Let’s face it—no matter how much you might love your job and enjoy going to work every day, when it comes down to it, you rely on your profession to pay the bills and support yourself and your family. Though you may not be in your ideal salary range just yet, if you’re financially fit–responsible with your spending and mindful of how much you have in your accounts–you should still be able to cover your expenses and hopefully have something left over at the end of each month.
Sounds easy, right? Keep Reading…
Yesterday we gave Baydin’s Boomerang for Gmail a pretty decent once over. I have been using the service for the past week or so and I’m happy with the results I’m getting. As editor of this site – and living in North America as opposed to where Envato HQ is based – it’s handy to schedule emails and move on to other things that aren’t, well, email. Alas, the service is still in beta, so you’ll need an invite to use it.
Luckily, WorkAwesome has just been given 1000 invites to give away (thank you, Baydin)! Use the promo code b4gbeta on the link below and you’re good to go…
Boomerang for Gmail: Get Started Today! Keep Reading…
4 Ways to Get Rid of Typing Errors Due to Your Laptop TouchPad
If you are tired of the frequent typos (and hence the loss in productivity) that happen due to your laptop’s touchpad then this article by Guiding Tech is worth a read.
How to Find Enough Time to Do Everything You Want
The Dumb Little Man blog outlines certain ways to get the maximum out of your time.
4 Reasons to Track Time on Projects
Our sister site Freelance Switch explains why tracking the time you spend on each project is essential.
The Wastefulness of Decluttering; or How to Make Less Count for More
Leo from Zen Habits has some tips on how to declutter your life effectively.
Social Media Insecurity: What to do When Online Activity Affects Your Offline Relationships
A pretty interesting article at Techipedia on how to tackle your online activities in a way that it doesn’t negatively affect your offline relationships. Keep Reading…
Creativity is a commendable quality. Good ideas are very valuable, and a person with repeated sparks of genius is priceless. But, even the most creative ideas amount to nothing if they’re not organized, established and executed. That’s where Scott Belsky, author of Making Ideas Happen can empower you with the follow-through needed to bring your intangible ideas into reality. Keep Reading…
In my first article in this series, I discussed the importance of data backup and sync, and what data you should consider backing up. It ranged from files to browser preferences, credit cards to business data, and emails to your tweets.
So, now that you know the things you need to address, let’s check out some backup and sync tools that’ll get the job done. Data backup is an industry in itself and there is no dearth of software to get it done. But we don’t need to worry about all of them. I’ve chosen certain tools which should be more than enough for the average computer user or a small business owner.
The tools are categorized into different sections depending upon what they are used for primarily. Keep Reading…
It’s no surprise that we’ve touched on beating procrastination several times at WorkAwesome – it is productivity’s sworn enemy. On our path to progress, we’re constantly kicking procrastination to the curb, and often it just reappears a few steps farther along the road. Some of us fare better than others in the never-ending contest between procrastination and production, but few of us have taken the time to fully understand what procrastination is, where it comes from, and how to fight it effectively. In fact, most of us only know two things about procrastination; a basic, tip-of-the-iceberg definition, and not to do it. Keep Reading…
How to Find Enough Time to Do Everything You Want
The Dumb Little Man blog explains how to utilize the time we’ve got and make the most out of it.
Productivity Tip: Google Contacts Keyboard Shortcuts
Google Contacts was updated recently and keyboard shortcuts were introduced. Web Worker Daily lists all of them in this article.
Increasing Creativity and Productivity with Your Morning Routine
Our sister site Freelance Switch suggests some morning routine changes to enhance creativity. Do browse through the comments to see what everyone else has been trying.
48 Things Frugality Has Taught Me
A great article by Trent from The Simple Dollar on what he has learnt by being frugal. Some useful nuggets of wisdom there.
How to Make the Most of a Small Workspace
If you’ve got a small workspace, this article by Lifehacker is a must-read. Keep Reading…
I’m a digital nomad. I love using computers. I worked as online editor for newspapers. I am so online that my filing cabinets are practically empty.
So going paperless should be a no brainer. Although I don’t hug trees, I don’t mind saving a few. But after looking through my messenger bag, I realize that it’s harder to do when you work out of the home office. If I stay sequestered at home every day without meeting anyone, I can go paperless fairly easily. Once I step out, things get trickier than they do at home, and at least some paper stationery becomes necessary. Keep Reading…
Photo albums still line shelves in some living rooms and the feeling of going from page to page gives viewers a feeling of excitement when, not knowing what comes next, they find a photo from 1975 when they were just a baby – or just had had a baby.
On the other hand, those albums do require maintenance – cleaning and implementation of other anti-mold techniquest – and take up lots of space. Digitally scanning all the photos can take ages but you’ll be able to share the photos with all friends and family with an email address.
So what do you do in this case?
Do you sacrifice a few weekends in exchange for more space and less dust? Sure, it’ll take some time to get done – but it’ll be time well spent in exchange for preserving these memories on a digital medium.
Do you just leave it alone? You’ve got far more important things to do than to spend time scanning photos that are already well-preserved and not doing any harm as-is.
Which way would you go on this? Let us know in the comments. Keep Reading…
