Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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14 Things To Do Before Moving In Or Out

11:30PM January 26, 2010 | Kevin Purdy

Changing apartments can be exhilarating, intimidating, a design challenge, a shopping trip and many other things. If you’re switching up spaces, Apartment Therapy has a two-part, seven-points-each checklist you should read a good deal before the end of the month. More »


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From The Tips Box: AutoHotkey And Dropbox, Noisy Hard Drives

12:00PM January 26, 2010 | Whitson Gordon

Readers offer their best tips for keeping your mind off the pain while exercising, getting knots out of your back without someone else’s help, and keeping a secret stash of greeting cards for forgotten occasions. More »


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Google Reader Lets You Track Updates On Feedless Websites

9:30AM January 26, 2010 | Adam Pash

RSS, Atom and other XML-formatted feeds revolutionised the way we keep up with our favourite websites, allowing us to use newsreaders to track updates rather than bookmarks and constant refreshing. The only problem: Some sites don’t have RSS feeds. More »


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LessProjects Organises Your Projects Into Bite-Sized Pieces

9:00AM January 26, 2010 | Lisa Hoover

If you’re in the market for a project management application that lets you organise lots of lots of little tasks that make up the bigger picture, LessProjects may be just the app for you. More »


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Do You Use Ambient Sounds To Boost Your Productivity?

8:30AM January 26, 2010 | Jason Fitzpatrick

Last year we shared the best sounds for getting work done with you and the science behind using them. Today we want to hear about whether not you use ambient sounds when you work. More »


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Don’t Wait – Hustle When You Want To Learn New Things

8:00AM January 26, 2010 | Adam Pash

Programmer and blogger Matt Nowack tasked himself with learning seven new things of varying degrees of complexity last October, and just a few months later, he’s come a long way and learned one very important lesson. More »


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Leather GTD Tabs Makes Binder Clips Look Good

6:30AM January 26, 2010 | Adam Pash

Stationery enthusiast, blogger and Lifehacker reader Patrcik Ng has always impressed us with his cool GTD-focused DIY projects, and now he’s back with an attractive, notebook-friendly binder clip hack that he calls Leather GTD Tabs. More »


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For Better Productivity, Try Communicating Less

6:00AM January 26, 2010 | Lisa Hoover

You might think that involving a bunch of people in every company meeting and email keeps everyone on the same page. In reality, it’s a productivity killer that hinders rather than helps employees get their work done. More »


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Cast-Iron Skillet The Key To “Serious” Homemade Pizza

5:30AM January 26, 2010 | Adam Pash

Earlier this month we pointed out a clever idea for using your cast-iron skillet to cook pizza. Today, The Atlantic goes in-depth on cast-iron pizza cooking, crowning it the “secret to serious pizza.” More »


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DIY Mac-Shelf Stashes Peripherals Behind Your Monitor

5:00AM January 26, 2010 | Jason Fitzpatrick

If you’re focused on getting everything on your work surface tucked out of sight and extra tidy, this DIY shelf can help you stash small peripherals behind your monitor. More »