Lifehacker 寿命计算工具:103种改变生命的技巧 Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day

分类: 图书,进口原版书,科学与技术 Science & Techology ,
作者: Gina Trapani 著
出 版 社: John Wiley & Sons
出版时间: 2006-12-1字数:版次: 1页数: 300印刷时间: 2006/12/01开本:印次:纸张: 胶版纸I S B N : 9780470050651包装: 平装内容简介
Redefine your personal productivity by tweaking, modding, mashing up, and repurposing Web apps, desktop software, and common everyday objects. The 88 "life hacks" -- clever shortcuts and lesser-known, faster ways to complete a task -- in this book are some of the best in Lifehacker.com's online archive. Every chapter describes an overarching lifehacker principle, then segues into several concrete applications. Each hack includes a step-by-step how-to for setting up and using the solution with cross-platform software, detailed screen shots, and sidebars with additional tips. Order your copy today and increase your productivity!
作者简介
Gina Trapani is an independent Web programmer and writer whose work has appeared in Wired magazine, The New York Times, and Time magazine. She is the founding editor of Lifehacker.com, a software and productivity Weblog she updates several times daily. A Sun Microsystem–certified Java programmer, Gina builds Web sites and Firefox extensions.
目录
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Free Up Mental RAM
Hack 1: Email Your Future Self
Hack 2: Manage a todo.txt File at the Command Line
Hack 3: Develop Your (Digital) Photographic Memory
Hack 4: Install Your Personal Wikipedia
Hack 5: Keep an Instiki Wiki Hyperlinked Notebook
Hack 6: Take Great Notes
Chapter 2 Firewall Your Attention
Hack 7: Limit Access to Time-Wasting Web Sites
Hack 8: Permanently Block Time-Wasting Web Sites
Hack 9: Reduce Email Interruptions
Hack 10: Split Your Work Among Multiple Desktops
Hack 11: Build a No-fly Zone
Hack 12: Filter Low-Priority Email Messages
Hack 13: Clear Your Desktop
Hack 14: Make Your House a Usable Home
Hack 15: Sentence Stuff to Death Row
Hack 16: Drown out Sound with Pink Noise
Hack 17: Keep Software from Stealing Focus
Chapter 3 Automate Repetitive Tasks
Hack 18: Automatically Back up Your Files
Hack 19: Automatically Defragment Your Hard Drive
Hack 20: Automatically Empty Your Digital Junk Drawer
Hack 21: Automatically Download Music, Movies, and More
Hack 22: Automatically Email Yourself File Backups
Hack 23: Automatically Reboot and Launch Applications
Hack 24: Automatically Log Your Progress in a Spreadsheet
Chapter 4 Streamline Common Tasks
Hack 25: Search the Web in Three Keystrokes
Hack 26: Quick-Launch Software Applications
Hack 27: Save Time with Text Substitution
Hack 28: Text Message Efficiently
Hack 29: Batch Resize Photos
Hack 30: Send and Receive Money on Your Cell Phone
Hack 31: Bypass Free Site Registration with BugMeNot
Hack 32: Speed up Web Pages on a Slow Internet Connection
Hack 33: Securely Save Web Site Passwords
Chapter 5 Get Your Data to Go
Hack 34: Carry Your Life on a Flash Drive
Hack 35: Run a Home Web Server
Hack 36: Remote Control Your Home Computer
Hack 37: Give Your Home Computer a Web Address
Hack 38: Search the Web from Your Phone
Hack 39: Optimize Your Laptop
Hack 40: Back up Data to Your iPod
Hack 41: Turn Your Cell Phone into a Modem
Hack 42: Use Gmail as an Internet Hard Drive
Chapter 6 Control Your Email
Hack 43: Craft Effective Messages
Hack 44: Highlight Messages Sent Directly to You
Hack 45: Use Disposable Email Addresses
Hack 46: Decrease Your Email Response Time
Hack 47: Empty Your Inbox (and Keep It Empty)
Hack 48: Master Message Search
Hack 49: Future-Proof Your Email Address
Hack 50: Script Repetitive Responses
Hack 51: Encrypt Private Email
Chapter 7 Organize Your Stuff
Hack 52: Organize My Documents
Hack 53: Instantly Retrieve Files from Your Hard Drive
Hack 54: Overhaul Your Filing Cabinet
Hack 55: Choose Secure, Memorable Passwords
Hack 56: Securely Track Your Passwords
Hack 57: Tag Your Bookmarks
Hack 58: Encrypt Your Data
Hack 59: Design Your Own Planner
Chapter 8 Kickstart Your Productivity
Hack 60: Make Your To-Do’s Doable
Hack 61: Set up a Morning Dash
Hack 62: Map Your Time
Hack 63: Quick-Log Your Work Day
Hack 64: Dash Through Tasks with a Timer
Hack 65: Control Your Workday
Hack 66: Turn Tasks into Gameplay7
Hack 67: Schedule Think Time
Chapter 9 Master the Web
Hack 68: Google Like a Pro
Hack 69: Subscribe to Web Sites with RSS
Hack 70: Quick Search Dependable Engines
Hack 71: Extend Your Web Browser
Hack 72: Get 10 Must-Have Bookmarklets
Hack 73: Get Your Data on a Map
Hack 74: Set Multiple Sites as Your Homepage
Hack 75: Access Unavailable Web Sites via Google
Hack 76: Take Your Browser Configuration with You
Hack 77: Find out About a Web Site
Hack 78: Have a Say in What Google Says About You
Hack 79: Capture Web Clippings with Google Notebook
Hack 80: Clear Your Web Browsing Tracks
Chapter 10 Tune Your Computer
Hack 81: Save Your PC from Malware
Hack 82: Clean up Your Startup
Hack 83: Undo System Configuration Changes
Hack 84: Truly Delete Data from Your Hard Drive
Hack 85: Firewall Your Computer
Hack 86: Free up Hard Drive Space
Hack 87: Resurrect Deleted Files
Hack 88: Recover Files from an Unbootable PC
Index