A late arrival to the crowded space of web-based to-do lists, Gmail Tasks has graduated from experimental status and is now available to all users by default. Should you start moving your to-do’s into Gmail Tasks? Short answer: Not yet.
If you’re literate, organised and are addicted to Lifehacker’s parent hacks, then we have just the job for you. Our sibling site Babble is looking for an editor while Amber (who currently performs the role) takes maternity leave. Interested? See Babble’s post for details and how to apply.
We’ve featured tons of cord decluttering tips over the years, but cable lacing is a simple, classic method of cord management that we’ve somehow overlooked.
Windows only: Reader James got tired of waiting for Google Chrome’s bookmark manager to allow better sorting options—so he wrote up a small app that gets the job done.
Remember doubleTwist, the media application that had originally been touted as a DRM-stripper for Windows that was then re-released publicly as a Mac-only universal media manager? Well, now it’s come back to Windows.
Firefox only: (Win/Mac/Linux): The History Submenus extension displays your recent history in folders from the History menu—so you can quickly get back to that page you looked at yesterday.
Reader Shawn writes in with his method for quickly adding tasks to Remember the Milk—a shortcut key that simply launches the quick add page.
Mac OS X only: Reader Talha writes in with an update to yesterday’s productivity script—now Mac users also have a reminder that asks every so often whether you are spending your time wisely.
It’s not all that exciting to think about, but what happens to your online bank account, email, Facebook account, blog, and the rest of your online presence when you cease to be?
