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Last edited on 2011-07-16 11:14:19 by LigiuUiorean
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- DO **NOT** use Internet Explorer. Simply don't. It's broken. I'm currently using Chrome, recently switched from Firefox, not fully convinced. Update: Switched back to Firefox with [[http://dactyl.sourceforge.net/pentadactyl/ Pentadacty]]. Just brilliant.
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- DO **NOT** use Internet Explorer. Simply don't. It's broken. I'm currently using Chrome, recently switched from Firefox, not fully convinced.

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Edited on 2011-07-16 11:12:06 by LigiuUiorean
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- Two LARGE monitors. I would probably use 3 but I need space to see people that come to my desk.
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- Two LARGE monitors. I would probably use 3 but I need space to talk to see people that come to my desk.

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Edited on 2010-09-18 23:02:00 by LigiuUiorean
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In my office life I spend most of the time around computers doing management/office work, design review, planning, etc. I currently use the following tools to be more productive:
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In my office life I spend most of the time around computers during management/office work, design review, planning, etc. I currently use the following tools to be more productive:

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Edited on 2010-09-08 02:40:57 by LigiuUiorean
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- [[http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon]]. Good but not perfect. Putting a task bar on the second monitor is a plus and moving windows between monitors by key shortcut is also good. Tiling would be a bonus? Gets confused when hibernating with two monitors and dehibernating with a single one. Fortunately you can bring windows back from the ghost monitor using key shortcuts.
- Autohide task bar. The small strip at the bottom can autohide (standard windows feature) and you free up quite a bit of screen real estate. Does not always work as advertised, refuses to appear or disappear after severe state changes (laptop undock, dehibernate, etc)
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- [[http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon]]. Good but not perfect. Putting a task bar on the second monitor is a plus and moving windows between monitors by key shortcut is also good. Tiling would be a bonus?
- Autohide task bar. The small strip at the bottom can autohide (standard windows feature) and you free up quite a bit of screen real estate.
- Use [[http://desktop.google.com/ Google Desktop]] for all your desktop search needs. No matter how good of an email organizing system you have some emails will be misplaced. This is where Google desktop shines and it index .pst too.

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Edited on 2010-09-07 23:30:50 by LigiuUiorean
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- Use [[http://desktop.google.com/ Google Desktop]] for all your desktop search needs. No matter how good of an email organizing system you have some emails will be misplaced. This is where Google desktop shines and it index .pst too.

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Edited on 2010-09-07 17:08:15 by LigiuUiorean
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=====Tools for Computer Productivity =====
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=====Tools for Computer productivity =====

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Edited on 2010-09-07 16:33:31 by LigiuUiorean
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In my office life I spend most of the time around computers during management/office work, design review, planning, etc. I currently use the following tools to be more productive:
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In my office life I spend mos of the time around computers during management/office work, design review, planning, etc. I currently use the following tools to be more productive:

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Edited on 2010-09-07 16:31:21 by LigiuUiorean
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- Hibernate, don't shut down. I lug a corporate laptop around. Windows is painfully slow to boot. Hibernation works well and is a lot faster. I usually reboot once in a week or two.

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Edited on 2010-09-07 16:28:10 by LigiuUiorean
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- [[http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon]]. Good but not perfect. Putting a task bar on the second monitor is a plus and moving windows between monitors by key shortcut is also good. Tiling would be a bonus?
- Do **NOT** use a bad antivirus or don't use one at all. Using a heavy antivirus kills your productivity. On my home machine I have been surviving for years without an antivirus
- DO **NOT** use Internet Explorer. Simply don't. It's broken. I'm currently using Chrome, recently switched from Firefox, not fully convinced.
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- [[http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ UltraMon]]. Good bunt not perfect. Putting a task bar on the second monitor is a plus and moving windows between monitors by key shortcut is also good. Tiling would be a bonus?
- Don't use a bad antivirus or don't use one at all. Using a heavy antivirus kills your productivity. On my home machine I have been surviving for years without an antivirus

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Edited on 2010-09-07 16:23:46 by LigiuUiorean
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===Desktop tools===
===Web tools===
- Use [[http://www.instapaper.com/ Instapaper]] to save stuff for later reading
- Use [[http://toread.cc/ to read]] bookmarklet to email stuff to you. If i see something that I need to read quickly, I email it to myself in a single click and read it on the way to the next meeting.
===Other related tools===
- Get an [[OnyxBookAnnotations Ebook reader]]. You will read more and you can read stuff saved in Instapaper. Less time at the monitor.

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Edited on 2010-09-07 16:17:32 by LigiuUiorean
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- [[http://www.tcbmi.com/strokeit/ Mouse Gestures]] It's second nature to me to use mouse gestures especially for back/forward and closing windows.
- [[http://www.fineprint.com/ FinePrint]]. Allows you to see what you are printing, delete pages from the print-out, add gutters for binding and print two pages per sheet, double sided, my favorite for printing documentation. Saves a lot of paper! My current ratio is 69% of paper saved!
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- [[http://www.fineprint.com/ FinePrint]]. Allows you to see what you are printing, delete pages from the print-out, add gutters for binding and print two pages per sheet, double sided, my favorite for printing documentation.

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Edited on 2010-09-07 16:14:24 by LigiuUiorean
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[[CategoryProductivity]]
[[CategoryIT]]
[[CateogryCommentsRequested]]
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[[CateogryProductivity]]

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Edited on 2010-09-07 16:13:36 by LigiuUiorean
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- Autohide task bar. The small strip at the bottom can autohide (standard windows feature) and you free up quite a bit of screen real estate.

=====Suggestions=====
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[[CateogryProductivity]]

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Edited on 2010-09-07 16:10:27 by LigiuUiorean
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- [[http://www.winsplit-revolution.com/ Winsplit]] sounds like a solution for tiling, currently under testing.

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Edited on 2010-09-07 16:06:41 by LigiuUiorean
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- A virtual machine. Allows you to run multiple OSes in multiple ways. Ideally have a [[http://www.citrix.com/xenserver XenServer]] somewhere to run them for you. This is especially nice if you are dealing with legacy systems, the virtualization layer saves you from a lot of compatibility issues.
- [[http://www.fineprint.com/ FinePrint]]. Allows you to see what you are printing, delete pages from the print-out, add gutters for binding and print two pages per sheet, double sided, my favorite for printing documentation.

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Edited on 2010-09-07 16:03:05 by LigiuUiorean
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- [[http://bluemars.org/clipx/ ClipX]] for having multiple items handy in copy-paste. It's simply how a clipboard should work in the first place.
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- [[http://bluemars.org/clipx/ ClipX] for having multiple items handy in copy-paste. It's simply how a clipboard should work in the first place.

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