Productivity

May 26, 2016

Here's one of my favorite little productivity tricks! Did you know you can create a bookmark that immediately creates a new Google document, spreadsheet, or…

December 29, 2015

Hi all! As the year 2015 draws to a close, I decided to look back at the last year to see what tools and tech I still use on a daily basis to continue my happy…

August 18, 2015

BitTorrent Sync Mobile Update: Create, Edit and Share | Official BitTorrent Sync Blog YES!! One my of favorite tools just got even better. BitTorrent Sync…

July 15, 2015

Incredibly useful tip! Link: How to Get the Password of WiFi Network You Are Connected To

July 15, 2015

Link: http://bit.ly/1I2YdkH Very cool! New sharing permissions limits for files in Google Drive, finally offering the ability to prevent people from…

February 20, 2015

Great guide! I *love* BitTorrent Sync. How (and Why) to Ditch Dropbox and Sync Files with BitTorrent Sync Dropbox (and similar cloud services) are awesome, but…

February 10, 2015

5 Tools to Extract Images From PDF Files. Handy! The last in the list is a desktop app if your PDFs are under NDA. If you have a PDF file full of images, you…

February 5, 2015

This is quite useful! "Dropbox's web client is now smart enough to open files directly in their native apps" Dropbox hasn't radically changed its core product…

January 28, 2015

Quick Google Sheets tip -- add this bookmark to your bookmarks bar to create a new spreadsheet with one click: http://bit.ly/1yyZnuW Link to full article.

January 19, 2015

Productivity geeks! Do you use an app launcher? Here's an excellent overview of more awesome ways you can use them: Do you still launch applications by…

January 16, 2015

Handy tool! Automatically convert files in a folder to PDF. Behold HotFolder: HotFolder is a free program that you can use to monitor folders on your system to…

November 26, 2014

BitTorrent Sync is one of the very best tools I use for syncing all my data to all my devices, as well as syncing files with all my outsourcing partners across…

November 21, 2014

Wizard magic! "Moleskine Smart Notebook Turns Your Sketches Into Adobe-Friendly Vector Files" Digital tools may one day replace traditional creative media…

November 21, 2014

Hi everybody! The Tools and Tech of the Globetrotting Freelancer talk that I gave this year at the External Development Summit 2014 in Vancouver is finally…

November 21, 2014

Check this out! BitTorrent Sync is one of my favorite tools. Lots of great stuff here. What To Expect Next From Sync A year and a half ago, BitTorrent Sync…

November 20, 2014

Great freelancer app tips from MakeUseOf! "How Apps Can Help Any Freelancer Or Small Business Owner Be Productive" If you're running your own small business or…

November 11, 2014

If you work with PDFs, check out PDF Shaper! This sounds super cool. You can extract text or images from a PDF, rotate pages, sign them, convert the PDF to a…

November 10, 2014

Here's a handy Gmail filter to auto-filter Twitter messages into nested folders. Thanks, Robert Headley! http://buff.ly/1xdOfFh Gmail filter to automatically…

November 10, 2014

This is awesome! You can now launch desktop applications from Google Drive in Chrome, like PSDs into Photoshop. :) http://buff.ly/1wxLZdJ Link to full article.

November 5, 2014

Any.Do is already my favorite to-do list. This is GREAT. Any.Do updates its to-do app with new sharing features: http://buff.ly/1sSfdOi There's a revamped…

November 4, 2014

Microsoft Office and Dropbox announce partnership. Dropbox can now edit Office files. Wow, very smart move for both! http://buff.ly/1xY3eTG Dropbox lets you…

October 21, 2014

Excellent tips for a great app! "11 Tips For Using Team Viewer – The Best Free Remote Desktop Connection Manager" http://buff.ly/1s3gAt2 Once upon a time…

October 16, 2014

This is extremely cool! Can't wait to play with these. "IFTTT's New Twitter Triggers Automate Monitoring Twitter" http://buff.ly/1zdVeTJ If This Then That…

October 3, 2014

Interesting! This could either be relatively helpful, or horribly annoying. That being said, though, how many Evernote users here actually write content…

September 29, 2014

Interesting enterprise-focused secure chat app. "Microsoft legend Ray Ozzie wants to kill the conference call" http://bit.ly/1uCKDLc We haven’t heard from Ray…

September 29, 2014

I have a soft spot for clever to-do list apps, and Moo.Do's approach looks interesting. It's basically taking the concept of tagging and hashtags with simple…

August 29, 2014

I like the idea of using hashtags for organization. "Most of us use Gmail as our main email service, but it's so much more. Gmail can act as your to-do list…

August 27, 2013

Art management time! Has anyone created a wall grid full of printed art assets for basic tracking and visualization? How did you do it and what did you track?…

