Jul 27, 2013 | Productivity
About a year ago, my inbox had swelled to over 10,000 emails. Messages were coming in faster than I could deal with them. I was overwhelmed. So I declared email bankruptcy. It wasn't quite as drastic as the total deletion that some people have done. I simply archived...
Jun 23, 2013 | Productivity, Research, Web content
Last March Google announced that they would discontinue Google Reader as of July 1. Bad news for the millions of users (including me). But good news for Google Reader's competitors. The GR shutdown announcement has prompted other RSS content aggregators to improve and...
Aug 22, 2012 | Productivity, Research
Are you still hopping from one website to another to read news and opinion pieces at your favorite sites? You don't have to. Most news and blog sites publish "feeds" of new content via RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Instead of going to individual websites you can...
Aug 12, 2012 | Productivity
For just about every commercial productivity tool there is a free counterpart. Instead of paying up to $350 for Microsoft Office you can use LibreOffice or Google Docs for free. Both have word processing, spreadsheets and slideshow creators, which look very similar to...
