The 80 Best Lifehacks of 2008 - Stepcase Lifehack
And so we arrive yet again at the end of another year. 2008 was at best a mixed bag – while the world was electrified by the US election and it’s promise of change, the global economy was shaken to its core as a decade of financial mismanagement and willful blindness finally caught up with us. Gas prices spiked, leading us all to ask some difficult questions about sustainability, efficiency, and consumption – and then plummeted, leaving us feeling somewhat relieved, but baffled by the unpredictability of it all. As we roll into 2009, there is an atmosphere of suspenseful anticipation, of hope mixed with not a little uncertainty. Companies are streamlining to prepare for the worst, even as entrepreneurs look ahead to new opportunities. Overall, it seems that now is a time for shaking off the dust, clearing away the debris of the past, and looking towards the future. Here at Lifehack, we’ve always followed a path of cautious optimism. Communication Fitness/Health Lifestyle Productivity
10 More from the Webware 100 - Stepcase Lifehack
Last week, I looked at the apps chosen by CNet for the productivity section of the Webware 100. There were, however, 10 other sections – 9 categories of apps voted for as top in their class and an extra categories of apps chosen by the editors at CNet. This week, I want to look at a selection of applications from the rest of the Webware 100, with an eye towards their use to increase or improve personal productivity. Some of the categories aren’t very productivity-oriented, like the music and audio section – I love Pandora and Amazon MP3, but I can’t say they help with my productivity in anything but the most indirect way (by giving me music to listen to while I’m working). 1. Both Digsby and Pidgin are multi-protocol IM clients, meaning you can use them to connect simultaneously to a variety of instant-messaging networks: AOL, Yahoo, MSN, Google Chat, and others. 2. I certainly don’t need to sing the praises of Skype – the VoIP service is already beloved by many. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
PDF Generation in Java using iText JAR | Generate PDF from Java
By Kiran Hegde on April 1, 2009 Generating PDF files in today’s enterprise applications is quite common. Doing this with Java is not an easy task as Java does not gives default api’s to handle PDF files. No worries, iText jar is for you. iText is a free Java-PDF library that allows you to generate PDF files on the fly (dynamically). iText is an ideal library for developers looking to enhance web- and other applications with dynamic PDF document generation and/or manipulation. iText is not an end-user tool. Typically you won’t use it on your Desktop as you would use Acrobat or any other PDF application. iText (Java-PDF Library) can be used to: Serve PDF to a browserGenerate dynamic documents from XML files or databasesUse PDF’s many interactive featuresAdd bookmarks, page numbers, watermarks, etc.Split, concatenate, and manipulate PDF pagesAutomate filling out of PDF formsAdd digital signatures to a PDF file Technical Requirements to use iText Getting iText iText core: iText-5.2.1.jar
30 Money Sites to Check Out in 2009 - Stepcase Lifehack
There are so many personal finance resources online that it’s hard to know where to start. There are blogs, web applications, news sites and more. This list is a beginning — if you take a look at the sites included here, I know you’ll find something new for 2009. Blogs Get Rich Slowly: I never fail to be impressed by the posts on GRS — this blog started as a personal financial journey, but has grown into so much more.I Will Teach You To Be Rich: While most personal finance blogs focus on cutting costs, I Will Teach You… pushes readers to increase their income, instead. Web Applications Mint.com: Probably the most popular money management application online, Mint.com is continuing to evolve. Resources Have any more websites you’d like to add?
Write Here, Write Now, Write Anywhere: 13 Free Web-Based Word Pr
Imagine the situation: You’re visiting your parents’ home for the holidays, a thousand miles from your own PC, when inspiration strikes, a brilliant idea for the next plot twist in your novel! Or consider: you’re on a business trip and your laptop is stolen — and the proposal you’re working on is due tomorrow! Or you’re on campus when you remember you have an assignment due in two hours — and you live an hour away! Maybe you have a thumb drive you keep your work on; now all you have to do is find a PC that can read your files, and hope you remembered to backup the files you need right away. An online word processor gives you the ability to create, edit, save, and access your documents from anywhere. New Kid on the Block: Adobe Buzzword My favorite, by far, is the newly-launched Buzzword, recently acquired by Adobe. I do have a few very minor complaints. Let me tell you how much I like Buzzword: I started writing a book just so I could play with it more. The Sleeper Candidate: iNetWord
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Wikify Your Life: How to Organize Everything - Stepcase Lifehack
In our lives we have all kinds of information that we need to keep track of — to-do lists, gift ideas, books we want to read, exercise or food logs, a budget, phone numbers, a weekly schedule, our goals — the list is endless. The problem is finding a good place to keep all of that information — the usual mode is to have these lists and logs and schedules scattered all over the place, but that is chaos. If you want to be organized, put all you’re life’s info in one place. Wikis are everywhere, many are free, they’re easy to use, flexible as anything, an perfectly accessible anywhere, or portable if you want to take them on a USB thumb drive. What can you put into a wiki? These are just a few examples. Where do you go if you want to create a wiki?
Full Screen Image Gallery Using jQuery and Flickr
