Yesterday, there was news that LinkedIn was hacked and six million passwords leaked on the internet. There were two main concerns for users: 1. Someone could log in to your LinkedIn account and make contact with your connections. LinkedIn is primarily a business network site and so the concern was with the potential damage […]
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Sometimes, working hard is not enough – Poiesis and Praxis
I often hear how hard people are working – how much they are trying. Sometimes, I think it is easy to confuse activity with action. Don’t get me wrong – a high work ethic is essential. It shows character. It should be admired and celebrated and encouraged. But there is a difference between being busy […]
How to achieve and maintain InboxZero
One of my employees recently told me that he had 2750 emails in his inbox. I couldn’t believe it, no wonder he had problems keeping on top of tasks and felt “overwhelmed” at times at work. Keeping emails in your inbox longer than they “need” to be there is the equivalent of having papers spread […]
Accountability = Success + Happiness
Do you want to be more successful – at work, at home? Do you want to be more relaxed, less anxious and happier? One of the most powerful ways to achieve these is to make a life-changing choice – and that is to simply be.. accountable. We all know people who go through life as victims […]
How to view web page source in Safari on iPad or iPhone
Have you noticed that there is no “View Source” in Safari? This is a feature that I frequently use in desktop browsers such as Chrome. Well, here’s a simple trick that quickly solves that. Viewing the source code of a web page in Safari on your iPad or iPhone requires the creation of a “bookmarklet”. […]
Listen to Audiobooks
I have always been a big fan of audiobooks. Did you know that you can get the equivalent of a university education in terms of classroom time during your commute to work in just a few years? Most university students spend 10 hours or so per week in class and about 250 hours per year; […]
How to auto tweet and create your own Twitter bot
UPDATE (2015): Please note that Yahoo has now closed down Pipes which is referenced in this article. See the announcement here: http://pipes.yqlblog.net/post/120705592639/pipes-end-of-life-announcement UPDATE: Please note that the functionality described in this blog post relises on Twitter API version 1.0 which has now been deprecated by Twitter. This means that the functionality described may no longer […]