productivity

The Ultimate Google Wave Guide for Students: 100 Tips, Tools, and Tricks

January 19, 2010

As a college student, we know you’re always on the hunt for tools that save you time and trouble, especially on homework. That’s why we’ve generated this list of tips and tricks for using Google Wave, a powerful collaboration tool that lets you manage projects, swap files and communicate in real-time, with no delay. via [...]

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Five hot Web2.0 apps

February 25, 2008

Tech2.com India gives a list of five hot Web2.0 apps worthy of mention for those of us looking to be more productive with new technologies. I mention this only because I set up #1 on the list, Basecamp, for use by our John Ben Snow research team (headed by Pamela J. Shoemaker) at the S.I. [...]

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Why Vitalist rocks my world

April 14, 2007

The best part about Vitalist is the fact that they are listening to their customers. With the combination of their blog, contact page, and knowledge base full of previously answered questions presented in rank-order, they have the appearance of addressing users’ problems and needs as quickly as possible. I complained in a few emails that [...]

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GTD with Vitalist

March 7, 2007

Although I’ve been using Tracks for quite awhile, it just isn’t everything it needs to be and I keep forgetting to use it. I do, however, still love Tracks because of its simplicity. I may have found the solution with Vitalist, even though the layout is a bit more cluttered. SMS reminders is a biggie [...]

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I think I may have found something that works [Joe's Goals]

March 3, 2007

It’s simple, clean, and visually stimulating enough to keep my attention. Joe’s Goals takes the concept of ‘daily tasks’ to new heights, and for someone with ADD, it’s great—so far. I’m only on day two but it’s keeping my attention. An ADDer’s biggest problem is managing what needs to be done and prioritizing. Procrastination is [...]

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