http://gtdwannabe.com Getting (More|Things) Done, One Tweak At a Time Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:24:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you've haven't been bowled over by the recent Apple announcement of an iPhone sans phone, you may have noticed that Google Reader now has search. I'll admit, I didn't notice it. And I use Google Reader as my feed reader! But as soon as I read a post ... http://gtdwannabe.com/2007/09/getting-more-out-of-google-reader-search/ As some of you may remember, I'm studying computer science. As such, I consider myself fairly intelligent when it comes to using applications found on-line. I'm not talking esoteric things like being able to suck a bit torrent through a small IRC hole or anything...more like tools that ... http://gtdwannabe.com/2007/08/google-maps-tips-for-the-rest-of-us/ So it turns out that not only do I have Bluetooth on my laptop (never turned on), but I have Bluetooth on my Palm Zire 72 as well. What does this mean? It means that it might actually be possible for me to use GooSync to sync my ... http://gtdwannabe.com/2007/03/using-bluetooth-to-sync-google-calendar-to-palm/ Last week, I posted about how I wanted to be able to sync my Google Calendar to Outlook, and then to my Palm. Well, there's more than one way to skin a cat. I'm still trying to get my Google Calendar and Outlook to talk directly, but I ... http://gtdwannabe.com/2007/03/syncing-google-calendar-and-palm/ Update 17 Mar 07: I've received a lovely, helpful email from someone at CompanionLink, offering to extend my trial of that software, and help me figure it out. He's also provided some additional information about their products. I'm out of town right now, but as soon as ... http://gtdwannabe.com/2007/03/syncing-google-calendar-and-outlook/ I have to say that LifeHacker is one of my very favourite sites to read. They often showcase the coolest things, things that make my life so much easier. One recent hack, posted about only a couple of days ago, describes the Firefox Split Browser extension. Every now and ... http://gtdwannabe.com/2007/02/firefox-split-browser/ I was reading through my lifehacker feed today when I came across an interesting post on blacklisting unwanted senders in Gmail. Very cool, although too much of a pain in the neck for me to bother with. But, the cool part was that the site that lifehacker points to, namely ... http://gtdwannabe.com/2006/08/google-operating-system-blog/ Two weeks ago, Claude emailed me and asked Could you possibly give me (maybe in a future post) an evaluation of Onfolio. I have downloaded the free offer several months ago but never installed it. I would like to know indication, contraindication, bugs if any and what you can and can't ... http://gtdwannabe.com/2006/03/my-thoughts-on-onfolio/ Remember the good old days, when if you wanted a personalized start page in your browser, you coded it from scratch? Well, at least I did. I don't know how many hours I spent tweaking HTML in order to create a 5-6 column web page, with different coloured blocks, each ... http://gtdwannabe.com/2006/03/personalized-start-portal-pages/ I was just reading a post over at Lifehacker that talked about mouse-hacking tips for use with FireFox. I already use some of the hacks, such as the mouse gestures, and I'm eager to try another one, , that automatically copies any selected text to the clipboard. That ... http://gtdwannabe.com/2006/02/mouse-hacking-lifehacker-and-katmouse/