d like to revisit my desk briefly while I show you my decorative space-saver. As mentioned, I call it my ?phone tree? and you can see it here: (Click for larger, annotated view from Flickr) The following elements are necessary to ensure a successful ?phone tree?: Decorative flora placed on a surface: A quick google search for ?small [...]

    Jan 14, 2006 — 2 Comments