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Use the Waterfall Project Management Method to Organize Your Life

The tools we typically use for managing personal projects have a major drawback. To-do lists and their variations (like Kanban boards) are fine to track what should be done and (maybe) who should do it. But they aren’t as good at planning out the when. This is the domain of business-oriented tools, such as the… read more »

How to Edit and Organize Your Images With the New macOS Photos

Apple’s Photos app has undergone a serious overhaul in the past few versions of macOS. The latest version has some solid editing capabilities — enough that it makes a great replacement for Picasa. If you haven’t looked at Photos in a while (and I certainly wouldn’t blame you), it’s time to get reacquainted. Adding Photos… read more »

5 Intelligent iPhone Email Apps to Sort & Organize Your Inbox

It’s a good time to say goodbye to the Apple Mail app, especially if you use a Google account. Mail.app, while a reliable client, doesn’t offer anything more than the traditional inbox experience. In this day and age, where so much of your work, personal and travel life revolves around email, that’s just not enough. Intelligent Email?… read more »

5 Apps and Tools to Organize Your Job Search

There is a palpable fear among working professionals. Artificial intelligence is getting better every day, and smart technology is making human jobs redundant. What happens when robots can do all jobs? Even if you are already employed, it’s a good idea to have a backup — organize a job search before it’s too late. You… read more »

Find Files Faster and Organize Your Mac With Finder Tags

Tags are a great way to organize data, so that you can sift through it fast when you need to zero in on a particular element. Color-coded tags are even better, and your Mac’s file manager Finder has them — those colorful little dots in the sidebar. Each default tag gets its label from its… read more »

7 Ways You Can Use Linux to Organize Your Life

Many people have taken to using smartphones to keep their lives in order, but not you! You have a system in place that you’ve perfected over years, and your laptop or desktop remains your primary means of keeping everything in order. But now you’re switching to Linux, and you want to know what’s out there…. read more »

How to Organize Your Kindle With Minimal Effort

With the great deals on Kindle books (including a huge amount of free stuff for your Kindle), it’s easy to find your ebook reader getting completely overrun with titles. Once you get a few hundred books, keeping it organized can become especially difficult. When you get into the thousands, it starts feeling impossible to find… read more »

Still Using Folders to Organize Firefox Bookmarks? Try Tags

The ability to use tags to easily search your bookmarks in Firefox has been available for a couple of years, though many people still do not take advantage of the feature. Tagging your bookmarks not only makes searching faster, but there are additional benefits to using them. Here are a few of great reasons to try… read more »

6 Ways Lego Can Organize Your Technology

In 1932, a small toy company in Billund, Denmark launched a line of plastic bricks which could be interconnected in order to build structures and shapes. It was called Lego, and it was a success that endures to this day. But don’t think of it as a children’s toy. Lego has been adopted by adults… read more »

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