The GMail Nerve Center Steve Rubel from Micro Persuasion has put together a handy multi-tutorial for using Gmail as the center for a variety of applications. These include:
- How to turn Gmail into a massive personal database (Gmail + the Google Toolbar)
- How to get real-time news updates in Gmail (Gmail+ Google Talk + Twitter)
- How to automatically store your bookmarks in Gmail (Gmail + del.icio.us + Yahoo Alerts)
- How to manage Calendar and To-Dos in Gmail (Gmail + Backpack + GCal + GTalk + iMified)
- How to blog from Gmail (Gmail + Wordpress/TypePad/Blogger + IMified)
If you're using Gmail every day for emails, integration makes sense. The speed, 2G+ space and tagging capabilities make Gmail a versatile application indeed.
Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center - [MicroPersuasion]
Sciral Consistency - track repeating tasks Posted Feb 27th 2007 8:00AM by Jason Clarke Filed under: Business, Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Blogging, Office, Productivity, Apple, Microsoft, Shareware, Freeware Sciral Consistency is a quirky cross-platform task manager that differs greatly from most task managers. In fact, if you've ever used Joe's Goals (thanks Ian!), the interface in Sciral Consistency will look at least somewhat familiar. The idea is that you list off tasks that you need to perform on a regular basis, then use the application to track how well you are meeting your obligations.
Rota Board : Group calendar management Posted Feb 28th 2007 1:15PM by Grant Robertson Filed under: Office, Productivity, VoIP Got a group you need to keep organized? Need to know when Tom or Jane are on-shift or off-work? Rota Board is group calendar management in AJAX-y Web 2.0 goodness style. Rota offers a drag-and-drop calendar interface made specifically for keeping track of all your staff's working schedules. Useful, but not overly-feature loaded, Rota has the Web 2.0 philosophy of simplicity down pat. [via eHub]
Read People! A How To LifeTrainingOnline put together a rather comprehensive document on reading people and their body language. It's a three parter that first introduces the principles to being able to be aware what people are saying without words, then through techniques of people-reading and then finally detecting deception.
Preparing Yourself to Read People
The key to effectively reading people is by being completely objective - having an empty cup so to speak. Overcoming our biases, prejudices and projections allows us to be completely objective.
Beyond the Words
Reading people is as much a science as it is an art.
The science deals with an understanding of the mechanics and principles involved in people reading; For example, you study all the cold, hard facts about what a specific mannerism could mean, what a certain tone of voice might suggest, or how the context of a persons environment may influence their behavior. However, knowledge of the basic principles is only half of the equation.
Once the principles are understood, open up the right brain - that part of yourself that does not think in terms of linear thought, words, or mathematics, but instead with patterns, colors and abstracts. This is the art.
Detecting Lies
As you learn to establish the baseline behavior of honesty, recognize deception clusters that deviate from this baseline, and progressively refine your assumptions through questioning and observations, you will be well on your way to becoming an amazing lie detector. Remember to look at things as a whole. The more patterns you can discover that seem to point in one direction, the more accurate your detection will be.
As stated in the series, it's no easy task and doesn't happen overnight. But developing these kinds of skills could be vital in successfully networking in business, let alone your personal life.
How To Read People - [LifeTraingOnline]
Setting up a virtual office with web tools Posted Feb 28th 2007 4:00PM by Brad Linder Filed under: Utilities, Productivity, Web services During the six months I've been writing for Weblogs Inc, I've only met with coworkers twice. But that doesn't mean we don't communicate. Bloggers make liberal use of email, chats, and other tools to keep in touch with one another. But the truth is, there's a whole world of tools out there that are making it easier than ever for teams to collaborate on projects, be they websites, software design, or entrepreneurial ventures.
Save $988/year by bringing your lunch Bringing your lunch everyday instead of eating out will save money — that's a common known fact. However, Clever Dude took the analysis one step further and broke down the cost of each portion of a lunch for a week. The total cost savings extrapolated for a year is very impressive:
Monday Lunch
PBJ sandwich on wheat bread, raw carrots, baked chips and an apple:
- Peanut butter ($0.11)
- jelly($0.07)
- wheat bread ($0.30)
- raw carrots ($0.12)
- bag of baked chips ($0.28)
- apple ($0.50)
- water from the fountain (free). It's safe, except where the Dude works, but they provide water coolers.
Cost: $1.38
Tuesday Lunch
Turkey sandwich on wheat bread with lettuce, tomato, light mayo, carrot sticks, canned pears in light syrup and a snack pack of Oreos (the Dude's favorite):
- turkey sandwich on wheat bread ($1.30)
- lettuce ($0.25)
- tomato ($0.25)
- light mayo ($0.14)
- carrot sticks ($0.12)
- canned pears in light syrup ($0.69)
- snack pack of Oreos ($0.41)
- fountain or cooler water again (still free)
Cost: $3.16
Cost of eating out (average $6 a day) = $30.00
Cost of packing a lunch for 5 days = $11.00
Total savings = $19.00/week * 52 weeks = $988.00
Frugal Lunch by Clever Dudette - [Clever Dude]
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