Boost your search engine savvy
Finding the information you need on the Web can sometimes be frustrating. Make it easier on yourself with these search tips from Macworld senior contributor Joe Kissell.
Category: Productivity
Organizing ideas with tablets
Have you ever been in a meeting and needed to aggregate ideas and then organize them into projects? Here are several mind mapping apps worth trying, suggests marketer Kimberly Deas.
No-iron advice for unexpected wrinkles
Even dressing in freshly ironed clothes is no guarantee you’ll stay wrinkle-free between home and work. Luckily, there is a pretty easy fix to be found in wrinkle-release spray, says Erin Greenawald, an editor at The Daily Muse.
Fight back against procrastination
Like overeating, procrastination is challenging because it’s impossible to give it up entirely. While humans don’t need to smoke or drink alcohol, they can’t survive without eating and they can’t exist without putting off some tasks until later.
Your inbox holds the key to productivity
If your inbox is always overstuffed and you feel overwhelmed, you’re probably not getting everything done, says Elizabeth Grace Saunders, founder of Real Life E Time Coaching & Training. Here’s what you should be doing instead:
1-Minute Strategies: Jan. ’14
Get the most out of your breaks … Practice “mind over mattress” to become a productivity superstar … Identify flights with Wi-Fi.
Simplify your day the easy way
The first few minutes after you arrive at work are critical to organizing your workday. Follow these three steps to coordinate—and simplify—your day’s work.
How to make Siri your admin
If you’re patient, correct hiccups and tweak settings, Siri will become an effective assistant and maybe even your best friend, says CultofMac.com Editor and Publisher Leander Kahney, who offers these tips to turn Siri into a serious assistant.
Android users’ lives just got easier
The Mini Tasker App is a free application that Android users can employ to make their phones operate on autopilot, says Lifehacker writer Alan Henry.
Manage time and cognitive resources
Learn how to budget your cognitive resources with these tips from Harvard economics professor Sendhil Mullainathan.