If you use twitter, you might want to enter our iPod Shuffle giveaway. Ends in 4 hours. You simply retweet the linked message and make sure you are signed up as a follower of Productivity501. Good luck! … [Read more...] about iPod Shuffle Giveaway on Twitter
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FDIC Insurance – When Banks Fail
This post was originally published October 29th, 2007. I'm bumping it up because in today's financial climate it is extremely important. If you have any experience in dealing with getting money back from FDIC, please read the comments. Several people are having problems getting their money. Any advice you can give would help them out. Recently NetBank was shut down by the FDIC. The FDIC was created to prevent runs on the bank. They insure your accounts so even if the bank goes under, you will get your money back out. In exchange the bank gives up some control. The FDIC can come in, inspect things and force the bank to sell out to another financial institution if the FDIC doesn't … [Read more...] about FDIC Insurance – When Banks Fail
“Free” Color Printers Warning
If you've seen Textronic/Xerox's offer for a free color printer, take a look at this post before signing up. … [Read more...] about “Free” Color Printers Warning
Reader Question: Why isn’t my assistant saving me time?
I just got a personal assistant, but they aren't saving me any time. What am I doing wrong? Several people have asked me about this. There are many different issues that could be involved, but I see a lot of people who hire an assistant and then can't think of what they wanted them to do. Either that, or it turns out their original ideas are all things that really can't be handed off to someone else. Here are some of the things I have had assistants do for me. Some of these tasks can be done virtually, but many of them require physical presence. I'm leaving out most of the things my assistant helps me do for clients and trying to primarily give you some ideas of how your assistant … [Read more...] about Reader Question: Why isn’t my assistant saving me time?
Benefits of a Large Monitors
If you are thinking about adding a larger monitor to your workspace, you might want to checkout these articles: Large Monitors for Productivity - Jason Calacanis The Large Display Paradox - Jeff Atwood Increase Your Productivity - Buy a Large Monitor! - Andrew Mason Dual Monitor Display Increases Productivity - Chris A Large Monitor Makes You More Productive - Jeremy Zawodny Big Monitors Can Increase Productivity? - DanB Enhance Your Productivity with Multiple Monitors - Mike Gunderloy Multiple-Monitor Productivity: Fact or Fiction? - Patrick Dubroy … [Read more...] about Benefits of a Large Monitors
No Flotation Devices
We signed our 15 month old daughter up for swimming lessons at the city pool. Arriving early, I read the pool rules for the regular swim periods. I hadn't been to the pool in about 14 years and was suprised to see that they didn't allow any type of flotation devices. No rafts, life jackets or arm "floaties". I asked one of the lifeguards why, and discovered that the city pool puts some real thought into their policies--much more than the local library. The lifeguard explained that when people have a flotation device, they tend to rely on it instead of their swimming skills. A child with a life raft is more likely to get into water that is too deep than one without. Worse still, … [Read more...] about No Flotation Devices
Add Productivity501 as a Friend
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False Memories
Your memory is not as reliable as you think it is. Even events that you vividly recall in your mind may never have happened. Here is an example. I have two cousins, Josh and Sam. When they were little Sam sat on a cactus. It was a very painful experience and their mother told the story many times over the years. 25 years later, Josh thinks it happened to him. He can remember the pain, the extraction, everything--even though it didn't happen to him. The experience was so imprinted on his mind that he has all these false memories of an event that never happened to him. These types of memories are particularly troubling when it comes to eye witness accounts of crimes and other … [Read more...] about False Memories
Contests
We have number of contests going on right now. The Belkin Concealed Powerstrip Giveaway, the Bento Software Giveaway, and the Fruitfultime Software Giveaway are all still open for entries. Each contest has a different way to enter so be sure to check them all out. If you have any suggestions for future, prizes, please leave them on this post. … [Read more...] about Contests
Five Things You Didn’t Know about OS X Terminal
This video shows five things that most people don't know about using the terminal in OS X. 5 Things You Didn't Know about OS X Terminal from Productivity501 on Vimeo. Just in case you want to make sure the items look interesting before taking the time to watch, the five things are: You can drag folders and files into the terminal. How the open command works for files and applications. Safari style tabs in terminal. The "say" command. Copy to and from the clipboard using the command line. If you have some killer tips for using the terminal please share them with others in the comments. … [Read more...] about Five Things You Didn’t Know about OS X Terminal