1-Minute Strategies: Jan. ’14
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Category: Productivity
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.
Make Dropbox even better
By providing a secure place to upload and share files anywhere, Dropbox can help boost productivity both in the office and on the go. What some people don’t know is that there’s also a way for other people to upload files into it.
Thorny problem? Unleash your vision
When a problem doesn’t respond to solutions that have worked for you before, unlock your creativity with these approaches.
Tech fixes for your lack of focus
With so many distractions available via social media sites and other online pursuits, maintaining your focus at work is becoming increasingly difficult. Luckily, there are applications to help you regain that focus.
How do you waste time?
Which of these activities—ones that we’re all guilty of—fritter away your precious minutes?
Balance life and work with color-coded calendars
With technology bringing your job into your pocket and into your house, it’s more difficult to balance work and home than in the past. Use your calendar as a tool to help keep your life on an even keel.