https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/tags/productivity/Recent content in Productivity on Mostly Copy & PasteHugoen-us© 2026 Kevin Duane. All rights reserved.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:00:00 -0700https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2026/04/one-month-with-openclaw-ai-assistant/Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:00:00 -0700https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2026/04/one-month-with-openclaw-ai-assistant/A practical guide to setting up OpenClaw based on one month of real-world experience. Learn how to configure email with herd-mail, manage memory files efficiently, and establish tiered security policies that actually work.https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2026/01/obsidian-power-user-part-1-building-a-rock-solid-foundation/Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:01:26 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2026/01/obsidian-power-user-part-1-building-a-rock-solid-foundation/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.https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2025/11/the-20-time-allocation-framework-a-managers-guide-to-balanced-productivity/Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2025/11/the-20-time-allocation-framework-a-managers-guide-to-balanced-productivity/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.https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2024/01/slack-zero-2024/Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2024/01/slack-zero-2024/An update to my 2021 post on getting the most out of your Slack application in the least amount of time.https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2021/03/slackzero/Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2021/03/slackzero/A productivity lightning talk on getting the most out of Slack.https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2019/03/slack-is-my-new-rss-reader/Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2019/03/slack-is-my-new-rss-reader/I&rsquo;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&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2011/01/out-of-diskspace-use-ducks-aplawrence-com/Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2011/01/out-of-diskspace-use-ducks-aplawrence-com/I&rsquo;m always looking for better ways to find the disk hogs... there are a ton of one liners and tools but this is the first time I&rsquo;ve heard of&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2010/09/how-to-run-your-business-online-with-10-and-a-google-account/Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2010/09/how-to-run-your-business-online-with-10-and-a-google-account/Online infrastructure for your small business doesn&rsquo;t have to be complicated or expensive. By leveraging many of the free and inexpensive products offered&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2009/03/linux-command-to-gathers-up-information-about-a-linux-system/Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2009/03/linux-command-to-gathers-up-information-about-a-linux-system/If you are developing an application for Linux desktop and would like to automatically find out more information about system, use the following commands&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2008/10/test-early--hudson-tips-and-tricks/Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2008/10/test-early--hudson-tips-and-tricks/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&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2008/09/zero-to-continuous-integration-with-windmill-adam-christian/Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2008/09/zero-to-continuous-integration-with-windmill-adam-christian/The first step is to get a couple machines that you want use as slaves and a machine to run Hudson, our setup looks like this:&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2008/09/the-unofficial-apple-weblog-tuaw/Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2008/09/the-unofficial-apple-weblog-tuaw/<p>| <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/">Mac Automation: Quickly add to-dos/events to iCal- The Unofficial Apple Weblog TUAW</a> | 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.</p>https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2008/09/ssh-and-scp-howto-tips-tricks/Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2008/09/ssh-and-scp-howto-tips-tricks/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&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2008/02/songbirdnestcom-songbird-media-player/Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2008/02/songbirdnestcom-songbird-media-player/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&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/11/master-tutorial-to-make-your-windows-super-fast/Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/11/master-tutorial-to-make-your-windows-super-fast/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&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/09/ubuntu-linux-view-the-status-of-my-network-interfacescard/Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/09/ubuntu-linux-view-the-status-of-my-network-interfacescard/A. You can verify connectivity or status of your network Interfaces/card using standard Linux command. Open your terminal and use following commands:&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/09/linux-unix-python-programming-tutorial-for-system-administrators/Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/09/linux-unix-python-programming-tutorial-for-system-administrators/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&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/08/zenoss-blog--open-source-software-configuration-management/Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/08/zenoss-blog--open-source-software-configuration-management/For example, say you have a cluster of Apache servers and you want to update them all with an additional mime-type, or add a virtual host to each. Rather&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/08/learning-and-mastering-the-linux-vi-vim-editor/Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/08/learning-and-mastering-the-linux-vi-vim-editor/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&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/08/screencasts-of-uncommon-browser-features-dive-into-mark/Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/08/screencasts-of-uncommon-browser-features-dive-into-mark/<p>| <a href="http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/08/01/lolwreck">Let&rsquo;s not and say we did [dive into mark]</a> | # 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</p>https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/07/how-to-backup-mysql-web-server-files-to-a-ftp-server-automatically/Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/07/how-to-backup-mysql-web-server-files-to-a-ftp-server-automatically/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&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/06/rolling-your-own-online-office/Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/06/rolling-your-own-online-office/I&rsquo;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&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/01/introducing-the-hipster-pda-43-folders/Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2007/01/introducing-the-hipster-pda-43-folders/<p>| <a href="http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/03/introducing-the-hipster-pda/">Introducing the Hipster PDA | 43 Folders</a> | 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 &ldquo;beaming,&rdquo; 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&rsquo;s make one together.</p>https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2006/12/keyboard-shortcuts-for-bash-the-how-to-geek/Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2006/12/keyboard-shortcuts-for-bash-the-how-to-geek/<hr> <p>Ctrl + A Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on</p> <p>Ctrl + E Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on</p> <p>Ctrl + L Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command</p> <p>Ctrl + U Clears the line before the cursor position.</p> <pre><code> If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line. </code></pre> <p>Ctrl + H Same as backspace</p>https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2006/09/over-160-free-personal-information-managers/Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2006/09/over-160-free-personal-information-managers/Over 160 Free Personal Information Managers - lifehack.org&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2006/01/software-dms-for-mac-osx/Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2006/01/software-dms-for-mac-osx/Installing Alfresco to create workflows and manage your documents&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2005/12/top-10-things-you-dont-want-to-forget-before-you-begin-the-build/Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2005/12/top-10-things-you-dont-want-to-forget-before-you-begin-the-build/The following article is featured in the ExtremeTech book &quot;Build The Ultimate Custom PC.&quot; This article details simple, yet sometimes forgetable, steps a&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2005/09/writing-sensible-email-messages/Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2005/09/writing-sensible-email-messages/<p>| <a href="http://www.43folders.com/2005/09/writing_sensibl.html">43 Folders | Writing sensible email messages</a> | Before you type anything into a new message, have explicit answers for two questions:</p> <p>| 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.</p> <p><a href="http://www.43folders.com/2005/09/writing_sensibl.html">Read more</a></p>https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2005/09/gmail-notifier-for-mac-osx/Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2005/09/gmail-notifier-for-mac-osx/For those of you who don&rsquo;t have a Gmail account yet go to gmail.com and get signed up. The new authentication process uses your cell phone to prove your a&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2005/06/spybot-search-and-destroy-14/Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2005/06/spybot-search-and-destroy-14/Another feature is the removal of usage tracks, which makes it more complicated for unknown spybots to transmit useful data. The list of last visited&hellip;https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2005/05/googles-new-personalized-homepage/Thu, 19 May 2005 10:00:00 -0800https://mostlycopyandpaste.com/articles/2005/05/googles-new-personalized-homepage/<p>| From <a href="http://slashdot.org/">slashdot.org</a> | jgaynor writes &quot;Citing user requests to coalesce it's disparate services, <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a> today released its new <a href="http://www.google.com/ig">personalized homepage service</a>. 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 <a href="http://my.yahoo.com/">My Yahoo</a>.&quot;</p>