Technology & Social Media

Wonder why you don’t see updates from some friends in your Facebook feed? You can easily change a setting and fix this. Here’s how. How To See Updates From All Your Facebook Friends Go to your Home page in Facebook. Click the blue down arrow shown by the green arrow in the image at left. This will reveal a drop-down menu. Click [Edit Options…], shown by the red arrow in [...]

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Are you always looking for time-management tricks as a way to get more done each day? You can also increase your productivity by improving your focus, so that you get more done and more effectively, with whatever time you have available. One way to become more focused as you work is to pull up the drawbridge – my metaphor for cutting off distractions, online and offline. And an important part [...]

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Following yesterday’s How To Organize Your Friends on The New Facebook post, I received a bunch of questions asking how to limit your posts to a Friend List. Here’s the low-down: How to Post Only to the Friends in a List From your Wall page, click the down-arrow beside the little lock next to the [Share] button.  Click [Customize] (see the red arrow above). –> A ‘Custom Privacy’ dialog box [...]

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  Please note: This post is an updated version of How To Organize Your Facebook Friends. See also How To Organize Your Friends on The New Facebook – Part 2: How to Post Only to the Friends in a List. I love being able to filter my Facebook news feed – for instance, so I can see only my personal, business or Sydney friends. Here’s how you can create your [...]

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Here’s something you can do to get better organized – and it’ll take you just 5 minutes!
Create an x-Delete Email Folder

Create a new folder in your email program.
Name it x-Delete – the ‘x’ moves the folder to the bottom of your folder list.

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Want to spend less time on emails but wary of sounding rude if you’re too brief?
Here’s the answer.

Write all your emails and replies in bullet points.
Add a note to your signature file to say you’re using bullet points to boost productivity.

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Note: Please see the updated version of this post, reflecting recent Facebook changes. ——– Last week I tweeted about how good it felt to finally get my Facebook friends into lists, and to be able to view my news feed by these lists. For instance, if I just want to see what my business, gym or Sydney friends are up to, I can do that. A bunch of people asked [...]

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  Remember when it used to be fun to receive new email? These days the inbox is more a pain than a pleasure for most people. If you’d like to reclaim a sense of control over your cyber-intray, just follow the 4 email-management steps in this mission. Remember: you only need 30 minutes for the basic mission. Extended Options are below. If you’re new, you might like to start here [...]

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There’s a report this week about a depressed woman losing her health benefits because of some happy snaps on Facebook. There are many similar stories, including an MI6 chief’s blown cover and a sickie faker busted by Facebook. How do you avoid this kind of conflict? There are two main ways. 1. Censor your online life This is harder than you might think. You need to individually vet every status [...]

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Your iPod, CD player or car stereo is a veritable vault of education, motivation, fun, and relaxation.

All it takes is a little organization to liberate the goodies. You’ll upgrade your knowledge, make better use of your time and improve your mood.

Here’s how…
Organize Your Music

They say that music is food for the soul. Well, how about a little lyrical nourishment?

Decide on the kind of music you want to listen to. Choices could include:

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Every day I post useful links from top sources for happiness, productivity and personal organization to my Facebook Page. Here’s a round-up of recent links on Technology & Social Media: Top 10 Tricks for Making Your Playlists Rock Source: www.lifehacker.com “If music is part of your everyday work routine, workout, or commute, stuffing your player full of tunes and hitting shuffle just won’t cut it. Scan these 10 tips for [...]

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Living an organized life is a lot easier when you have systems and tools that are themselves well ordered. So in this Get Organized Mission we’re going to tackle that modern repository of information and entertainment – the computer. Our organizing process will make it easy to know where to save your files, give you confidence to find stuff when you need it, and create a lovely sense of order [...]

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I’m going to make 12 fresh starts in 12 life areas over the next 12 days. I don’t expect to succeed at everything, but I want to give a bunch of things a try. Join me! Day 1: Personal Development My Day 1 Fresh Start was to raise my weights in Body Pump class for biceps and shoulders. Report: ✔ Raised weights on days I’ve had Pump class. My form [...]

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Can’t for the life of you remember important dates? Always in trouble for having no gift/card/ excuse on that special day? If you’re an Outlook user, this Get Organized Quick Tip will give you peace of mind – as well as getting you out of the doghouse and into the good books. Getting Organized Quick Tip #6: How To Never Forget a Birthday or Anniversary In a previous Get Organized [...]

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Do you keep a constant pace when you exercise? Or do you prefer to intersperse power bursts with recovery phases? Whether you like to walk, run, jog, or row, you can introduce a simple version of interval training to your exercise routine. You don’t need to bother with complicated timings and stopwatches for this basic version. Simply follow the steps to create a playlist that does the work for you, [...]

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