I had a touch screen smart phone with great features, WiFi, bluetooth, you name it, almost an ultra mobile personal computer (UMPC) but have downgraded to an old model Blackberry. Huh? Did I just move backwards in terms of technology, or is there a counter-intuitive reason that actually makes this a practical way of moving forwards?

Part of the influence to get a Blackberry phone was due to this software product offering. It is to a to-do list what a grid is to design. Highly integrated with the Blackberry device, ToDoMatrix from REXwireless offers increased productivity from a David Allen GTD and Covey based application. It works on the premise that your input [...]

There are a dozen items of software that constitue part of the Life hack series, each having the ability to assist in making life run considerably smoother and be more productive. The first of these is MyLifeOrganized (MLO) task management software. OK great, but what does it do?

When you employ someone it is so that they may add more value to the product than you would be able to do alone. The added value should outweigh the employee’s cost to you. What if you could carry such a value adding employee in your pocket? What if they are always available to assist [...]

For the reasons described in the article of phoning a loved one [lifehack #8] the same would apply to maintaining contact with family. Perhaps even more so, since the health of particularly older family members are a glimpse into the future of your own health issues that are yet to emerge on life’s horizon. Don’t [...]

If you work with computers or more generally, have to input information into some electronics device in your daily routine (keyboards, PDAs, mobiles, etc) there is a short tip that can give you the edge. Having experienced data entry it was instructive to find that the speed and error rate of data entry are empirically [...]

Sometimes it is all too easy to lose touch with people who you’ve been enjoyably communicating with for a period of time. Routine changes – a new job, a new environment – moving home, or other changes in your life chip away at the time you used to spend in the company of another. Sometimes [...]

“There’s a fire burning in your home and you only have time to get out with one thing. What would you take with you?” Apparently this hypothetical question is about showing what is important to you. It was posed to me a number of years ago, but with a change of situation over the years [...]