One problem that most computer users face is the distraction of the internet which leads to procrastination of real work. It is extremely important for us to manage our time when our lives are centered around the Internet, and this can be done using a good ToDo application.
ToDo applications can be used to list our tasks and complete them on time. However, the ToDo application that we select should good enough in the way it functions, so that we follow it and don’t treat it as just another software to note down things that we were “supposed to do.” I have selected Wunderlist as my ToDo application after some research.
Let us take a look at Wunderlist and see why it beats all other apps in its category.
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Computers give us plenty of space and processing power, so many of us feel the need to keep installing new software and applications each day because we can. The installation of all these programs is great, but it does make managing all of them more difficult. Whenever we wish to use them, we must navigate to the specific app’s location. Creating shortcut links helps, but too many of those is annoying.
Tools like Multibar help you easily search through the applications. Again, there are ways to add them to the context menu or manage them as groups. In this article, we will talk about a tool, Quick Pop Menu, which helps you manage shortcuts and organize app links to easily launch them.
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People who need to work on computers day and night always come across the need to copy folder and file locations, so they can be used by some other application or tool. What you need to copy depends on what you intend to use the path for. Some things require an absolute path while others need a relative one. Again, directory separation could call for forward or backward slashes. The list can actually go on.
Now, if you have been copying and editing the paths to files and folders just to use them, you must have been wasting a lot of time. Path Copy Copy, comes as a great tool that lets us accomplish all this with a single click. Let us look into the details.
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If you’ve followed prominent tweeters out there, you might have noticed some have an automatic reply with a thank you and a link to their blog. It’s a good way to promote your blog to new followers, and it adds a nice touch to things.
In my first post for LostInTechnology, I thought it would a be a good how-to for tweeters out there who wished to do the same.
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There are so many apps to run on the iPhone that here at LostInTechnology we try to keep giving you great lists to keep track of them all.
These four apps represent the cream of the flashlight category. As always with such a list, some worthy candidates will be left out. That is the risk of running a top 4 list. If you feel that we left out any apps, let us know in the comments section.
Keep in mind that when you run some of these apps for a long time, your battery life will be reduced much faster. Thus forewarned, let’s go dancing in the light.
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Use Windows 7 Side-by-Side and Peek to Optimize MS Word Docs
Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by Damian Davila.
Windows 7 has many features that ultimately make any person’s business or student life easier. If you have ever tried toggling two open windows at the same time and had difficulty going back and forth, then Windows 7 Snap feature will help tremendously.
The Snap feature allows you to view open windows side-by-side. Another feature to know of is the Peek feature, which allows you to make open windows transparent so that you have easier access to icons located on your desktop.
When working with Microsoft Word documents, these features can help optimize your speed and performance.
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People often create bookmarks to get back to their previous browsing sessions or their favorite websites. However, managing them is always a big hurdle, because you just keep adding to them, and they aren’t always added in the same place or browser. This makes us need some type of common platform to manage all bookmarks with ease.
We have found an application, Fav-Links, to help you cope with all the links and bookmarks right from the app on your desktop. Let us have a detailed look into it.
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People are always on the look out for something that will help them perform their tasks or errands just a little bit faster. This is especially true when we are all sitting on a computer. There are scripts, shortcuts, apps and processes to help us move things as fast as possible on our computer.
In this context, I wish to share through this article, a handy tool that will let you make full use of the right click context menu. Ultimate Windows Context Menu Customizer lets you bring anything you want to the right click menu. Let’s take a look at how to use this software to add in these right click menu features.
