Learn how to build a powerful personal knowledge management system with Obsidian. Part 1 covers vault architecture, the PARA method, naming conventions, and template systems that scale from daily notes to multi-year projects.
A practical framework for managers to divide their 40-hour work week into five equal 20% allocations, balancing operational work, strategic thinking, relationship building, and personal development.
An update to my 2021 post on getting the most out of your Slack application in the least amount of time.
A productivity lightning talk on getting the most out of Slack.
I’ve finally found a solution to the vacuum created when my favorite RSS reader got the axe (RIP Google Reader). I loved being able to quickly browse…
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If you are developing an application for Linux desktop and would like to automatically find out more information about system, use the following commands…
This article describes a few real-life tips and tricks that we have found at work and will assist in configuring Hudson to work most effectively in your…
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| Mac Automation: Quickly add to-dos/events to iCal- The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW | How many times have you been watching TV and wanted to quickly add a to-do or event maybe both to iCal? In this Mac Automation post, Im going to show you how to create both a to-do and an iCal event from within Automator. You will be able to add new items to iCal without ever having to open it. Lets begin.
A basic tutorial about the Linux commands ssh and scp. It features explanation about the syntax, the possibilities and the differences between the two. It…
Songbird is a desktop media player mashed-up with the Web. Songbird is committed to playing the music you want, from the sites you want, on the devices…
This tutorial is meant for increasing the performance of Windows XP, either it can be a fresh installed windows or an old windows. Actually these r some…
A. You can verify connectivity or status of your network Interfaces/card using standard Linux command. Open your terminal and use following commands:…
You can easily adopt Python to manage UNIX and Linux systems while incorporating concepts of good program design. Python is an easy-to-learn, open source…
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The VI editor is a screen-based editor used by many Unix users. The VI editor has powerful features to aid programmers, but many beginning users avoid…
| Let’s not and say we did [dive into mark] | # Introduction to tabbed browsing | # Opening links in a new tab | # Bookmarking a group of tabs | # Using a group of tabs as the home page | # Rearranging tabs | # Introduction to live bookmarks | # Introduction to spell checking | # Introduction to search engines | # Adding a search engine | # Removing a search engine | # Installing an add-on | # Changing add-on options | # Enabling and disabling add-ons | # Uninstalling add-ons | # Installing a new theme | # Switching between installed themes | # Uninstalling a theme | # Adding a Print button to the toolbar | # Rearranging buttons on the toolbar | # Removing buttons from the toolbar | # Changing the size of toolbar buttons
This is a simple backup solution for people who run their own web server and MySQL server on a dedicated box or VPS. Most dedicated hosting provider…
I’ve done a lot of telecommuting in my life. My first real writing gig came when I was 16 as a freelancer for a computer magazine whose offices were 3,000…
| Introducing the Hipster PDA | 43 Folders | The Hipster PDA Parietal Disgorgement Aid is a fully extensible system for coordinating incoming and outgoing data for any aspect of your life and work. It scales brilliantly, degrades gracefully, supports optional categories and “beaming,” and is configurable to an unlimited number of options. Best of all, the Hipster PDA fits into your hip pocket and costs practically nothing to purchase and maintain. Let’s make one together.
Ctrl + A Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl + E Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on
Ctrl + L Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command
Ctrl + U Clears the line before the cursor position.
If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line.
Ctrl + H Same as backspace
Over 160 Free Personal Information Managers - lifehack.org…
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The following article is featured in the ExtremeTech book "Build The Ultimate Custom PC." This article details simple, yet sometimes forgetable, steps a…
| 43 Folders | Writing sensible email messages | Before you type anything into a new message, have explicit answers for two questions:
| Why am I writing this? | What exactly do I want the result of this message to be? | If you can't succinctly state these answers, you might want to hold off on sending your message until you can.
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| From slashdot.org | jgaynor writes "Citing user requests to coalesce it's disparate services, Google today released its new personalized homepage service. It allows you to arrange your Gmail, Google News, Google Maps driving directions, weather and a few select news services (including Slashdot) on a single page. Future plans include Universal RSS support. Clearly a shot at existing services like My Yahoo."