Productivity

What stands behind a skier?

What stands behind a skier? See this presentation I made for the fun of it the other day because I was a little, uhm, bored and had nothing better do to.

Review: Desktop 2.0 using Twhirl

Since I was using Twhirl for my Twitter desktop client, I thought I could try it out for Friendfeed too. Creating the Twhirl Friendfeed profile and linking it with my Friendfeed via the Remote Key was a very quick and easy procedure. Then I had to change a bit my desktop to fit Twitter, Friendfeed and Launchy. That’s how my desktop looks now. I call it Desktop 2.0, a social, live and active interface for the web. Streaming all of my friends’ activity over Friendfeed and communicating with them over Twitter. Productivity Since I didn’t had any previous experience with live activity streaming I was expecting that all my productivity would go to hell, as I wrote on a previous …

How To: 5+1 ways to stay productive

When you work, you want your best. But it seems sometimes you get distracted by a number of various reasons. I’ve thought of several tips to help you stay productive in your life whether working or not. Have a clean and minimalistic desktop First things first. Have a clean and minimalistic desktop is a key factor. Having to do with less “noise” around you helps you get focused and not distracted.  It helps you beeing calm too -minimalism does. This is for your virtual and real desktop. Here’s mine. Disable real time feeds like Friendfeed and IMs Disabling these kinds of real time information overflow and friend chats helps you be focused on what you work. It’s really difficult when …