May 31st, 2007

Recommended Book - Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day

I purchased this book a while ago, but I kind of shelved it in favor of some other books. While waiting for the delivery of my copy of the IndieHQ book club book, The Dip, I decided to start reading Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day. The book is amazing. I did not want to suggest it for the book club, but I highly recommend everyone get this. Lifehacker is one of my favorite blogs and this book will become my handbook for using technology to simplify my life.

So far, this book has already given me helpful tips on reducing the distractions associated with email (it forced me to change my Thunderbird application from checking email every 5 minutes to every 30 minutes). I have also started to autostart certain applications upon startup and am learning to set my computer to automatically back up and defrag certain parts of my computer. And I have only read the first 3 chapters.

I imagine that many of you are like me where you jump at the opportunity to make your life easier through technology. To read more about the book, click the link, this book has my highest recommend.

Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day
Book Description
Redefine your personal productivity by tweaking, modding, mashing up, and repurposing Web apps, desktop software, and common everyday objects. The 88 “life hacks” — clever shortcuts and lesser-known, faster ways to complete a task — in this book are some of the best in Lifehacker.com’s online archive. Every chapter describes an overarching lifehacker principle, then segues into several concrete applications. Each hack includes a step-by-step how-to for setting up and using the solution with cross-platform software, detailed screen shots, and sidebars with additional tips. Order your copy today and increase your productivity!

From the Back Cover
If your hard drive is your outboard brain, you’re a lifehacker — someone who loves to tweak your computer for optimum productivity to make it an ally instead of an adversary. Life hacks apply technology creatively, reprogramming your personal workflow to save time and effort. This book serves up 88 of them, outlined step by step and categorized by cost, platform, and level of geekiness. If you’re overwired, overwhelmed, or totally tangled in the very technology that is supposed to simplify your life, this book is for you.

A dozen ways to turbocharge your day

  • Hack 3: Develop your digital photographic memory
  • Hack 8: Permanently block time-wasting Web sites
  • Hack 20: Automatically empty your digital junk drawer
  • Hack 30: Send and receive money on your cell phone
  • Hack 34: Carry your life on a flash drive
  • Hack 40: Back up data to your iPod
  • Hack 50: Script repetitive e-mail responses
  • Hack 56: Securely track your passwords
  • Hack 63: Quick-log your work day
  • Hack 76: Take your browser configuration with you
  • Hack 79: Capture Web clippings with Google Notebook
  • Hack 87: Resurrect deleted files
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Written by Virgil Dickerson

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