The digital realm of hard disks can accumulate 1000′s of files over time. Often order needs to be injected into the files to maintain an easily navigable structure. How is it possible to introduce such organisation without the tediousness of manually renaming each file? Enter “THE Rename” by Hervé Thouzard. It allows files to be [...]

There is an editor for Windows based platforms that deserves a special mention. So special in fact that I’ve included it as part of the Life hack series. I was very impressed when I came across TheGun word editor. I had limited computing resources at the time and this perfectly fitted the bill of what [...]

Pretty ubiquitous now the site Facebook offers some advantages. Yes there are the privacy concerns, which is why the terms and conditions have grown over the years to become even longer than the US declaration of independence document. Though used in it’s most simple context it allows for a very time efficient way of connecting and staying [...]

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?

The average reading speed of English is around 400 words per minute (wpm). At half this speed I was a very slow reader, only reading about 200wpm. My reading material was almost entirely technical information that contributed to going at slow pace. Being overwhelmed by the amount of information to read was a stress inducer. Perhaps you’ve [...]

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 [...]

Getting Things Done (GTD) is a pretty well known system for improving your life productivity created by David Allen. It details a method of collecting all your inputs in one system. By inputs I mean any input into your life schedule such as events, things to do, or material possesions. All these things and more [...]

An alarm clock does the job. That’s why we use it. It’s purpose is to wake us up. However there is one rather large drawback from using it, as indicated by it’s name. We awake in a state of alarm. Not really an ideal start to any day – being shocked into conciousness. I’d also [...]

We all have animals that inhabit our Time Zoo. Some have many animals, some only a few. However all demand upkeep, and all sap away at our limited resource of Time. Stuff. That’s what clutters up or lives for the most part. We tend to think that having more items to fulfill functions within our [...]

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 [...]