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Author Archives: Joe Turner
How to Use RescueTime to Improve Productivity
Lately, I’ve been a bit overwhelmed by the sheer volume of tasks I need to accomplish. In the past, I’ve tried GTD with limited success, only to create a bunch of un-prioritized lists, categorized by context. As a result, I … Continue reading
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vWorker Marketing Fail (2012 Newsletter)
Personally, I’m not a big fan of vWorker.com (formerly rentacoder.com), especially since they jacked up their rates and added the “AccuTimeCard” spy app that periodically takes snapshots of you as well as your desktop. I do have an active account, … Continue reading
Posted in Business of Software
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I Fired a Real Estate Agent Today
We started looking for homes very recently. We’re looking for an affordable starter home that we could turn into a rental. In this area, homeowners are walking away from their homes, which is not only decimating the home values, but … Continue reading
Posted in Investing, Real Estate
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Are Credit Card/Airline Miles for Suckers?
Update: American Express has removed the ability to see what purchases were made through their mall. You can no longer easily track if your bonuses will post to your Membership Rewards account. Furthermore, they are now stating that bonus points … Continue reading
Posted in Reward Points, American Express, SPG, AAdvantage, Priority Club, Delta
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Sorry, the Blog has Moved (but you’re in the right place)
If you are seeing this message, you made it. Congratulations and welcome to my new and improved blog (at least, half of it). I’ve moved my blog from my corporate web site and split the blog into two blogs: one … Continue reading
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Outlook 2010: How to View Multiple Calendars in Overlay View
Outlook is a god-awful application which is forced upon knowledge workers the world over. Worse yet, once you get familiar with all of the obscure settings and context menus in Outlook, along comes another horrendous UI redesign wherein Microsoft rearranges … Continue reading
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Inbox Zero – I finally get it now.
I’ve always had trouble effectively managing the flood of email that I receive on a daily basis. I have five primary email addresses to deal with on a daily basis and one that languishes in virtual purgatory. I normally would … Continue reading
Posted in Time Management
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Randy Pausch’s Lecture on Time Management
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch gave a lecture on Time Management at the University of Virginia in November 2007. I never caught this video the first time around. I did see Randy’s The “Last Lecture,” but never caught the time … Continue reading
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What the Hell is TravelSureRevy?
I noticed while checking out the comments to a CNN Money article a spammer has been posting comments like: Just do a GO0gle search for “TravelSureRevy” all one word and click the first site that comes up. So what is … Continue reading
Maximizing Productivity with the iPad, Part II: GTD with the iPad
In Part 1 (Maximizing Productivity with the iPad Part I: A Paperless Office), I basically stated how I’m desperately in need of a productivity makeover and that I’m building my organizational efforts around the iPad. In this posting, I’m going … Continue reading
