Every Day is a Winding Road...

I am always feeling overwhelmed by choices in life and always looking for work-arounds to increase my personal productivity. I have recently come across two wonderful sites that I especially found useful and entertaining.

Lifehacker.com

"Lifehacker makes getting things done easy and fun. Delving deep into the technoweb, Lifehacker brings back simple and totally life-altering tips and tricks for managing your information and time. Editor Gina Trapani, coder and computer expert, saucily deciphers the latest in personal productivity technology and reveals the million ways hardware and software can improve our busy lives. At this wild moment in the development of human-oriented technology, Lifehacker is your own personal early adopter, here to guide you through the onslaught of the new. The world is full of fascinating problems waiting to be solved: Lifehacker can help."

What I liked about it:

The site is well organized and well written (it has an editor and two associate editors). There are links to tons of useful downloads. Click on the Life hacks link for non-computer life hacks -- excellent!


Lifehacker.org

"This site dedicated to life hacks. Danny O’Brien linked together the words “life” and “hacks” and created a phrase that enable to describe any hacks, tips and tricks that get things done quickly by automating, increase productivity and organizing. This site is built around this theme. It is a frequently updated, to provide news and articles which able you to get things done in a faster pace."

What I liked about it:

The site is well organized and well written. As a writer, I especially liked Permission to Suck and 50 Tools Which Can Help You in Writing.

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My October column is up at the Suite101 Digital Photography & Editing site:

Photo Composition 101, Part 1: Leading a Viewer's Eye

A photograph's composition is the sum of all of its graphical elements: the main subject, the foreground, the background, and any supplemental subjects within the frame. Photo Composition 101, Part 1 introduces you to photographic composition and discusses the concept of leading a viewer's eye.

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If you would like more eyeballs perusing your blog, this guide will come in handy:
10 Quick Steps to Chris Pirillo's Blog Traffic School

A brief description:

Blogging is hot. Do you have one? Make it hotter with this new book. Chris Pirillo shows you, in 10 quick steps, the fastest, easiest way to build traffic to your blog, involve your community, post efficiently, get known for your blog's quirks, how to handle complaints and more. And Pirillo knows what he's talking about. Learn the fastest way to build an audience... the blogging software you should use (and why)... the six plug-ins you should use on your blog... and why your blog's look matters and should be absolutely unique.
(This Guide is also available in MP3 audio format.)

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Want a blog of your very own? Check out this guide:

10 Quick Steps to Blogging

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Everyone's got a blog: your kid, your neighbor, Presidential candidates and superstar actors. If you've wanted to find out what all the hoopla is about, and jump feet first into the world of blogging, look no further: everything you need is right here. Designer and blogger Bryan Hoff shows you, in 10 Quick Steps, what the heck a "blog" is, how to size up the various blog options, the fastest, easiest way to create a blog, free and for-pay blogging options, proper blog etiquette, how to create the perfect blog entry and more. If you want to start blogging and let the world know what you're thinking, download this incredible Guide now. Grab the low-down on installable and hosted blog software and where to find them... how to manage your blog without a browser (and why)... the 17 ways you can make your blog more popular, increasing your readership... how to handle comments and disagreements and how to personalize the look and feel of your blog to match your personality perfectly.
(This Guide is also available in MP3 audio format.)

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My September column is up at the Suite101 Digital Photography & Editing site:

Picture This: Your Own PhotoBlog

A photoblog can be a unique way for you to share your photographs. This article offers examples of photoblogs from all over the world as well as a list of websites that will host your blog for free.

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My August column is up at the Suite101 Digital Photography & Editing site:

Photo Screen Savers in Two Flavors: Windows and Macintosh

Learn how to take your favorite photographs and turn them into a screen saver on either a Windows XP or Macintosh OSX platform.

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My July column is up at the Suite101 Digital Photography & Editing site:

Processing or Renaming Files by the Batch

Learn how to batch convert, batch resize, and batch rename files using Photoshop Elements.

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