GTD for FirefoxReminderFox is a Firefox extension that adds a scheduler and to-do list manager to Firefox. ReminderFox sits in the bottom corner of Firefox and lets you manage your to-do list, and it displays any reminders you set. Although it has an alarm and calendar built in, ReminderFox is not meant to replace your existing calendaring system. I find it very useful for giving yourself daily reminders and using the alarm feature to help with time management. Also, since ReminderFox works with Firefox, I find it particularly useful to manage the tasks that can only be completed on-line. For example: checking bank and credit card statements, visiting a website (lifehack.org!), sending out pictures, etc.
ReminderFox is an extension for Firefox and Thunderbird that displays and manages lists of date-based reminders and ToDo's. ReminderFox does not seek to be a full-fledged calendar system. In fact, the target audience is anybody that simply wants to remember important dates (birthdays, anniversaries, etc) without having to run a fat calendar application.
GTD with RTM: Getting Things Done with Remember The MilkRemember The Milk is a pretty cool web app. As we introduced it before, it has many great features, including integration with Google Calendar. Now, what if could applies the GTD system onto Remember the Milk. Recently The Republic of Geektronica posts a tutorial on integrating Getting Things Done framework to RTM. Take a look how they implement the GTD context:
RTM supports tags, and GTD suggests specifying a context for each action that you have to take. For example, some actions have to be done at home (e.g. taking out the trash). When you're at home, pull up the @home tag, and you'll see all the things you need to do there. To tag an item, check it (or check multiple items to tag them all), then hit "s" on the keyboard. Type the tag, and hit enter twice. Hit escape to un-check the todo item, and you're done. Use @contextname to distinguish context tags from other types of tags. Making your context tags begin with @ will not only distinguish them from other tasks; it will also put them at the top of your tag cloud (which is as David Allen intended). I also set up an @read context tag for things I have to read (I figured that would be better than @bathroom, which would be the more literally application of the context-tagging principle).
http://tinyurl.com/ythdtn
22 Tips to Think Better Everyone would like to think a little faster or more clearly. Sometimes we forget to take care of our brain. Ririan offers 22 tips for improving your brain performance. It's simple, your brain is at the center of everything you do, all you feel and think, and every nuance of how you relate to people. It's both the supercomputer that runs your complex life and the tender organ that houses your soul. And while you may run, lift weights, or do yoga to keep your body in good condition, chances are you ignore your brain and trust it to do its job. The tips range from exercise to maintaining curiosity. The entire list is available at Ririan Project. What are your favorite tips and tricks for improving brain performance?
22 Ways to Overclock Your Brain [Ririan Project]
http://tinyurl.com/2twktx
8 ways to prepare to become a millionaire
http://tinyurl.com/2vhmua
AWESOME PUZZLE GAME, though it is a Microsoft advertising campaign, its still awesome.
http://www.vanishingpointgame.com/
Single-pixel camera takes on digital The camera has a way to go before it is available for practical use Researchers in the US are developing a single-pixel camera to capture high-quality images without the expense of traditional digital photography. Being developed by a lab at Rice University in Houston, Texas, the single-pixel camera is designed to tackle what its developers see as the "inefficiencies" of modern digital camera. It currently resembles and old-fashioned pinhole camera and is the size of a suitcase, but assistant professor of electrical engineering Kevin Kelly told BBC World Service's Digital Planet programme that it is only "the beginning of things." "Hopefully it will get smaller," he said.
Crosslink flexible lighting could change the look of the future from Good Thinking (241 articles) January 16, 2007 Futurists' might need to reappraise their forecasts for the look of the future if the promise of a new electroactive polymer materials with remarkable properties reaches full commercialisation. Start-up Crosslink has developed a material with an array of real-world applications that could profoundly influence how our living environments, possessions and clothes look in the future as it effectively offers almost any object the ability to become a light source. SuperFlex is a lightweight, crushable, durable electroluminescent (EL) lighting technology based on polythiophene, an inherently conductive polymer known as PEDOT. SuperFlex can be formulated to emit light in both the visible and near-infrared (NIR) spectrums and can withstand being twisted, punctured, torn or scrunched-up (bottom images) without losing its ability to light up. The first commercialisation of the technology will be in the form of easily-transportable softwall shelters for the military (top image) with the lighting system semi-permanently attached to the inside of the shelter. The future prospects for SuperFlex are very bright as textiles, composites, plastics and metals all can be coated with SuperFlex, signalling a step-change approach to how we use light sources. The technology is applicable in myriad ways - from merchandising displays to packaging, walls, drapes, any part of a structure, clothes that light up at night for safety or decorative purposes ad infinitum. Then there are some compelling military applications, such as a foldable map that emits its own infrared light so it can be read in complete darkness using night vision goggles.
http://tinyurl.com/2r7ety
