Showing posts with label Productivity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Productivity. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Difficult Jobs that are not in the Classifed Ads



It's just a matter of having your phone out when something cool happens, right?

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/podcast/5-insanely-difficult-jobs-everyone-thinks-they-can-do/#ixzz2xn9MG9QX

Saturday, August 24, 2013

OpenCoffee preview: Louisville Free Public Library and entrepreneurs

OpenCoffee preview: What the Louisville Free Public Library has to offer entrepreneurs | Insider Louisville:

The Louisville Free Public Library has a lot more to offer the entrepreneurial community than you might think.

Join us on Monday, August 26th, 8 a.m.at the iHub to learn about what the LFPL is up to in the 21st century.

Monday, July 22, 2013

Text Expander, Saves 50 work hours over six months

I am a very slow typist. Banging away at less than 40 WPM means my daily 750 word morning assignment took over an hour. With formatting, grammar and spell checking I used to spend up to three hours getting my thoughts organized and ready for the editor. For those of you who write professionally you know that a production rate of 250 WPH is not only unacceptable but a very quick way to go broke writing. The ROI for a writer is the ultimate rating for success regardless of talent level. Think of your favorite author and look at how many published  books, articles, screen plays they grind out every year. For each 1000 words they publish there could be as much as 10,000 words in the garbage or saved in draft form.

The point is writers, even a part time reporter like me, should generate thousands of words each and every day. So saving time and keystrokes becomes a numbers game. Saving keystrokes with automation scripts is something I heard about but never considered since I just write an hour or so a day. I found Text Expander by Smile Software on my employer's website as a suggested download. With a free trial and the encouragement of a few coworkers I quickly became very impressed with the product. Just using the built in snippets I was able to quickly insert properly formatted Headers and Signature blocks into any document with just two key strokes. Long phrases and company specific terminology soon followed as I added them into the easy to use "Snippet Library". Standard replies, email responses and HR compliant counseling formats soon entered my personal snippet library. 

Sunday, March 3, 2013

iPhone and iPad App List

Here is a complete list of iPad and iPhone Apps that I am either currently using or intend to purchase. This list was originally compiled by the great Mac Power Users Podcast. That is one great podcast for professionals that want to leverage the power of Apple products. Both hosts are attorneys that use Mac OS and iOS devices in their professional lives. Check the show out here http://5by5.tv/mpu

Transporter

1Password,

Nerdy Professionals

Evernote and Skitch, Highly Recommend

Instapaper

Tweetbot

Byword

Pages

PDFpen

Dropbox

Notability

Soulvr

Kindle

AirVideo

OmniFocus

IMDB

Drafts for iPad

Pixelmator

Screens

GoodReader

Calcbot

TextExpander

AirDisplay

Drop Shadow Image Editor

Auto Stitch, for Panoramas

Photoshop Express

Zagg FLEX iPad Case

Apple TV