What Music Helps You Get Things Done? [Ask The Readers]

21 settembre, 2009Tags:distraction, howto, mp3s, parentnode, piattaforme, productivity, readers, supercharged workspace, telefonia, Windows, work

Music is a personal choice, but most of us can’t really sort emails to Slayer or hit tight deadlines with ambient drones. When you need to get things done, relax, or get creative, what tunes do you turn to? Photo by notrealistic . Gina’s previously recommended Groove Salad as a go-to productivity station , and our readers have suggested their best study tracks

Tags: calcio, Auto, Politica, Cinema, Spettacolo

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Dump Your To-Do List and Keep Your Sanity [Productivity]

2 settembre, 2009Tags:advice, diy, facebook, getting things done, lifestyle, news, productivity, telefonia, Windows, yahoo

Quickly jotted or carefully plotted out , to-do lists are a staple of many productivity methods. Yet in the wrong hands, these lists somehow morph from helpful road maps into overfilled energy-wasters. Could it be time to dump the to-do? Photo by *_Abhi_* Maybe you were lazy, maybe you had an emergency stop your week in its tracks.

Tags: In Italia, calcio, Musica, Internet, Tv

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And the Most Popular Email Service Is… [What You Said]

20 agosto, 2009Tags:advice, backup, downloads, Firefox, howto, parentnode, productivity, technology

On Monday we asked you to share what email service you use , and some 18,000 votes later, the result is overwhelming (if unsurprising): 80% of Lifehacker readers who participated in the poll use Gmail as their go-to email service. That’s a significant deviation from the comScore results we reported on in that post, which put Gmail at third behind Yahoo and Windows Live Hotmail. Still, Yahoo ended up at the second spot with 6% and Windows Live Hotmail at third with 5%. 3% of you roll your own email solution, and the rest of the votes were scattered around to various options from work- (less than %1) and ISP-provided (1%) email to AOL (less than 1%) and other (3%). Photo by Ed Yourdon .

Tags: Internet, Gossip, Spettacolo, Politica, Economia

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Remains of the Day: The Bing Jingle Edition [For What It's Worth]

7 agosto, 2009Tags:advice, diy, in brief, news, parentnode, piattaforme, productivity, technology

Kevin talks all about lists with radio station WNYC, coffee shops get impatient with Wi-Fi-loving loiterers, and Bing gets an absurd new jingle. The Bing Jingle Winner is… Bing ran a contest soliciting users to submit their own Bing jingles, and the winner is… the insane video above. [Bing Blog] Life Hacking 101 Kevin talks all about lists with the folks at WNYC. [WNYC] No More Perks: Coffee Shops Pull the Plug on Laptop Users Are your local coffee shops cracking down on your Wi-Fi mooching habits? [WSJ] Opera Working On Full Android Browser Opera Mini is all right, but a full-on version of the browser is eventually coming to Android

Tags: Ambiente, Economia, Politica, Nel Mondo, Internet

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How to Handle Kitchen Thieves [Brown Bag]

9 luglio, 2009Tags:diy, howto, Mac, office, productivity, tutorials, twitter, varie

If you’ve ever walked over to your office fridge anticipating the lunchtime meal that awaits you only to discover that someone else has nabbed your meal, foodie weblog Chow details how to avoid being left empty-handed. Photo by Aine D . We’re big fans of the anti-theft lunch bag , but if your sandwich is already gone, Chow’s “Table Manners” Q&A column has addressed the problem that is the office kitchen thief.

Tags: In Italia, Sport, Gossip, Auto, Economia

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Remains of the Day: Social Security’s Not that Safe Edition [For What It's Worth]

8 luglio, 2009Tags:aziende, backup, editor, google-calendar, howto, in brief, internet, productivity, telefonia, twitter

Facebook’s for old folks, Social Security is hacked, navigation technology has ruined our internal compasses, and psuedo-push Gmail may make its way to the iPhone. Researchers: Social Security Numbers Can Be Guessed Eep! [Washington Post] So is Facebook for old people now or what? Looks like adults are taking over Facebook, while use by high school and college students has dropped between 16 and 21 percent. [CNET] Paradise lost The BBC suggests that navigation technology has eroded our actual knowledge of how to get around. Personally, this editor feels like he knows more about his whereabouts thanks to nav tech

Tags: Economia, Ambiente, Politica, Tv, calcio

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Get Ready For Summer With Homemade Sunblock [Summer]

3 luglio, 2009Tags:downloads, internet, lifestyle, news, piattaforme, productivity, spina-rosario, summer, sunblock, tutorials, varie

Choosing the right sunblock is important, but let’s say you’re more of a DIY type, or maybe your skin is sensitive to many of the common ingredients. The solution is simple: make your own sunblock.

Tags: Musica, Politica, Ambiente, Internet, In Italia

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The Essentials of Email Etiquette [Netiquette]

2 luglio, 2009Tags:advice, communication, Firefox, howto, internet, netiquette, productivity, spina-rosario, telefonia, twitter, varie, Windows

Those adventitious reply-alls and abandoned accountable fields in your inbox acquaint the truth—too abounding humans still don’t apperceive the basics of able email etiquette. Here are eleven rules to advanced on or follow. Career biographer Marci Alboher touches on a few areas area your email amenities ability charge tweaking.