Create A Cubicle Door
I've never worked in a cubicle, so please excuse my ignorance on the subject. There's a site that manufactures cubicle doors called CubeDoors. It's a retractable screen that you stretch over the opening of your cubicle m
Sending Emails Through Twitter
This is a bit of a roundabout way to do things, but if you would see some convenience in being able to send emails via Twitter , here is how I could see things going. I preface this little article by saying that you coul
Habit List Vs ToDo List
Mark Shead at Productivity501 has separated his regular todo's from his 'actual' todo list. He's talking about your day to day items that might obscure what you're trying to achieve with your todo list. “Habit” tasks ten
The Stacking Method for Memorizing
Dean Hunt at RetiredAt21 has written a summary of what's known as 'stacking' for memorizing. You may have come across a similar story, but Dean recalls one of a college student who memorized the first 7 chapters of a tex
How Not To Suck At Socializing - Do's & Don'ts
Being socialable is a very easy thing to do, and it shouldn't be something you're either good at or not. You can learn to become a more social person - if you want to. Generally extroverts will have less trouble getting
How To Remove Water Stains From Wood
As small as this hack is, it had to be posted. Something this simple for a problem that so many households try desperately to prevent, it's worth adding to your cleaning how-to's. Place a cotton cloth directly over the s
Filofax For GTD
David Mackay at OrganisedLife.com has some tips to using an A5 Filofax for his GTD system. It's a continuing project - one that he's been using happily for well over a year now - taht outlines how you can use an existing
6 Tips To Reach A Human Operator
Get past annoying and time wasting dial selections over the phone with these tips to get through to a live operator. They come from the GetHuman database of shortcuts for more than 500 individual call centres. These tips
How To Make Your Own Laundry Detergent
This one is self-explanatory: if you're tired of buying laundry detergent and want to save a whole lot of money every month, try making your own! I’ve been experimenting with making lots of cleaning supplies at home, but
Uses For The Windows Key
Not immediately the most useful key on any Windows keyboard, the Windows Key generally creates more annoyance than good. But it is there, and can be useful. Although, barely. W = Windows Key W: Opens Start Menu W+ E: Ope
Wireless Extension Cords
If I knew these existed, I would have them all around my house. A wireless extension cord can beam to 300ft from a wall outlet to a satellite unit using microwaves in the 7.2GHz range - so it doesn't interfere with wirel
Postful - Send Email to Mailing Address
After the Google Paper gag , I bet a lot of people were thinking, "That's not such a bad idea". Well, it would be useful if you could send emails to mailing addresses like normal letters. Or even receive actual letters i
Ten Reasons To Turn Off Your TV
Watching television could hardly be described as a productive activity. I'd like to see something flip that in an article about TV Productivity, but until then it may be better turned off. Here are Ten reasons: Electrici
Happiness is the Best Productivity Tool
Not to discourage the use of any productivity system around, Positive Sharing would like to stress the importance of being happy in what you're doing, and how beneficial it is to your work. 1: Happy people work better wi
5 Tips to 'Handle' Unwanted Workplace Visitors
Ian McKenzie has a few tips to keep those office visits as short as you like, so you can get back to work. There's nothing worse than someone over-staying there welcome, at work or otherwise. Be the visitor. If you have