Archive for March, 2009

Software I Use: DVD Catalyst

Posted on March 19, 2009 by

Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. Summary DVD Catalyst, by A3VS, is a DVD to iPod conversion tool. Overview Manufacturer: A3VSPlatform: WindowsCurrent Version: 3.7 Why Did I Buy This? Why I bought my iPod classic, I went for the 160 GB because I wanted to make sure I had [...]

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Changing Up Backups…And Why You Should Have Good Backups

Posted on March 18, 2009 by

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I hear about the catastrophes of lost data/toasted hard drives/stolen machines daily. It’s part and parcel of working with computers for a living. However, what never fails to surprise me is how many people don’t have backups of their data. Until recently, I [...]

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Return of the Sister Blog

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

I am pleased to announce that after a few month hiatus, I have restarted posting on the sister blog to this site, LauraEarnest.com. After my experience with unemployment, I really feel that I have a lot to say on the topics of managing homes, lives and money. LauraEarnest.com concentrates on [...]

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Open Loops 3/17/2009: Articles I Thought Worth Passing Along

Posted on March 17, 2009 by

Tuesdays are open loop at SimpleProductivity blog. Over at “Simple, Green, Frugal Co-op: Where do you get the time for that? (Part 2)” there is an extension to the question of finding time to do the things we want. Part of the problem is the language that we use, and [...]

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How To Avoid Rabbit Trails

Posted on March 16, 2009 by

Mondays are productivity days at SimpleProductivity blog. We’ve all been there: we spend hours working on things, only to look at our lists to find we didn’t do anything on them. Busy, but not planned. I call these rabbit trails. I don’t go down rabbit trails very often, but when [...]

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Organizing Your Kitchen: The Freezer

Posted on March 13, 2009 by

Fridays are tip days at SimpleProductivity blog. In the past few weeks several people have asked me for organizational advice. My super-organized mother instilled it in my upbringing, making it almost second nature to me. But one of my friends complained that she hadn’t been trained as I had, and [...]

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Cloud Productivity: Do Everything

Posted on March 12, 2009 by

Note: Today’s article is a guest post by Adrian Koh. You’ve probably heard of cloud computing applications like Evernote, Google Documents, and Zoho. Cloud applications exist entirely on the web, meaning that both application itself and the data would not need to reside permanently your computer (though you may have [...]

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Why I Went Back To Basic Autofocus

Posted on March 11, 2009 by

Wednesdays are simplicity days at SimpleProductivity blog. I love tinkering, particularly with my productivity systems. After all, it is much easier than doing the work! Actually, I think my tinkering has been because of my severe frustration with the limitations of the systems I have tried before. So when Autofocus [...]

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