http://streamlinedmind.com Simple Solutions For Untroubled Learning: Productivity Tips And Lifestyle Design For Students. And For You! Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:26:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In June I asked the question: Will the New iPhone 3G be a Good Planner?. I didn't have an iPhone myself back then, as it wasn't available where I live. Since august I've been using one though, so this is a good moment to get back to that question and ... http://streamlinedmind.com/2008/11/17/how-to-use-the-iphone-as-a-planner/ 1Password by Agile Web Solutions definitely streamlines the way I use my Mac. It's a bit different then the other add-ons I recommended so far, as it's an actual application and the others were just extensions to the OS X user interface, although it greatly integrates with all browsers on ... http://streamlinedmind.com/2008/11/14/my-favorite-os-x-add-ons-1password/ "Keep starting. Finishing will take care of itself."       - Neil Fiore Procrastination is a problem for many of us. There is a lot of work on our plate, but something is keeping us from starting. Maybe it's the fear of failure, of being judged by others, maybe it's perfectionism and criticizing ... http://streamlinedmind.com/2008/11/11/use-the-unschedule-and-overcome-procrastination/ Did you ever have to type the same word or phrase over and over again? I think we all do sometimes; your name under an email, a piece of code or even a whole email message in reply to a frequently asked question. TextExpander, by Smile on my Mac is ... http://streamlinedmind.com/2008/11/07/my-favorite-os-x-add-ons-textexpander/ We've discussed some different ways of taking notes before, here and here. When you're taking notes in a digital form, using the right software to keep them together is very important. One application that is particularly suitable for this is VoodooPad by Flying Meat. Here's a review. You can use VoodooPad ... http://streamlinedmind.com/2008/11/04/software-review-voodoopad/ Next in this series of my favorite OS X add-ons: Hazel, by Noodlesoft. Hazel really is one of those things you install, set up and then never have to pay attention to. It just does it's work for you while you're doing more important stuff. It cleans up places, moves files ... http://streamlinedmind.com/2008/10/31/my-favorite-os-x-add-ons-hazel/ We might assume most students use the internet regularly these days. For work as well as social activities it's a tool that we rely on a lot. But how to use the internet to communicate effectively? Let's look at the different tools we can use and especially how they can ... http://streamlinedmind.com/2008/10/28/how-to-use-the-internet-to-communicate-effectively/ As I wrote in my review of Default Folder X it's wonderful when developers make software that fits perfectly in your operating system and that you use all the time without even being aware of it. Default Folder X is definitely one of my favorite OS X add-ons. I didn't ... http://streamlinedmind.com/2008/10/23/my-favorite-os-x-add-ons/ You might have heard these before: What you're doing right now, is that what you would be doing if you had only one day to live? Are you happy with your studies, your work, your free time? If you had a choice, would you do the same you're doing this ... http://streamlinedmind.com/2008/10/16/how-fear-can-hold-you-back/ As my previous post was about using tags to organize your documents, I would like to take a closer look at one of the tools we could use to do this: Default Folder X by St. Clair Software, which provides a smart extension to the basic features of Mac OS ... http://streamlinedmind.com/2008/10/08/software-review-default-folder-x/