10 Extreme Productivity Hacks That Will Create More Time
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
By brandon93s
In order to keep a primary focus on the things we need to do in order to achieve our goals in life we must learn to spend less time on things that aren’t as important. Truth is, you probably are already quite productive. You use computers to achieve tasks that used to take much longer to achieve (just as I have used a computer to help me write this article).
Unfortunately, what computers can save you in time can be easily lost by information overload. There are numerous ways to receive information now like email, RSS, social media updates, SMS, and the list goes on. I am suggesting that you can get more done not by ignoring information, but rather by being more selective about the information that you receive and respond to. Additionally, there can also be significant time savings by learning how to more quickly navigate the programs you use to access that information.
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1. Get better search results by using operators
Search engines have become pretty good at guessing what you want based on the keywords you enter into the search bar but a productivity ninja is not satisfied with that. This link shows how you can use advanced search operators to refine your search results even further and save the time wasted looking through irrelevent results.
Get better search results by using operators
2. Save your searches to refine them even more
Many search engines allow you to create an RSS feed from the search results retrieved from your query. Once the search is in your RSS feed you have saved the trouble of entering the refined search everytime you want to look something up. This link shows you how to use Google Alerts to do just that.
Save your searches to refine them even more
3. Skip the search engine all together
If you are like me you probably have hundreds of bookmarks that you have amassed from years of web browsing. Why not search these for pertinent information about a project you may be working on? Web browsers like Opera offer full bookmark search including text…..
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