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You gotta figure the good people at Lifehacker have seen about every trick in the book. They just celebrated their 3 year anniversary, and over that time they’ve published hacks for everything from being more productive to making a DYI energy-free refrigerator.
I guess they’re starting a top 10s series, and today they have a list […]

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Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Richard Rinyai of TheProfessionalAssistant.net.
Do you have confidential documents that you need to send to your network printer? Do you not want to run back and forth between your desk and the printer to make sure that no one can see what you are printing?
Ok, the last sentence […]

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Another personal post here.
I’m giving a bit of thought to making that metaphysical/religious conversion over to a Mac for one of my main computers.
My problem is this: I exist in a business that is absolutely tied 100% to the Microsoft Office world.
So my question, dear readers, is as follows: How well does the Mac version […]

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Did you know that this week is officially “Just Say No To PowerPoint” week?
I didn’t know either, but there are plenty of references to it on the internet. I couldn’t find who, exactly, is behind this movement, but I’m willing to lend my support.
I’m not sure PowerPoint is any better or worse than any other […]

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Also from WebWorkerDaily today:
If you exist in a work environment where you have to manage multiple shipments every day (if you know the FedEx and UPS AND DHL delivery guys by name) then I’ve got a website that will completely rock your world.
TrackMyShipments.com will do exactly that: track multiple shipments in real time in a […]

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Oh, I know, I know. You can set an “out of office” autoreply on your email. Everyone can do that! Sheesh.
Everyone but you, right? C’mon, it’s just you and me talking here. Every time you encounter one of those “I’m away from my office…” emails, you’re a little jealous. It’s a basic business communication skill […]

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Chalk this up as another inevitability of our age.
Ever since social networks have been around, they’ve sort of been like the music your parents wouldn’t like because the music was too loud. You could post pictures from your keg party because you knew no one of any authority or importance would know how to/be interested […]

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I’ve posted before about doing personal web stuff (read: time wasting) at work.
Here are two more excellent options. They are both web proxies, which hide your IP address while you roam the internet and help you by-pass workplace filtering systems.
If you can’t get through to your LastFM account, or Facebook account or favorite instant messaging […]

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What officially qualifies you as a “road warrior?” I travel for business about 10-15 times a year. I know that’s woefully inadequate compared to other people’s bona fides. One of these days I’ll put up a post outlining my travel tips and strategy. I’d be interested to solicit other people’s techniques.
In the meantime, I found […]

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From my personal “Why Hasn’t Anyone Thought of This Before” file, Download Squad alerts us to the existence of CuePrompter, a free, web-based teleprompter application.
It seems to me this would be hugely useful for teleconferences or any presentations or public speaking engagements you might encounter. Instead of shuffling through papers, you can set up a […]

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