Archives for the 'Quick Tips' Category
Quick Tip: Remember the Milk for Gmail [Gearfire Productivity]
Remember the Milk, a great to web-based to-do list application, has released an excellent plug-in for the Firefox. It works with gmail, creating a panel on the right side of your screen with your to-do list in it. It’s now right there and you can add, remove, change and see all of your tasks in [...]
Research vs Writing [Gearfire Productivity]
A lot of people have the problem of getting an assignment and starting to write it straight away. The problem with this is that you do not yet have a clear idea of exactly where your writing is going. You do not yet have a plan.
Researching will provide an insight that is difficult to achieve [...]
Improve your vocabulary AND the world [Gearfire Productivity]
Check out freerice.com. The site will give you a word and 4 choices. If you choose the correct definition, they will donate 10 grains of rice through the UN.
Why should a student care? If you will be taking the SATs, GREs, GMATs, LSATs, MCATs, or any OTHER standardized test you will get a [...]
Quick Tip: Launch(y) the Date [Gearfire Productivity]
We’ve established that Launchy is a great time-saver in previous articles. What’s that? You still don’t believe me?
Another great feature of Launchy is that it indexes your control panel with the Controly plugin.
If you tend to forget the date like me (fine, maybe it’s just me), Launchy can tell you.
If you have an [...]
How to Disable Hyphenation in Microsoft Office and Photoshop [Gearfire Productivity]
Hyphenation is a great way to make your documents look fuller and make good use of space. However sometimes, depending on what you are doing, you won’t want long words to break up when they reach the margin. Here is how you can turn off hyphenation in Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop, the two most [...]
Quick Tip: Never Talk to a Corporate Answering Machine Again! [Gearfire Productivity]
In an effort to lower costs, most large companies now use automated answering machines to handle the bulk of their calls. It may be annoying for the customer to “press 3 for purchase inquiry”, but the fact is most calls can be handled this way, and so it is a great way for companies to [...]
5 Awesome Keyboard Shortcuts That Save Time [Gearfire Productivity]
Have you ever wondered what that windows key between Ctrl and Alt on your keyboard does? Yes, it does minimize your games and steal window focus if you accidentally press it, but it has a real purpose, and is actually quite convenient. There are a bunch of shortcuts built around the windows key, but below [...]
How to Run Office XP and Office 2007 On the Same Computer [Gearfire Productivity]
Microsoft made a flaw in their Office installations which makes installing multiple versions of Microsoft Office hard. If you open one version of Word, it takes a couple minutes to “Configure” itself. If you close and re-open the same version, it is fine, but if you try to open the other version, you have to [...]
Browse Wi-Fi Hotspots Securely with Free VPN Software [Gearfire Productivity]
With internet hotspots popping up everywhere, it is getting more and more important to be careful about what you do over wireless internet. Connecting to networks which are not secured via WPA or WEP encrpytion makes it easy for hackers to intercept your data packets, and steal sensitive information such as passwords or whatever else [...]
Save Full Images of Webpages with PageSaver [Gearfire Productivity]
Page Saver is an extension for Firefox that allows you to capture a full image of the page you are currently viewing, even if it doesn’t all fit in your window. This is incredibly useful if you need to capture a page for future reference, but you do not want to printing it will ruin [...]