Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier
With the new year comes resolutions. I myself have made a few that I am working to keep. Some people I know have vowed to be more organized. Having an Android phone can make getting your digital life more organized if you let it.
My Life Organized is a cool little Android application that lets you treat your life like a project. Think of MLO as a to-do list on steroids. Let me explain.
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Often, when group plans, such as outings and parties, are made, participants complain about the tasks they are assigned. Because normally tasks are assigned without consent, people’s tasks usually do not match their best abilities. For instance while arranging a get-together between friends, you would ask a friend to bring the food while he would be more suited to arrange a venue.
To avoid such mishaps it is best to lets event participants pick their own tasks. This not only ensures their satisfaction but also the proper execution of tasks. Here to help you organize plans and events this way is a wonderful web service called “TODOFeed”.
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I like a good GUI as much as the next person, but some things beg for a little more simplicity. One of those things is a to do list. Which is why I turn to the command line and a text file for mine.
Of the several command line to do applications out there in the Linux ecosystem, which one should you choose? That’s up to you to decide, but you might want to take a look at iKog. Short for it Keeps on growing, iKog is a Python script that helps you manage your tasks. If you’re into Getting Things Done (GTD for short, a popular method for personal organization), then it’s worth the time to check out iKog.
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There are many iPhone apps that do similar things to Siri Assistant, but none of them do everything Siri does. It’s an app that does so much, it’s usually underused. It performs exactly as billed, like a much-needed personal assistant.
Siri Assistant can perform a myriad of tasks. It can perform GPS tasks for you, it can look up information, and it can hold information. It allows you to do all this by either typing it in or speaking the request out loud. It corresponds with you via messages to ask for more information, will let you know what it can’t do (which isn’t a lot), and what it is doing currently.
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As a freelancer, I have tried all types of to-do lists and electronic notepads to help me be more efficient and keep track of all of my work and clients. There are many good desktop solutions and also many good online cloud-based solutions. But if you want something simple that you can install on your own website and domain, myTinyTodo might just work for you.
myTinyTodo supports as many to-do lists as you can think of, offers features such as hiding/showing completed tasks, and uses AJAX to give you drag and drop functionality. Best of all, it is free, open source, and will install on just about any web server, even shared hosting accounts.
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Ever receive an email that reminds you of a task that you need to complete? What do you do then? Open another tab, load the to-do list site (perhaps Google tasks?) and add the task into your to do list. What if there is a simpler way to convert your emails into tasks and manage them right within your Gmail? Yes, Taskforce is the one that I am talking about.
Taskforce is a Gmail extension that convert your emails into tasks and allows you to manage your tasks right within your inbox. It’s a handy tool to help you stay organized and save you time from toggling between different tabs and sites/applications.
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One of the best feature that I love in Android is the ability to multi-task. Surfing the Web and remember that you need to send an email? Simply switch to the Email app, send your email and return to the browser to continue your surfing. Came across an excellent article in Google Reader and wanted to share with your friends? No problem! Switch to the TweetDeck app, post the link and switch back to Google Reader to continue reading. Here are 8 different ways that you can use to supercharge your multitasking experience in Android.
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Following on from last week’s Dropbox guide, I will demonstrate some of the more advanced tricks that can be performed using Dropbox’s sync tool.
I like to keep my various Linux distributions up-to-date and one of the ways I manage this is to ensure that as soon as the latest “iso” file of that distribution is made available I immediately start torrenting it. The first thing you will need is a torrent client that supports the “watch folder” feature. I personally use uTorrent. (Note: Transmission also has the ability to “watch” a folder for new torrent.)
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KDE provides users with the tools to run software automatically using two features: Autostart and Task Scheduler (formerly called KCron). These tasks can be initiated immediately prior to KDE startup, during KDE startup, or scheduled at anytime: daily, hourly, weekly, or even every five minutes. Both of these features were present in KDE 3. Autostart programs could be dropped into the ~/.kde/share/autostart directory, and automated programs (cron jobs) could be created through a standalone application called KCron.
With KDE 4, Autostart and KCron are now both integrated into System Settings. To start either one, simply click on the K menu and then click System Settings. Next, click the “advanced” tab. Under the Advanced User Settings section, you should see Autostart, and under the System section, make sure that you see Task Scheduler. On my Kubuntu system, Task Scheduler was not installed, so I had to start kpackagekit and install the kcron package. [Read more...]
