Lifehacker patron saint David Allen will be covering his Getting Things Done productivity system in a weekly post at the influential Huffington Post blog. Here’s his intro to GTD. More »
We’ve covered hundreds of tools to capture and manage your digital “stuff” over the years: to-do lists, email systems, calendars, photo managers, web clippings, passwords, bookmarks list. But after the parade of the new dies down, you stick with the system that works best for you. So we want to know: where do you store your digital stuff? What are your trusty shelves for stowing away the bits of information that run your life? Let us know in the comments. More »
Create your own customised email domain (you know, the part after the “@” symbol) for free with a new service from AOL called My eAddress. You’ll only be able to snatch up domains that are not currently in use, so you won’t be able to “fake” being a Lifehacker editor with yourname@lifehacker.com—sorry folks. However, presuming your last name is not already taken you could use yourfirstname@yourlastname.com. Unfortunately, this service is definitely AOL-centric and will not let you forward your emails to any other account (including POP).
Since you can manage multiple accounts with Gmail you’ll be able to send email from your new domain, but you’d have to manually go out to AOL’s web interface to read your email. Another bummer about the service is that AOL forces you to use SMS to confirm your account. While this is a pretty cool service for creating imaginative email addresses, something freaks me out about giving AOL my cellphone number. If you’re in the same boat, you can buy the domain yourself and future-proof your custom email address. Thanks, Aseem!
My eAddress [AOL via Computer Tips From A Computer Guy]
