You probably thought this was going to be a list of my resolutions, huh? Well, nope. Last year, I took a more organized and analytic approach to setting goals for the year. That’s not to say my method was perfect — I actually didn’t complete all of my goals — but I was certainly more…
GIzmodo reported two years ago that Americans have thrown away $41B in unused gift cards since 2005. That’s more than the entire gross national product of some countries, such as Ghana. Sales of gift cards have risen from $80 billion in 2007 to a forecasted $118 billion this year, a 47% increase in five years, according to…
Running plans for varying skill sets and of several different methods are available now through the New York Times RunWell program. You can get a plan customized to your season schedule by the following Olympians and running groups: The Olympian Jeff Galloway coaches runners to stay injury-free with his unique run-walk method. Greg McMillan, a marathoner and…
I discovered Yahoo’s weather application for Android a few weeks ago, which was an iOS-only application until earlier this year. It’s a beautiful interface that uses Flickr images from the weather location that are from the approximate local time of day. From the daily and hourly forecasts to the wind and sun position indicators, the…
My office was a total mess. I had two file cabinets full of papers that I may or may not ever need one day. I’m not a pack rat when it comes to documents, but if there’s a chance I might need it, it got filed. Filing papers takes a few minutes, so it was…
When Mountain Lion was released, a bunch of fantastic wallpapers were hidden away and only used for screen savers. It turns out Apple hid those wallpapers in a different place this time with Mavericks, but users over at StackExchange have managed to find them again. Like last time, these are the images that Apple uses…
Import folders are a perfect way to easily drag and drop documents from a computer into your Evernote account. Follow these instructions to set up an import folder: First, open your Evernote application (the Evernote program, not the web site) and click on Tools and then Import Folders. This will open the Import Folders setting…
I wouldn’t consider myself to be one of those people who just has to have the most recent device, but I do enjoy getting a new phone. I was a huge Blackberry defender for many years, and given that I only really used my phone for work, it was easy to be one. Until a…
I’ve been managing my work life, and to a large extent my home life as well, using a GTD system since reading David Allen‘s Book Getting Things Done in 2006. Frankly, it’s the only way I can stay sane — trying to juggle all the things in my head that go on with work, school,…
Admittedly, I’ve never paid much attention to Jimmy Fallon (except for the occasional skit with Timberlake) and I couldn’t have told you who Questlove was a month ago. My wife is currently reading Questlove’s memoirs and I actually find myself now waiting for her to finish so that I can read it as well. All of…