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New iPhone products for accessing your productivity
Dropbox
For those who have taken up Dropbox based on the recent buzz, you will be happy to know there is a new iPhone web login interface. Dropbox is a filesharing/backup service that simply can’t be explained in a few sentences. It can be used to insure your normal backup, or to improve medical [...]
How to manipulate your PDFs
I have been playing with PDFs a lot recently, and evidence-based medicine makes them increasingly necessary. Luckily, the days where you needed Adobe Professional to manipulate files are quickly receding.
Creating PDFs
Mac users have the advantage when creating PDFs, with the ability to print any document to PDF from within the print menu. Furthermore, [...]
Creating a personal culture of focus
Zen Habits wrote a great post recently on how to get more done by using laser sharp focus. I would recommend reading the entire post, but I was particularly inspired by the suggestion to “Feng Shui my workplace.”
Author Jonathan Mead is not talking about new-age spirituality, but rather using your place of [...]
Tweaking things done
Some of you know that I am a fan of “Getting Things Done.” The key improvements to my lifestyle have come from the concept of Ubiquitous Capture, the concept of the Next Action and Weekly Review
I first read the book and implemented the process 12 months ago, and I have just reread it, and [...]
White noise improves focus
White noise is an excellent aide to study and focussed work. White noise iPod loops have been around for a while, but there are now online sources of noise.
Simply noise allows you to dial up your level of noise, and it simply runs in the background. This is perfect for those times that [...]