Archives for the 'Gear' Category
Vista Sticker Sizzles [Tech Rest]
Software piracy and inane attempts by vendors to fight it costs us law abiding citizens a great deal of money and hassle.
My first experience with this was back in 1984. At the time, Lotus 1-2-3 was the king of the spreadsheet market. Many businesses were run on Lotus and all it took to bring Lotus [...]
New Organizing Tool - Product Review [HD BizBlog 1.2]
The folks at Bubble Planner have a new tool for tracking information and Getting Things Done: The Mini-Bubble. This little “hPDA”-style notebook is just under 3″x5″, so it is very portable and with the Circa/Rollabind rings it is very handy.
The Mini-Bubble is divided into four color-coded sections, all printed on both sides. There are useful [...]
Extreme Bedroom Makeover [Tech Rest]
Are you sleeping as well as you would like, every night? Then quit reading. If not, you may find you can change some things and make a real difference in the quality of your sleep.
Sound. The best sound to sleep by is something that’s consistent. I love nature sounds to sleep by. They help block [...]
4 Tools For Rest [Tech Rest]
Want more energy and clear thinking? The tools listed below can make a difference for you.
For your body. I’m writing this from a hotel room in Washington, DC. On the flight up, I did something I’ve never done before on a plane: I took a nap. I was feeling a little stressed, I put my [...]
GTD Cafe: The Cheapest GTD Hack I Know [HD BizBlog 1.2]
Each Wednesday The Daily Saint hosts the GTD Cafe and today’s guest post is provided by Mike St. Pierre.
Many folks have commented on how difficult the weekly review can be to practice over time. Last week, guest post Stephen Smith gave some great tips on how powerful the weekly review can really be. [...]
Notebook Pr0n [HD BizBlog 1.2]
Check out my new Commonplace book, where I keep notes and quotes and other useful information:
It has a soft leather wrap-around cover with ties, and inside the cover are two slots for a pen and a pencil.
The notebook inside is 192 pages, smythe-sewn in 8-sheet signatures. The paper is lined, 20 per page, and very [...]
The Secret of More Energy [Tech Rest]
I’m at work and I just finished a nap! It’s okay, I was on my lunch
break. This 20 minute nap left me refreshed and ready to go. So how did
I do it?
The secret is pzizz
. This is a great piece of software that I heard about from Leo Laporte. It lets you create mp3 files [...]
Digg for Rest [Tech Rest]
Many years ago I was working for an engineering firm. The tech rag of the day was PC Week. One week I didn’t read it and one of my coworkers brought up something that was in the magazine and it embarrassed me that I hadn’t heard about it. I decided I would do what I [...]
Do You Need an Organizer [HD BizBlog 1.2]
“Once you know how to process your stuff and what to organize,
you really just need to create and manage lists”
~David Allen, Getting Things Done
Call it an organizer, a day planner, a calendar, a diary, or just a capture notebook; the paper organizer has lasted through two or three generations of productivity systems. In the [...]
The Bubble Planner - A Product Review [Hidden Dragon BizBlog 1.2]
I received a review copy of The Bubble Planner in the mail last week, so I have given it a shot as part of my new organizer beta-test. The Bubble Planner is an interesting idea, basing your planning and To-do lists on a mind-map-like “bubble page”. From the company website:
The Bubble Planner Unleashes Your Brain’s [...]