Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and BetterA new edition, packed with even more clever tricks and methods that make everyday life easier Lifehackers redefine personal productivity with creative and clever methods for making life easier and more enjoyable. This new edition of a perennial bestseller boasts new and exciting tips, tricks, and methods that strike a perfect balance between current technology and common sense solutions for getting things done. Exploring the many ways technology has changed since the previous edition, this new edition has been updated to reflect the latest and greatest in technological and personal productivity. The new "hacks" run the gamut of working with the latest Windows and Mac operating systems for both Windows and Apple, getting more done with smartphones and their operating systems, and dealing with the evolution of the web. Even the most tried-and-true hacks have been updated to reflect the contemporary tech world and the tools it provides us. Technology is supposed to make our lives easier by helping us work more efficiently. Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better, Third Edition is your guide to making that happen! |
Contents
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Securely Save Website Passwords | 6-23 |
Become a Scheduling Black Belt with Google Calendar | 6-25 |
References | 6-28 |
Automate Repetitive Tasks | 6-30 |
Set Up an Automated Bulletproof File Back Up Solution | 7-4 |
Automatically Clean Up Your | 7-7 |
Automatically Clean Up Your | 7-9 |
Automatically Reboot and Launch Applications | 7-11 |
Script and Automate Repetitive Replies | xviii |
Filter LowPriority Messages | xx |
References | xxiv |
Organize Your Data | xxv |
Organize Your Documents Folder | xxvi |
Instantly Retrieve Files Stored on Your Computer | ii |
Overhaul Your Filing Cabinet | v |
Instantly Recall Any Number of Different Passwords | vi |
Securely Track Your Passwords | viii |
Tag Your Bookmarks | x |
Organize Your Digital Photos | 2-8 |
Corral Media Across Folders and Drives | 2-12 |
Create Saved Search Folders | 2-13 |
Create a PasswordProtected Disk on Your | 2-15 |
Create a PasswordProtected Disk on Your | 2-18 |
Encrypt Your Entire Windows Operating System | 2-20 |
Set Up 2Step Verification for Your Google Account | 2-22 |
Design Your Own Planner | 2-26 |
References | 2-27 |
Trick Yourself into Getting Done | 2-28 |
Set Up a Morning Dash | 2-32 |
Map Your Time | 2-33 |
QuickLog Your Workday | 2-35 |
Dash Through Tasks with a Timer | 2-39 |
Form New Habits with Jerry Seinfelds Chain | 2-41 |
Control Your Workday | 2-42 |
Turn Tasks into Game Play | 2-44 |
References | 2-46 |
Clear Your Mind Hack 33 Send Reminders to Your Future Self | 2-47 |
Take Great Notes | 2-50 |
Organize Your Life with Remember the Milk | 2-52 |
Organize Your Life in Text Files | 2-58 |
Set Up a Ubiquitous NoteTaking Inbox Across Devices | 2-60 |
References | 2-68 |
Firewall Your Attention | 2-69 |
Limit Visits to TimeWasting Websites | 2-70 |
Permanently Block TimeWasting Websites | 2-72 |
Reduce Email Interruptions | 2-73 |
Split Your Work Among Multiple Desktops | 2-75 |
Build a NoFly Zone | 2-78 |
Set Up Communication Quiet Hours | 2-79 |
Clear Your Desktop | 2-80 |
Make Your House a Usable Home | 2-83 |
Sentence Stuff to Death | 2-85 |
Drown Out Distracting Sounds with Pink Noise | 2-86 |
References | 2-87 |
Streamline Common Tasks Hack 49 Search the Web in Three Keystrokes | 2-88 |
Command Your Windows PC from the Keyboard Hack 51 Command Your Mac from the Keyboard | 2-90 |
Reduce Repetitive Typing with Texter for Windows | 6-8 |
Reduce Repetitive Typing with TextExpander for | 6-11 |
Automatically Fill in Repetitive Web Forms | 6-14 |
BatchResize Photos | 6-18 |
Bypass Free Site Registration with BugMeNot | 6-19 |
Speed Up Web Pages on a Slow Internet Connection | 6-20 |
Make Google Search Results Automatically Come to | 7-14 |
Automatically Download Music Movies and More | 7-15 |
References | 7-17 |
Get Your Data to Go Hack 67 Access Your Most Important Files Anywhere with Dropbox Hack 68 Manage Your Documents in a WebBased Office ... | 7-18 |
Run a Home Web Server | 7-35 |
Run FullFledged Webapps from Your Home Computer | 7-39 |
Build Your Personal Wikipedia | 7-43 |
Remotely Control Your Home Computer | 7-46 |
Give Your Home Computer a Web Address | 7-49 |
Optimize Your Laptop | 7-51 |
References | 7-53 |
Work Smarter on Your Smart Phone Hack 77 Speed Up Your Touchscreen Typing Hack 78 Break Down the Barrier Between Your Computer and ... | 7-55 |
Set Up One Phone Number to Rule Them | 9-14 |
Augment Reality with Your Phone | 9-18 |
Remember Where Youve Been Using Location Awareness | 9-23 |
Command Your Phone with Your Voice | 9-26 |
Use Your Camera Phone as a Scanner | 9-29 |
Make Your Dumbphone Smarter via Text Message Hack 88 Develop Your Digital Photographic Memory | 9-32 |
Send and Receive Money on Your Mobile Phone with PayPal | 9-40 |
Master the Web Hack 90 Google Like a | 9-44 |
Subscribe to Websites with | 10-1 |
Quickly Search Within Specific Websites from the Address | 10-4 |
Extend Your Web Browser | 10-8 |
Supercharge Your Firefox Downloads with DownThemAll | 10-11 |
Get 10 Useful Bookmarklets | 3 |
Find Reusable Media Online | 5 |
Get Your Data on a | 6 |
Set Multiple Sites as Your Home Page | 7 |
Access Unavailable Websites via Google | 10 |
Have a Say in What Google Says About | 11 |
Clear Your Web Browsing Tracks | 14 |
Reference | 17 |
Hone Your Computer Survival Skills Hack 102 Rescue Your PC from Malware | 18 |
Protect Your PC from Malware | 11-2 |
Clean Up Your Startup | 11-4 |
Undo System Configuration Changes | 11-6 |
Truly Delete Data from Your Hard Drive | 11-11 |
Compare and Merge Files and Folders with WinMerge | 11-13 |
Firewall Your Windows | 11-16 |
Firewall Your | 11-19 |
Speed Up Windows with a Thumb Drive | 11-21 |
Free Up HardDrive Space | 11-23 |
Resurrect Deleted Files | 11-24 |
Hot Image Your PC for Instant Restoration | 11-26 |
Hot Image Your Mac for Instant Restoration | 11-30 |
Recover Files from an Unbootable | 11-32 |
Manage Multiple Computers Hack 116 Share Windows Files Hack 117 Share Mac Files | 12-1 |
Keep Your Web Browser in Sync Across Computers | 12-9 |
Share a Single Printer Between Computers | 12-13 |
Optimize Your Dual Monitors | 12-16 |
Control Multiple Computers with a Single Keyboard and Mouse | 12-19 |
Reference | 12-22 |
Introduction | 12-27 |
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Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better Adam Pash,Gina Trapani Limited preview - 2011 |
Common terms and phrases
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