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Why Lifehacker? 01_050659 ffirs.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page iii Lifehacker™ 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day Gina Trapani 01_050659 ffirs.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page ii 01_050659 ffirs.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page i Lifehacker™ 01_050659 ffirs.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page ii 01_050659 ffirs.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page iii Lifehacker™ 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day Gina Trapani 01_050659 ffirs.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page iv Lifehacker™: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2007 by Gawker Media. 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QA76.5.T6736 2006 004--dc22 2006033473 Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley logo, and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/or its affiliates, in the United States and other countries, and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Wiley Publishing, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. 01_050659 ffirs.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page v For Dad 01_050659 ffirs.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page vi 01_050659 ffirs.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page vii About the Author Gina Trapani (http://ginatrapani.org) is an independent web pro- grammer and writer whose work has appeared in Wired magazine, The New York Times, and Time magazine. She is the founding editor of Lifehacker.com, the software and productivity weblog, updated several times daily. A Sun Microsystems–certified Java programmer, Gina builds web sites and Firefox extensions. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she now resides in sunny San Diego, California, with her partner. vii 01_050659 ffirs.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page viii 01_050659 ffirs.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page ix Credits Executive Editor Vice President and Executive Carol Long Publisher Joseph B. Wikert Development Editor Maryann Steinhart Project Coordinator Erin Smith Production Editor Rachel Meyers Graphics and Production Specialists Barbara Moore Copy Editor Heather Ryan Michael Koch Quality Control Technician Editorial Manager Laura Albert Mary Beth Wakefield Proofreading and Indexing Production Manager Broccoli Information Management Tim Tate Techbooks Vice President and Executive Anniversary Logo Design Group Publisher Richard Pacifico Richard Swadley ix 01_050659 ffirs.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page x 02_050659 ftoc.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page xi Contents Acknowledgments xxi Introduction xxiii Chapter 1 Free Up Mental RAM 1 Hack 1: Email Your Future Self 2 Hack 2: Manage a todo.txt File at the Command Line 5 The Command Line Interface 5 Why Plain Text? 6 Install todo.sh 6 Using todo.sh 8 Create a Sortable, Searchable todo.txt 8 List Tasks with todo.sh 10 Prioritize Tasks 10 More Uses for todo.txt 11 Hack 3: Develop Your (Digital) Photographic Memory 12 Tag Your Photos on Flickr 12 Upload Photos to Flickr from Your Camera Phone 13 Your Photo Reference 14 Hack 4: Install Your Personal Wikipedia 15 What You Need 16 What to Do 16 You’re Ready to Go 18 Brief Wikitext Primer 19 xi 02_050659 ftoc.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page xii xii Contents Hack 5: Keep an Instiki Wiki Hyperlinked Notebook 20 Installing Instiki 20 You’re Ready to Go 22 Securing and Accessing Your Wiki 25 Hack 6: Take Great Notes 25 Method 1: Symbolize Next Actions 26 Method 2: Split Your Page into Quadrants 26 Method 3: Record and Summarize 26 Create Your Own Custom Note Paper 28 References 28 Chapter 2 Firewall Your Attention 29 Hack 7: Limit Access to Time-Wasting Web Sites 30 Install the Invisibility Cloak 31 Set Which Sites Should Wear the Cloak 32 Customize the Script 33 Hack 8: Permanently Block Time-Wasting Web Sites 35 Windows 36 Mac OS X 36 The Result 36 Hack 9: Reduce Email Interruptions 37 Shut Down Your Email Program 37 Set Your Client to Check for Messages Once an Hour 38 Hack 10: Split Your Work Among Multiple Desktops 39 Windows XP 39 Mac OS X 41 Hack 11: Build a No-fly Zone 42 Set Yourself up to Get into the Zone 42 Make Yourself Inaccessible 42 Work at Quieter Times and in Zoned-Off Spaces 43 Hack 12: Filter Low-Priority Email Messages 43 Filter Low-Priority Messages 44 Filter CC’ed Messages 45 Hack 13: Clear Your Desktop 46 Windows 46 Mac OS X 47 Hack 14: Make Your House a Usable Home 48 Create a Place for Incoming Stuff 48 Put Items You Need to Remember in Your Path 49 Stow Away Stuff You Don’t Use; Put Stuff You Do Within Easy Reach 49 Strategically Place Items to Make Tasks Easy 49 Make Task-Based Centers 50 Leave Writing Material Everywhere 50 Set up an Inbox 50 Collaborate with Housemates 50 02_050659 ftoc.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page xiii Contents xiii Hack 15: Sentence Stuff to Death Row 51 Hack 16: Drown out Sound with Pink Noise 51 Mac OS X 52 Windows 52 Hack 17: Keep Software from Stealing Focus 52 References 53 Chapter 3 Automate Repetitive Tasks 55 Hack 18: Automatically Back up Your Files 56 What You’ll Need 56 Configure the Backup System 57 Off-Site Backup 61 Hack 19: Automatically Defragment Your Hard Drive 62 Hack 20: Automatically Empty Your Digital Junk Drawer 65 Hack 21: Automatically Download Music, Movies, and More 69 Install and Run Wget 69 Mirror an Entire Web Site 70 Resume Partial Downloads on an Intermittent Connection 71 Automatically Download New Music from the Web 72 Automate wget Downloads on Windows 72 Hack 22: Automatically Email Yourself File Backups 73 Set up the Email Script 73 More on Emailing Yourself Backups 75 Hack 23: Automatically Reboot and Launch Applications 76 Automatically Reboot Your Computer 76 Automatically Launch Software or Documents 77 Automatically Start a Web Browsing Session 78 Hack 24: Automatically Log Your Progress in a Spreadsheet 79 References 81 Chapter 4 Streamline Common Tasks 83 Hack 25: Search the Web in Three Keystrokes 84 Hack 26: Quick-Launch Software Applications 85 Windows: Essential, Built-In Keyboard Shortcuts 86 Windows: Define Your Own Keyword Shortcuts 87 Mac OS X: Quicksilver Keyboard Commander 89 Hack 27: Save Time with Text Substitution 90 AutoHotkey Hotstring 90 Personalize the Script 92 Hack 28: Text Message Efficiently 95 What You Can Do with SMS 95 Quick Start Guide for SMS Beginners 96 Save Your Thumbs 96 SMS from Your Computer 96 Hack 29: Batch Resize Photos 97 02_050659 ftoc.qxd 11/9/06 9:46 AM Page xiv xiv Contents Hack 30: Send and Receive Money on Your Cell Phone 98 PayPal Mobile 99 Send Money to an Email Address 100 PayPal Alternative 101 Hack 31: Bypass Free Site Registration with BugMeNot 101 Hack 32: Speed up Web Pages on a Slow Internet Connection 103 Configure Your Web Browser for a Slow Connection 103 Block and Disable Bandwidth Hogs 105 Use Tabs to Load Pages While You Work 105 Work Offline
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