Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day

A pretty fun read in the Productivity Porn genre.

I really like the todo.txt idea. I tried it out using Amazon's S3, but found that the webdav mounted S3 share would freak out. So, I wrote my own (heavier duty, but more customizable) todo.txt command line script that talks to a webapp.

I found much of the advice to be windows and mac-centric. This is a bummer since I'm a Linux guy.

This is a great book. I came away with so many ideas on how to be more productive. Most of the tricks discussed are cross-platform which means you are shown how to use it in Windows and on the Mac.

Below are some of the hacks that have helped me:

* Hack 18: Automatically backup your files
* Hack 29: Batch resize photos
* Hack 34: Carry your life on a flash drive
* Hack 42: Use GMail as an Internet hard drive
* Hack 52: Organize My Documents
* Hack 61: Setup a morning dash
* Hack 71: Extend your web browser
* Hack 72: Get 10 must have bookmarklets

This book is also a perfect companion to the Lifehacker website. It will stay on my shelf for a long time to come.

Nothing special. Could occasionally come in handy as reference when you're offline, but really, the website (lifehacker.com) covers this stuff; certainly don't need to the buy the book.

A great introduction to life hacking or bending the power of the internet and your computer to your productive will. Check out lifehacker.com for further reasons to dip into this book.