Watt’s our transportation future?
I know you don’t want to hear this, but the oil is being used up fairly rapidly, and depending on who you listen to, will affect your view of how long it will last. argue, curse me, whatever – it isn’t going to last forever. So, we’re going to have to face it sooner or [...]
How to automate and organise your files using Hazel
Recently, I discussed on BOTB how I use and integrate Notational Velocity and Simplenote seamlessly instead of Microsoft Word to write and share most of my notes across multiple computers (on either a Mac or Windows machine) and various mobile devices. It started off as a necessity on the laptop and iPad while travelling to scientific conferences, but [...]
Can improving productivity save you money?
As part of my ongoing productivity plan, I thought it would be a good idea to take stock and look at how we are doing at the end of year two in the process: Ditching the landline for Google Voice, throwing out the fax machine and losing the extra line in favour of MyFax, adjusting [...]
Barbie or Engineer Barbie?
Like many people, I have resisted temptation and waited anxiously for the launch of Apple’s iPad2, hoping that the speed would be faster (it is) and a front/back camera would be included (it is). With the announcement last week, I eagerly clicked on the video to see what the new version would offer and [...]
Using SpringPad for small businesses and consulting
SpringPad is a really useful new free tool I’ve recently been playing with and it has quickly become a way to sort and organise information easily. In the past, I’ve been a big Evernote fan, but while it is useful for collecting abstracts, photos, papers etc, SpringPad has a whole different set of utilities [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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