I ran across a nice post on creating unique passwords today. Also see our previous post on the subject. … [Read more...] about Password Creation Technique
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I've been playing around with Twitter on a test acount and have finally created my "real" account for Productivity501. … [Read more...] about Twitter
Creative Bookshelves
Weburbanist published some pictures of highly creative bookshelves. There some very interesting space saving ideas. I particularly liked the invisible bookshelf. … [Read more...] about Creative Bookshelves
Virtual Box
Sun has released a free virtulization tool that is similar to Parallels and VMWare Fusion. If you have a Mac and need to run another OS, this is worth looking into. The have a commercial and opensource version. I haven't tried it yet. If you have used it, drop me a line and let me know what you think. … [Read more...] about Virtual Box
Bento
I was sent a free copy of Bento to try out. Here is my take on the software after playing around with it for awhile. We are giving the software away to a reader. See the bottom of this post for info on how to win. What is it? Bento most reminds me of the database program that came with Appleworks on the Apple IIc. It isn't so much that it works the same, but it is geared toward the same type of market. People who need to store database type information without becoming an expert at understanding databases. The program runs on OS X and has the nice look and feel that you'd expect from an Apple application. Libraries and Collections Bento uses the idea of Libraries and Collections. … [Read more...] about Bento
Laptop Unfriendly Library
I went to a library today to do some research and some writing on my laptop. The internet browsing librarian informed me that I wasn't allowed to plug my computer in to the outlet. I asked why and he said it was "library policy". This wasn't an answer--he was just being redundant. I prodded a bit more and found him even less helpful--probably because I was infringing on his valuable web surfing activities. I gave up and just used my battery. Most libraries are trying to redesign themselves to attract people. I've been to some where they added rows and rows of tables with Ethernet and power jacks for people with laptops. This one seems to be concerned that patrons might actually come … [Read more...] about Laptop Unfriendly Library
Fear of Interruption
I have a phobia that prevents me from operating at my full potential. It isn't athazagoraphobia (the fear of forgetting) or atelophobia (the fear of imperfection). I also have no fear of looking up (anablephobia) or of peanut butter sticking to the roof of my mouth (arachibutyrophobia). My Phobia In fact, I haven't been able to find a name for my phobia and as you can tell I started with the A's and worked my way down. My phobia is fear of being interrupted. Obviously this hasn't crippled me in any significant way, but I consistently find myself not working on my most important task because I'm afraid I'll be interrupted. I put them off until I feel like I won't get interrupted. In … [Read more...] about Fear of Interruption
Back to My Mac
I've recently started trying out the Back to my Mac feature of Leopard that works with a .mac account. It didn't work at all until I installed 10.5.3, but now I've been pleasantly surprised. In a nutshell it lets you access computers as if they were on your local network--even if one computer is at your house and the other is at Starbucks. It makes it easy to look over the shoulder of my assistant if she needs help with something or quickly transfer a file. … [Read more...] about Back to My Mac
Vote on Interview Answers
If you can spare a few minutes to vote on some of the answers from interviews it will help us improve the quality of upcoming posts. Pick an interesting question and then choose the best of the two answers provided. … [Read more...] about Vote on Interview Answers
Interview: Hard Drive Organization
We asked a number of bloggers to share their tips for keeping their computer organized. The answers fall into two camps. One group prefers a good folder hierarchy while the other prefers no hierarchy and just uses search. I use the latter method for my email, but I'm still getting a lot of benefit from my file folder structure. What is your most important tip for keeping your computer hard drive organized? (837) A folder structure that makes sense is essential. I've seen people with a folder called "Work" and a folder called "Personal" and nothing more, each containing hundreds or thousands of files without any semblance of organization. I've also seen structures with more folders … [Read more...] about Interview: Hard Drive Organization