January 1, 2012

Just ran across an awesome new tool: Dropbox Automator! This is a pretty wild one. Essentially, you can create rules (or "automations") for Dropbox via this…

December 12, 2011

Hi, guys! I've been spending the last few months really digging into the most efficient ways to manage my business from wherever I happen to be while having…

August 20, 2011

Hi everybody! I spoke at the IGDA Microtalks a couple months ago on the subject of job-getting, being noticed and generally how to market yourself better as an…

June 27, 2011

Hello, all! Here's article for artists seeking employment, contract or full-time. It focuses on using basic marketing techniques to stand out in the crowd…

June 23, 2011

Introduction to the series Here's the first of a multi-part series on how simple and realistic it is to start transitioning into cloud-based computing. I tend…

May 15, 2011

I'd like to introduce my readers to a wonderful tool I was introduced to some time back -- VisiPics! Ever wanted to clear out your reference folder of…

February 17, 2010

Hi guys! I'm coming out of a post-Germany haze of sickness to link you to some handy tweaks for Google Calendar. I'm a total nut for Google Calendar and…

January 11, 2008

One of my favorite and most-used apps that I might not have talked about before is PathCopy . It copies a filename with full path info to the clipboard…

June 26, 2007

A good chunk of the articles I write are inspired by people that ask me specific questions about stuff I do on a daily basis. Then I realize my answer to them…

May 11, 2007

I found something awesome on LifeHacker a moment ago that smArtists may appreciate. It's called The Freelancer's Toolset . It's a list of 100 web applications…

May 9, 2007

I'm dealing with contractors that are rigging models now, and I was thinking, what would be the best way to illustrate the problems I find? "Just look at the…

April 26, 2007

I've been doing a lot of thinking and a fair amount of work lately building perfect modular kits for my contractors so they can get started quicker and have to…

March 24, 2007

I've been looking for ways to improve my PC workflow, and I touched on that in an earlier Productivity Tip . One of my readers suggested that I use Launchy …

March 24, 2007

I've long been frustrated at Windows' tendency to suck. If some random part of Windows suddenly freezes, EVERY part of Windows is frozen. Sometimes I can't…

March 22, 2007

I have accounts with all four major instant messenger protocols. Because I hate each one of their native programs, I use a single program that can log into…

February 9, 2007

I've noticed in the past that when I send back a list of requested changes to my contractors, if there's more than one change, sometimes they'll forget one or…

January 31, 2007

The project I'm on is a small-scale MMORPG. As is typical in this type of game, your character is always on the hunt for newer, better pieces of armor. That…

January 19, 2007

Here's a peek into what I do day to day and the things I'm learning, from broad concepts to specific ideas. I don't know how informative it'll be, but I'd like…

January 11, 2007

During the course of my day, I access many, many different directories at the same time. I hate having to navigate to them manually through Windows Explorer…

November 23, 2006

One of my core beliefs is that if you do something enough, you can make it a habit. Usually people think of bad habits like eating bad food, or smoking, or…

November 19, 2006

Recently I started curbing my impulse buying by stopping just short of purchasing it, look at how much I would have spent, then go spend twice that amount…

November 7, 2006

One of the things I've found to be the biggest hindrance of concentration and productivity at work is distracting stuff in my field of view. It could be a lot…

October 27, 2006

You know the Quicklaunch bar next to your start menu on the taskbar? Remove your browser icon from that. The easier you make your browser to access, the more…

September 13, 2006

I had the idea yesterday of helping myself to focus by writing down exactly what I'm going to do next on a post-it note and put it on the bottom of my monitor…

August 25, 2006

Ever wonder where all your time goes? You get home from work, then practically before you know it, it's bedtime. Where did all that time go? You sure didn't…

August 17, 2006

Apologies for the lack of posts lately! Been very busy at work and spending lots of time out enjoying life and having friends. Work so far at NCsoft is…

June 15, 2006

Here's a fun little life strategy: Make friends everywhere you go. Since I've been interviewing, setting up the move and calling dozens of people asking all…

June 12, 2006

Earlier today on a web forum I frequent, someone asked other people what they do to be more efficient at work. I gave him a short list of what I do: For me…

March 3, 2006

Ah, it's been a great few weeks. Daxter is gold and will be in stores in less than three weeks, and I'm getting my life back on track. I was in the mood to…

October 4, 2005

I had an interesting realization at work yesterday, one that applies to a lot of things. At Ready At Dawn we're all kept very, very busy and we're all given a…

September 1, 2005

Hot on the heels of my Smart people are dumb, failure is awesome post is a followup! I can only imagine how anxious the edges of your seats are for you to stop…

August 24, 2005

Been thinking about this lately and felt like committing it to paper... so to speak. Smart people are dumb. Failure is awesome. Let me explain. I've given a…

September 26, 2004

Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is time management. I had to learn how to manage mine carefully when I was looking for a new job. Liquid…