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Student productivity, organization, and GTD
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- 4 Ways to Radically Improve your Chances of Academic Success
So it’s half-way through your semester, and you just got your progress report from school. Maybe you didn’t do as well as you thought, or maybe just looking at your report makes you sick. Either way, do not give up hope! You can still turn around or improve your grades over the rest of the [...]
Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:56:57 +0000 - Saturday Links - Oct 6 Edition
I’ve been toying with the idea of posting links here every saturday at Gearfire. At first I thought it was lazy, and it wouldn’t be enjoyable to read, so I tried to not do it as often. But I have realized that many blogs do link posts on weekends, and they are quite enjoyable as [...]
Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:40:34 +0000 - Fix Popup Windows that are Too Small in Firefox
Firefox is a great browser, but one of the things that frustrates me is that sometimes you get popup windows that are too small to see the actual content of the window. I think this has something to do with the icons and things in my statusbar, but the problem is you cannot resize [...]
Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:55:23 +0000 - Student productivity blog carnival - Oct 2007
Welcome to the October 3, 2007 edition of student productivity blog carnival. Gustav S presents Top Secrets to Achieve Success, make Money or Whatever you Wish in Life, Part 1 posted at success-is-in-you.com, saying, “Success is in its most part inside of you; do not look for success outside because success is the byproduct of what [...]
Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:11:30 +0000 - My Recent Experience With Working Harder, Not Smarter
At the start of the year, I made a set of academic goals that I wanted to achieve next year. I composed them primarily by looking at what I wanted to do better than last year. One of my goals was to start and finish work and studying earlier than required. I thought it would [...]
Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:03:34 +0000 - Interview with the Creator of SocialRank and ProductivityZen
A couple weeks ago I was invited to nominate productivity blogs for ProductivityZen, a productivity blog community based on SocialRank, which is a way of measuring the worth of individual blog posts. Well today ProductivityZen has been launched, as well as many other blog communities based on the SocialRank ranking system. I was lucky [...]
Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:26:01 +0000 - 10 Simple Ways to Make Windows Load Faster
A year has passed, and your “brand new” computer isn’t running all that great anymore. It seems to take much longer to do anything, especially start up. Well fortunately for you, there are a couple ways to restore that fresh-from-the-box speed that you desire. These tips focus on improving start-up speed, but they also will [...]
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:55:35 +0000 - ThinkingRock + (Modded) PocketMod = the HipRock
My sophomore post will outline my current GTD implementation and how I integrated what I learned previously. If you read that article, you’ll know that my three requirements for a GTD implementation are: simplicity, portability, and integration. With those in mind, I present my implementation. ThinkingRock: aka “Home Base” You can read a review here. Suffice to say, [...]
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:40:24 +0000 - 7 Ways to Use your Computer More Efficiently
It is a simple fact that if your desk is clean and organized, usually you can work better and more efficiently there, because you know where everything is and there is nothing cluttering you. Same goes for your computer desktop. How to go about organizing and navigating your computer will greatly impact how effectively you [...]
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:22:56 +0000 - Top 4 Reasons People’s Study Management Systems Fail
To most people, homework is a stressful, time-consuming annoyance. Not only does it take time to complete, but it severely limits other activities such as going out if you don’t do your work in advance. The solution to many is to build a study system, that will manage their workload and reduce stress and limitations. [...]
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