There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found While journeying east and west – The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox In [...]

A post from Lifehack.org really hit home this week, especially as I’ve been thinking and writing about Decluttering your schedule. I actually considered adding “use your downtime to catch-up” as an added point in my own writing, but this post convinced me I was right to leave it out. (Also read the previous post about [...]

By Andy Weir Originally posted at andyweir.blogspot.com A few months ago, Mike Arthur made a passing mention about the merits of using email filters. This was, of course, during a (slightly geeky) face-to-face conversation. I’d filed that mention for future reference and we carried on putting the world to rights. I filed it because my [...]

Since reading The Simple Guide to Minimalist Living I’ve gone from a too-often cluttered desktop with folders, icons and such, to the uber-minimalist desktop with nothing but the Recycle Bin on it (anyone know how to get rid of that?). It’s been great! Using Launchy and adding My Documents to the quick launch bar, I [...]

While technology can be a great addition to our daily lives, it can also be a huge distraction and consume way too much time if we’re not using it properly. But by putting smart tools to use, you can definitely cut down on a lot of your frustrations. A number of these tools are centered [...]

The big news as of late from Google is all about their new cellphone, The Nexus One. Billed by some to be the iPhone killer, billed as a letdown by others, it does bring some big changes to the way we think about cellphones. But beyond the Nexus One, Google has also been somewhat quietly [...]