Five tips for using social media productively

One question (and complaint) that I hear from people who aren’t active using social media online (or who limit themselves to one or two sites) is “Where do you find the time for all that?” That’s a fair question. Being online does take up time, and sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, the millions of [...]

Eight tips to fine-tune your online life

Here are a few tips that I’ve found useful for living online. Get more out of your web surfing Use delicious or a similar utility for your bookmarks. Then you have them available to you at any computer – with the power of tagging. Use delicious to tag what you intend to do with a [...]

How to use Circa for tracking tasks

In my review yesterday of Circa notebooks, I promised I would explain how I use a Circa notebook to keep track of all of my projects and tasks. This approach works for me, and if you’re struggling to keep track of a lot of tasks, projects and information, you might want to give this a [...]

Review: Circa notebooks from Levenger

For the past few weeks I’ve been using Circa notebooks from Levenger on a daily basis as a planning tool. I’m going to share my experience with these so far and tell you what I think about the product. What’s Circa First, it’s worth explaining what Circa notebooks are. The Circa system uses plastic disks [...]

Don't let a good idea slip away

Where do you keep your ideas? You know, the ideas that pop into your head while showering, the notions that wake you up in the middle of the night, the inspiration that comes out of nowhere when you’re stuck in a traffic jam or a dull meeting. You do keep those ideas someplace, right? No? [...]

Nine exercises to stretch and strengthen your writing muscles

In the quest to become a better writer, practice is important. Have you already written your first million words? Start on the second million — keep practicing. There’s lots of value in trying different writing styles, techniques and forms. While you may not stick with some of those experiments, just spending some time struggling with [...]