Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Organise
Reduce Your Inboxes To Streamline Your Workflow, Reduce Stress
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Despite the promise of technology to provide a life of luxury, many of us find ourselves spending a rather large amount of time tending to physical and digital inboxes. Reduce the stress load with this handy guide. More »
Fix
Getting More Sleep Almost Certainly Staves Off Colds
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Game addictions, all-night crams and television catch-up marathons will probably cost you in Kleenex. That’s according to a recent (and cruel) study that exposed both under-slept and fully-rested people to cold viruses and measured if and when they fell ill. More »
Work
Bit.ly Short-Links And Shares Files, No Hosting Needed
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Bit.ly, the web’s most popular link shortening service (thanks in big part to Twitter’s semi-official endorsement), has added the ability to quickly short-link pictures and other files through a partnership with media-sharing site yfrog. More »
Work
John’s Background Switcher Adds Transitions And More
9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows: If you like to mix up your Windows wallpaper, the latest version of John’s Background Switcher lets you do it from almost any web source, and in any specific way you want to match your monitors. More »
Communicate
3:29PM Angus Kidman | The lack of SMS integration is a perennial complaint for Australian Twitter users. Chime goes a fair way to solving that problem, letting you update your Twitter status via an Australian phone account. More »
Chime Lets Aussies Update Twitter Via SMS
3:29PM Angus Kidman | The lack of SMS integration is a perennial complaint for Australian Twitter users. Chime goes a fair way to solving that problem, letting you update your Twitter status via an Australian phone account. More »
Communicate
3:00PM Angus Kidman | SMS messages have a 160-character limit, but the iPhone doesn’t have an on-screen character counter to let you know when you’re nearing the limit. txtctr is a simple web application to stop you running off at the keyboard. More »
txtctr Counts Characters In iPhone SMS Messages
3:00PM Angus Kidman | SMS messages have a 160-character limit, but the iPhone doesn’t have an on-screen character counter to let you know when you’re nearing the limit. txtctr is a simple web application to stop you running off at the keyboard. More »
Organise
1:00PM Angus Kidman | Need a public toilet but don’t want to risk visiting a grime-encrusted horror? Rate the Loo offers community-driven review of public toilets across Australia. More »
Rate The Loo Helps You Find The Best Toilets
1:00PM Angus Kidman | Need a public toilet but don’t want to risk visiting a grime-encrusted horror? Rate the Loo offers community-driven review of public toilets across Australia. More »
Work
11:00AM Angus Kidman | Any large workplace will have policy documents that cover everything from who cleans the kitchen to what you’re allowed to look at online. However, surviving (let alone thriving) in the job requires knowledge of the rules that aren’t written down. More »
What Are The Unwritten Ground Rules At Your Workplace?
11:00AM Angus Kidman | Any large workplace will have policy documents that cover everything from who cleans the kitchen to what you’re allowed to look at online. However, surviving (let alone thriving) in the job requires knowledge of the rules that aren’t written down. More »
Work
From The Tips Box: Drive Identification, GPS Security, Store Hours
10:00AM Dustin Luck | Lifehacker readers help us identify our external drives, keep our homes safe if we lose our GPS device, and remember store hours. More »
Communicate
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Need to notify another driver that they’ve blocked your car in, left their car lights on, or are about to get busted by a parking inspector? SMS My Ride lets you send a text to another driver using only their licence plate number. More »
SMS My Ride Lets You Warn Other Drivers
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Need to notify another driver that they’ve blocked your car in, left their car lights on, or are about to get busted by a parking inspector? SMS My Ride lets you send a text to another driver using only their licence plate number. More » 
