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[7 Apr 2009 | No Comment | 218 views]
Make Calls for Free on Your iPhone and iPod Touch

It is now possible to use Skype from your iPhone or iPod Touch, thanks to a new application that was just released. This would allow iPhone users to be able to talk free to other Skype users, or get unlimited phone calls to landlines or mobiles for just $5.95 a month. The drawback is that it will only work if you have access to WiFi, 3G, GPRS or Edge.
I am surprised that AT&T and Apple would allow this because it could allow iPhone users, many who have been required to …

Featured, Productivity »

[5 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 658 views]
Minimize Your Email Time With AwayFind

Many executives spend more than their share of time checking and answering emails. We often feel obligated to answer emails promptly when we receive them. AwayFind is a brilliant tool that can potentially save you hours of time per day on your email.
How it works is simple. When someone sends you a message they receive an auto-responder message informing them that you only check email a couple times a day, but if it is an urgent matter they can click on a link to fill out a webform. People with …

Economy, Finance, Headline »

[5 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 623 views]
Berkeley Economist Predict Housing Prices Will Continue to Fall in 09

If prominent housing economist Ken Rosen of Berkeley is right in his prediction, the US housing values will lose another 6-7% in 2009. Housing prices nationwide fell 11.1% in 2008 (BusinessWeek).
According to BusinessWeek:
Rosen, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, told the Associated Press that the decline in housing prices is only about three-quarters complete, and the cumulative slump could reach 24% this year. To offset such a plunge, Rosen is proposing a foreclosure moratorium to help stabilize the economy. He said as many as 8 million homes …

Featured, Productivity »

[4 Feb 2009 | One Comment | 1,110 views]
Virtual Assistants Save Executives Time and Money

A smart way to get more things done is to delegate lower level tasks. That’s where a virtual assistant can be a tremendous asset. Written about in books such as The World is Flat and The 4 Hour Work Week, a remote virtual assistant from firms like Brickwork will take care of numerous time consuming tasks that can free up your time to do things that are more important to you. From a business approach, virtual assistants can do data entry, sales support, calendar management, and other administrative tasks. But …

Headline, Productivity »

[3 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 485 views]
The 7 Principals of Time Management

by Marc Evers
This post is about the principles of time management that underlie the book Do It Tomorrow by Mark Forster:
Have a clear vision
Have a clear vision of your goals, of the things you want to do and the things you don’t want to do. A clear vision directs your priorities. Setting priorities is only meaningful between projects, not between tasks that have to be done anyway (’project’ is loosely defined here as an activity that leads to some desired result and that cannot be finished in one go).
Your vision …