Category Archives: Using technology
Occasions helps you remember occasions
If I’ve ever forgotten your birthday I’m sorry. Remembering them is something I don’t do all that well. Even when I remember I have slim chance of knowing how old you are. But now, thanks to Occassions on my iPhone, I … Continue reading
How to identify life’s breakdowns
Over the last two weeks I’ve been heavily involved in home maintenance on some of our home computers. This has included replacing hard drives, re-installing multiple operating systems and reconfiguring wireless networks. The exercise highlighted to me the importance of … Continue reading
When being helpful is a waste of time
I’m churning internet providers from Comcen to Bigpond (we were going to stay with Comcen but they don’t have the ports for ADSL2+ on my sub-exchange). Anyway as part of the deal Bigpond have sent me a wireless router at … Continue reading
Livescribe Smartpen saves your memory
I had one of those conversations you’d rather not have with someone at work. They asked, “What did we decide about…?” and my honest response was, “I don’t know. I can’t even remember the conversation”. Neither of us could recall … Continue reading
Using Dropbox with PersonalBrain
I’ve been using Dropbox to sync my PersonalBrain between multiple computers for a few weeks now. Dropbox copies files via the internet. As long as you follow the rule of ensuring you’re not running two copies of PB simultaneously — … Continue reading
How being in love with Google led to a long-term relationship
Google, you can have the lot. And I give it willingly. First you helped me with a simple and fast search engine. This was followed up by the wonder of Google Earth and then Google Maps. Some other bits and … Continue reading
Implementing a tickler file in PersonalBrain
I run my Getting Things Done (GTD) system using PersonalBrain as my primary tool. Using Tags for contexts and a Thought Type for dates I’m easily able to model an online tickler file. Tickler files are used to remind you … Continue reading
Are You Missing Your Friends Important Facebook Status Updates?
If you found your Facebook friends suddenly not doing anything i.e., you no longer see their updates in your News Feed, then this is the solution. Are You Missing Your Friends Important Facebook Status Updates? | Facebook Profile Customization and … Continue reading
List of useful twitter tips
All My Twitter Tips – Holy Kaw! (pronounced “Holy Cow!”) is a useful list of introductory topics to Twitter.
The Brain Blog shows the benefits of mapping relationships
When you start mapping out the people you know and their relationships to you, and one another, interesting things happen. The Brain Blog’s article Everyone Is Connected. It’s Time to See the Links. which describes adding people and mind mapping … Continue reading