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Increasing Productivity with Virtual Desktops
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- Fri 7 Nov 2008 at 20:08
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When you're designing a website you know how many windows you can have open: code editor, web browser(s), Photoshop, terminal window (for SVN or CVS), etc. You're desktop gets crowded! Sure, there are various windows management tools in every operating system, but when you have five or more windows open it still gets crowded. This problem is quickly solved by virtual desktops, which allow you to group sets of windows into their own "desktop". Before I purchased my Macbook, I just dealt with one desktop, largely because I had two huge …
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Are Dual Monitors Worth It?
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- Wed 25 Jun 2008 at 14:50
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Most techies will quickly preach about the increased productivity one will experience as a result of dual (or multiple) monitor setups. About a year ago, I went to my local Apple Store and purchased a brand-new 20" Apple Cinema Display to pair with my 20" iMac. The price had just been reduced another $100, so it seemed like a pretty good deal to snatch up. Of course, dual-monitor setups are really cool and the expanded screen space can often come in handy. Primarily, dual-monitors came in handy when designing webpages, when I had Opera, T…
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Improving Your Online Productivity: Instapaper [2]
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- Fri 16 May 2008 at 5:10
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In the first part in this series, I showed you Google Reader. This time around I'm going to show you another useful, simple online application: Instapaper. Instapaper is a way of saving a page that you want to read later. For example, if you are browsing a news website and see an article that you want to read, but simply don't have time to read it right then, you can save it to Instapaper and read it later. You don't have to worry about keeping tabs open or about saving pages to your bookmarks. To add pages to Instapaper, you simply need…
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Improving Your Online Productivity: Google Reader [1]
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- Wed 7 May 2008 at 5:25
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In this series of blog posts, I'll be showing you useful little titbits that can really help you to improve how you use your time online. They will range from simple little tips to online applications that will all improve your productivity. For the first part in this series, I'm going to show you one of my favourite online applications: Google Reader. One Internet technology that is beginning to take hold is RSS (Really Simple Syndication). It is simply a file (or feed) that gives updates about new content on a website. To view these RSS…
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