Sitting in front of a desk and computer all day isn’t very good for you. That’s why I’ve just created a simple twitter bot that reminds you to stretch every hour: http://twitter.com/timetostretch . Click on the links in the tweets and follow the exercises in the videos.
The TimeToStretch bot is a simple script that makes use of the Grackle gem for the Ruby programing language and runs as a cron job.
Kaizen focuses on small continuous improvements. Learning keyboard shortcuts is a great way to make small but significant improvements in productivity for those who spend a lot of time working at a computer.
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Using a keyboard shortcut instead of the mouse is much faster. Repeated many times this represents a great boost [...]
Archiving , labelling and deleting old emails is a straight forward process that if ruthlessly applied will get your email inbox close to zero. If you develop the positive habit of doing regular sweeps to process your new emails it’s fairly easy to maintain that near zero state. However getting from the 10 or 5 [...]
Ever wish you could give a great presentation that captivates and inspires your audience?
Well let’s take a look at how Steve Jobs, one of the most charismatic public speakers in the world, does it. First we will look at some of the key techniques he uses. Then at how you can use them in an [...]
Adobe Bridge CS4 is a powerful media manager that lets you easily organize, browse, locate, and view creative assets. It provides centralized access to project files, as well as to XMP metadata tagging and searching capabilities. It has lots of neat features such as smart collections (a kind of virtual folders). If your serious [...]
Soft on the eyes and not overly funky, this series of beautiful desktop wallpapers will help you stay concentrated and focused. If your desktop looks messy, try having a spring clean using this Japanese method. You’ll end up with a totally Zen computer…
Garden Buddha by ileen4justice
Mt_Fuji by bote_j
Blossom by alonenotalone
Miyajima Torii by jferbal
Berry Bokeh by [...]
Based on five Japanese words beginning with ‘S’, the 5S Philosophy focuses on effective work place organisation and standardised work procedures. It’s part of the Toyota Production System and of Kaizen – a Japanese management philosophy of continuous improvement. Today we’ll look at how 5S can help us organise the files on our computer focusing [...]
Based on five Japanese words that begin with ‘S’, the 5S Philosophy focuses on effective work place organization and standardized work procedures. It’s part of the Toyota Production System and of Kaizen – a Japanese management philosophy of continuous improvement. Over the next few weeks, I’ll explore how the concepts of 5S can be applied [...]
Quicken is the number one personal finance software. Mint is an “online Quicken” that’s seriously challenging it. It gained 160,000 users in its first six months after launching. It’s gaining 3000 new users a day and jumped from 600,000 to 850,000 users over the last few months. Mint’s got Quicken worried.
Comparing the approach taken to [...]
I’ve just been checking out Gary Vaynerchuk’s new venture: Obsessed with Samantha. My first impression was the incongruity of the TV like opening credits sequence on the web. Whilst undoubtedly they give the show credibility and a high class feel, I just found them annoying – I just want to get straight to the content. [...]