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I’ve had an MP3 player for years. But I am finally putting it to use in the workplace. Here are the three new things I use my MP3 for to make me more productive:
1. Learning on the Go
I have picked up several audio books and podcasts that teach foreign languages. [...]

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I love to garden. Unfortunately, I am not very good at it. My two main problems with gardening deal with upkeep: weeds and water. These are the things I have done to simplify both weeding and watering:
Simplifying Weeding
Square Foot Gardening
My first attempt to control weeds involved installed Square Foot [...]

Thursdays are Tip days at SimpleProductivityBlog.
I use a standard backup package to do automated backups of our home machine every week. While not impossible to retrieve things from the backups, it is difficult to do so. And sometimes I just want another copy of data somewhere, but in a usable format.
This last week I decided [...]

Gas prices are at an all-time high. But you can stretch the mileage you get by changing the way you drive.
I became aware of my poor driving habits after buying a hybrid at the beginning of the year. But what I have learned is applicable to non-hybrid vehicles as well.
10 Ways To Get More [...]

Not all of my projects are electronic. In fact, most of the things I do outside of work are not. Most of these things are ones that don’t have a particular due date, so I work on them as the fancy strikes me.
Unfortunately, most of these projects also have paper to go with them, [...]

We all get junk mail. One purchase from a catalog or online company, and suddenly you’re receiving catalogs from places you’ve never heard of. Or you give money to one organization and suddenly your mailbox is filled with requests from other organizations. And let’s not even start on the credit card offers…
Looking at how much [...]

After my last article on simplified camping (Five Ways to Simplify Camping), I received a request for what I keep in my kitchen box.

Here are the contents as of the last time I used it.
Contents of My Camping Kitchen Box

A set of plastic (reusable) cutlery in a tray; I also keep a wooden spoon, a [...]

I love books. I have books in almost all rooms in my house. My favorite store is Barnes and Noble, and I know all the major online bookstores as well. I can also pinpoint the location of every used bookstore and library branch within five miles of my home.
Sad, isn’t it?
The one thing my book [...]