25 clever ideas to make life easier. Via: amy-newnostalgia.blogspot.com Why didn’t I think of that?!
We guarantee you’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems … some you never knew you had! (Above: hull strawberries easily using a straw). Via: apartmenttherapy.com Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes.
Via: unplggd.com Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40 (also works on walls). Via: athomewithrealfood.blogspot.com Stop cut apples browning in your child’s lunch box by securing with a rubber band. Via: marthastewart.com Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bedlinen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match. Via: realsimple.com Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone / iPod in a bowl – the concave shape amplifies the music. Via: savvyhousekeeping.com Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags.
How to Write an A+ Research Paper. This Chapter outlines the logical steps to writing a good research paper. To achieve supreme excellence or perfection in anything you do, you need more than just the knowledge. Like the Olympic athlete aiming for the gold medal, you must have a positive attitude and the belief that you have the ability to achieve it. That is the real start to writing an A+ research paper. Choose a topic which interests and challenges you. Your attitude towards the topic may well determine the amount of effort and enthusiasm you put into your research. Focus on a limited aspect, e.g. narrow it down from "Religion" to "World Religion" to "Buddhism".
Select a subject you can manage. Surf the Net. For general or background information, check out useful URLs, general information online, almanacs or encyclopedias online such as Britannica. Pay attention to domain name extensions, e.g., .edu (educational institution), .gov (government), or .org (non-profit organization). Read and evaluate. Example of an outline: 10 Laws of Productivity. You might think that creatives as diverse as Internet entrepreneur Jack Dorsey, industrial design firm Studio 7.5, and bestselling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami would have little in common.
In fact, the tenets that guide how they – and exceptionally productive creatives across the board – make ideas happen are incredibly similar. Here are 10 laws of productivity we’ve consistently observed among serial idea executors: 1. Break the seal of hesitation. A bias toward action is the most common trait we’ve found across the hundreds of creative professionals and entrepreneurs we’ve interviewed.
7 Online Project Management Tools to Keep You Organized. March 28, 2012 At some point, your to-do list and spreadsheet will grow beyond simple task management into a full blown, large scale project.
Perhaps it does that every single day and you have been searching for a more robust way to manage the details. These seven online project management tools may help. 1. Smartsheet Smartsheet is a service I’ve used on a number of client projects and have always been impressed. 2. Do is a social productivity tool—it was known as Manymoon until it was recently acquired by Salesforce.com. 3. AgileZen sounds like a software developer’s tool. 4. Teambox states “for fun you have a Facebook, for work you need a Teambox.” 5. Basecamp is nearly synonymous with the term project management, and one could argue they invented the space for the Web. 6. 5pm 5pm wins points in my book because they allow you to “log in” as a regular user or a power user and see a fictitious setup as opposed to a canned tour or demo. 7. Photo credit: Flickr/VFS Digital Design.
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