Dropbox is a magnificent service to use if you need share a collection of documents, images or any other file type out there with another person or a group of people. While I have been using Carbonite for some time as my personal off-site backup solution – I didn’t really have a way to share big files with other people. Carbonite fixed that problem for me because it really allows you to simply share anything you need to pass along.
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Really Simple File Sharing with Dropbox
Old School Social Network Marketing
Making the right connections in business is a big part of the marketing game. You don’t need to have a multi-million dollar advertising campaign. You don’t even have to get a $2 advertising campaign going. One of the best marketing techniques out there is to simple stick your foot in the door. Make friends with people in businesses that can help you succeed.
Hide Selected Windows With Clicky Gone
Clicky Gone is a great program to use if you need to hide your selected windows from public view. The idea here is to no longer close applications that are taking up too much space in the Windows task bar. Instead, let Clicky Gone hide them for you.
Split Your Desktop into Virtual Work Areas
Short of taking a chainsaw to your monitor, all Evil Dead like, there aren’t a lot of good ways to split it up into multiple regions to make working an organized experience. Thanks to Ryan over at Cybernetnews.com I can put my chainsaw away, and get to using MaxTo. MaxTo will help you split your current monitor into virtual regions, that can serve as a constraint when maximizing windows.
Once you install it, the setup is pretty easy to understand. You just setup how you want you desktop to be split, hit the OK button and it is done. If you find yourself overwhelmed by having too many programs or windows floating around your desktop – give MaxTo a shot. Previously I had been doing this same type of desktop reorganization on my own, but MaxTo does it for me – and in turn saves me a lot of tweaking time.
2 Articles in Newest Ping! Zine
This is a ‘bit of a good surprise (well it was for me at least). Just found out that the latest edition of Ping! Zine should be in your mail boxes soon and I’ll have two featured articles inside. Be sure to look out for The Web Hoster’s Tool Belt and Firefox for Webmasters while reading this month’s edition. If you don’t have a subscription, you can always pick up the free digital version over at pingzine.com.
Unique Collaboration Tools
We might not all work best in groups, but there is no doubt that a group can sometimes come up with more unique ideas and it does help to have somebody or something to bounce your ideas and work off of. Here are some unique tools for working together with others.
WebCanvas – This is a tool that will give you an infinite canvas to paint, draw or sketch out your ideas to others.
ReviewBasics - The catch phrase is "content review made easy". You upload your work, invite people to review and you can watch you feedback come rolling in.
(xy)write it! – With this you can create, share and export documents for free. It provides a simple way to share and collaborate on a document no matter your location on the globe.
Hopefully with these three you will at least have a new way to work on that project you have in mind or get your next big whatever your working on done. The Web makes it easy to use the power of many to get a single task done…
so why not take advantage of it?
Is Your Desktop Naked?
Well, mine is. Working with an empty desktop can make managing your work a lot easier. For me, all the folders and paths I need are right inside of the start menu. From there I can get to my documents, music, photos and more.
With a clean desktop I have more room to work. Now for designers you could see this coming in handy because they would have plenty of place to work on multiple images, files and folders and have them all saved to the desktop.
With my podcast – I do much of the same. I keep all the different segments I have recorded save temporarily to to desktop so that way I have them handy when I need them. That way when I finish my job or project I can just hit Ctrl + A then move them over to a new folder if I need to keep them or hit delete if I want to toss them away.
How about you? How naked is your desktop or have you tried it with a naked desktop? For me it is one of my easy productivity techniques that keep me sane.
Mitch Does Dual Screen (Productivity Tip)
Decided to hook my old monitor up next to my new one, since my new PC can handle both. At first it was a little odd but I do have to say I feel more productive at least.
It makes it much easier to check e-mail, browse the Web and work on an article all at the same time. Of course right now I am still amused by moving windows from screen to screen but I am sure that will pass with time.
Mitch Makes it into Ping! Zine
Ping! Zine’s newest edition is out in PDF (paperback should be coming to your mailbox in a few weeks) and you might be surprised to see who made it back into the magazine. This is my first time in a while to write up something for the magazine (mainly due to time issues) but starting next year one of my resolutions is to do my best to make more time for it.
One thing that never has gotten old yet is seeing my name in it. I really hope that doesn’t sound egotistical but I remember just being a fan of the publication and loving it – so actually being a part of the fun, it still gets me excited and hyped up. Continue Reading →
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Does a Degree Make You a Qualified Worker?
How important is it to have a degree in something? Better yet, when it comes to a degree-less person and a person with a degree fighting for the same spot, who should come out on top? There are definitely winning arguments on both sides, but I think more aspects should come into play.
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