Archive for July 6th, 2010

Ways To Combat Stress When Looking For A Job

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

by Dr. Katie Shepard
With the slowed economy, looking for a job is often a full time job. Furthermore, a recent article in Psychology Today (entitled Conducting a Rational Job Search) highlighted that finding a job is a very stressful process.  The stress involved in this process often leads to task-avoidance.  Oftentimes, the stress involved in [...]

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5 Tips to Help Balance Your Work/Home Life

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

by Matthew C. Keegan
Are you feeling stressed? That doesn’t come as a surprise given that the economy is still in the doldrums and businesses are trying to do more with less. Bloomberg reports that productivity levels in the United States remain quite high, but all of that is coming at a price: people are finding it [...]

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iPhone 101: Quitting apps in iOS 4

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

by Erica Sadun
iOS 4 makes it easy to leave apps without quitting, but what happens when you actually do want to terminate an application? Quitting applications can really help with older apps that have not been updated for iOS 4 “multitasking” and that do not properly return to the state they previously were in when [...]

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OmniFocus for iPad – Still Waiting

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

I am a big fan of OmniFocus for getting things done.
You see, I think that the human brain has a finite capacity – and mine is quite undeniably full. To the point where I cannot be called upon to remember even one more thing. (ask my friend – who’s dinner party completely escaped my mind [...]

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GTD is about method not tools

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

by Scot Newbury
“So, what program do you use to manage your to-do list?”
[For those that aren't aware of GTD, or Getting Things Done, check out What is GTD?]
It’s a question I often get and quite frankly, in my humble opinion, it is the wrong question to ask, a better question would be:
“How do you manage your [...]

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