| posted at 09:12:34 By Flipping Heck! | Posted In GTD/Productivity |
Yesterday (yes, I''m a bit slow on the uptake!) saw the launch of "Productive!" magazine, a magazine dedicated to... er... Productivity!
Brought to you by the creator of Nozbe, the magazine''s mission:
Productive Magazine is a platform where the top productivity bloggers will share their best productivity principles and tips'n'tricks. Let's help everyone get more done and be more productive!
The bonus is the magazine's a free download!
I've only had a chance to have a quick look through the magazine (some of us do have to work you know) but it looks really well done - it certainly wouldn''t be out of place on the shelves in my local newsagent - and there''s articles with many well known GTD gurus including >David Allen himself and Leo Balbauta of Zen habits.
So, if you''re into productivity (which I guess you must be if you read this blog!) then head on over to "Productive!" magazine and download your free copy.
| posted at 13:19:18 By Flipping Heck! | Posted In Blogging |
I've written a few times in the past about blogs and blogging in general but Hunter Nuttall has gone one better and released a free ebook called "The Zen of blogging".
From the book:
"There is no blog! A blog has no inherent value; it's just a medium for conveying value from one person to others. There are no great blogs, only great bloggers. For a person who has nothing worth saying, trying to create a great blog is an exercise in futility, like trying to teach a duck to sing like Pavarotti. I need to start by looking within myself to find my inner blogger. The rest is just details."
If you're a blogger or into Zen-like practices you should check it out, it's a really good read - also, take a wander through Hunter's other posts, there's a wealth of personal productivity information in the archives.
| posted at 15:30:47 By Flipping Heck! | Posted In Business |
Free Subscriber Download
Subscribe to the Flipping Heck! Blog, and receive your Free subscriber download of "Managing Meetings"
What the book covers:
- What is a meeting?
Why do we need them? Who benefits from them and where did all the free doughnuts go? - Types of meeting
Oh yes, there are lots and lots. The question is, which one is best suited for your topic? - Before the meeting starts
Have you got everything you need? Hmm, I wonder! - During the meeting
What you need to know if you're running it, if you're the secretary and if you're an attendee - Bad Meetings
Meetings from hell - we've all been there! - After the meeting
Wrapping it all up and what happens next
| posted at 13:03:02 By Flipping Heck! | Posted In Software Tips |
Download Evernote for free from Giveaway of the day:
...EverNote allows you to easily capture any information you like, and find it whenever you want. Create text or handwritten notes, import mobile phone snapshots, clip web pages, and grab content from any application directly into EverNote - so everything is kept in a single place.
Once your data is in EverNote, find it quickly using our advanced search, automatic and custom categories, and intuitive interface.
You've got about 19 hours at the time of writing to download it from here
For more information on Evernote and it's brilliant functionality checkout GTD Wannabe's blog posts on Evernote - they explain it better than I can!
| posted at 14:05:40 By Flipping Heck! | Posted In Software Tips |
I'm terrible when it comes to gizmos, gadgets, software, websites... if it comes along I'll try it! But, pretty soon they all fall by the wayside and I wonder what on Earth possed me to use this at the time.
Occasionally though, something comes along and it's so fantastic or useful that I stick with it so (because I'm still procrastinating over my "Managing Web Projects" series) I thought I'd share a few of them with you.
SlickRun
This fantastic little program hovers anywhere you care to place it on the screen. You can set customised keywords which will fire up the appropriate program, website etc. Since starting to use this I'm much quicker at loading new programs. For example, I simply type the word "morning" into Slickrun and it loads up my email client and time system login screen - brilliant!
When I swap to my Mac at work, I use QuickSilver (which is much prettier but quite clunky compared to SlickRun).
iColorFolder
This fantastic little program hovers anywhere you care to place it on the screen. You can set customised keywords which will fire up the appropriate program, website etc. Since starting to use this I'm much quicker at loading new programs. For example, I simply type the word "morning" into Slickrun and it loads up my email client and time system login screen - brilliant!
When I swap to my Mac at work, I use QuickSilver (which is much prettier but quite clunky compared to SlickRun).
iColorFolder
| posted at 11:08:02 By Flipping Heck! | Posted In Personal |
Via Lifehacker....
101 free games - I'm in heaven!
| posted at 09:43:19 By Flipping Heck! | Posted In Coding |
Firstly, Microsoft have announced that they are giving away software. Yes, you heard me! Microsoft is giving something away for nothing!
For aspiring developers or people who like to tinker they are providing free downloads of their Visual Studio Express editions for free until November 2006. Editions available are:
- Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
- SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
- Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
- Visual C# 2005 Express Edition
- Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
- Visual J# 2005 Express Edition
Not only are they giving away the above software, with each bundle downloaded you also get free e-books, icons and stock photos for the software you develop when you register. Well worth a look. For more information visit the Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions FAQ
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