Archive for the 'life hacks' Category

New Years Resolution: Achieve your goals

Everyone loves a good resolution. They just hate working at it. It is easy to look at a mountain and see yourself standing on the peek…next year. It is harder when you reach the base and face that long, difficult, and boring hike. But the rewards are worth it. Follow these very simple and very […]

16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School

There are blog posts and then there are blog posts. Rarely does a blog post hit the nail on the head as cleanly as Henrik Edberg’s 16 things I wish they had taught me in school. Besides the obvious “I should have thought of that” factor, the article really sounds off on many of the […]

Zeenami: your personal self-improvement center

What do you want to accomplish? Lose weight? Quit smoking? Exercise? Which of the thousands of products and plans out there are most likely to help you succeed? This is exactly the question Zeenami is trying to answer.
Zeenami is a new self-improvement portal that ties together your results from several personality and fulfillment quizzes to […]

How to quit drinking caffeine (comic)

Basic Instructions is a fun web comic authored by Scott Meyer and taken under the wing of Scott Adams (i.e. Dilbert). One recent comic gives you a quick/useless guide to quiting caffeine. It doesn’t mention Joe’s Goals but given that quiting soda and coffee are some of the more popular goals people track I figured […]

24 Tips to become an early riser

Sleep related goals are some of the most popular on Joe’s Goals. Everyone needs help now and again getting out of bed and to help with that LifeRemix put together a list of 24 excellent tips and suggestions to help you be more consistent. Joe’s Goals doesn’t get mentioned until Tip #24 itself, but I […]

How to survive in the wild (video)

Here is a great video with some very easy survival tips that most everyone should keep in mind when they are out hiking or exploring the outdoors. Pretty much everything is briefly covered from animal attacks to what to put in your survival pack.
Some Quick Tidbits:

Wear synthetic fabrics or wool - cotton gets wet and […]

Storyboard tool for teachers, students, and everyone

StoryPop is a free tool that lets you create storyboard style cartoons using a large library of clipart. It is very easy to use and quick to get started. Check it out here. You can also ready my full review here.

GTD: In depth interview with David Allen

The excellent 43 Folders blog and podcast has put all the parts of their interview series with David Allen (author of Getting Things Done) together into one long audio interview. Lots of good stuff here and a very good and refreshing take on productivity and just getting your stuff in order. Listen to the whole […]

Top 11 Yahoo Mail Beta Tips and Tricks

Afternoon friends. Just wanted to publish a quick note and point you to my recent post on Download Squad titled Top 11 Yahoo Mail Beta Tips and Tricks. If you use Yahoo Mail, or are thinking about it, then this post is for you!
Here is a sample:
3. Easter Egg: When composing a message just hit […]

5 writing mistakes that make you look dumb

CopyBlogger Brian Clark has put together a short list of 5 easy to avoid mistakes that make you look, in his words, “dumb”. This are all simple writing mistakes and include:

Your using “your” when you mean you are.
It’s is what you right when it is, its is what you right when something belongs to it.
There […]