life hacks
How do you get your daily info shot?
Recently, I was asked how I go about getting my daily information. And since I’m quite an info junkie, that got me thinking. So I sat down and jotted down where I go to get my daily info shots. What’s in your info diet?
Here’s what I scan:
A few basics:
Spiegel (German) and New York Times for […]
One Laptop Per Child Project Launches Social Media Campaign
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a huge fan of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, which aims at giving kids in developing countries a rugged laptop so they get easier access to educational material and so they get a chance to bridge the digital gap on their own.
If you’d like to support the […]
The geek / non-geek split in your social network (and why old media feel so stale)*
Recently I’ve noticed again a certain, shall we say: split in my everyday life, which I’m sure some of you are familiar with. It’s a number of related splits, really.
And no, I’m not talking about the kind of work/free time aka day/night split most people feel in their offices at times. Rather, I’m talking about […]
Video: Berlin Street Art
“Metal Is Big in the Baltic States“, and street art is big in Berlin: “Streets of Berlin“, by ReclaimYourCity. Makes me feel like home. Loving it!
(via stylewalker)
Moleskine PDA (getting organized, part XII)
It is said that Moleskine notebooks serve mainly to pose around in street cafés. Let’s just assume, they can also be used to scribble stuff into them. (Maybe even useful stuff, on rare occasions.) They are, after all, notepads. Or so Tara Hunt insists:
(…) truth be told, it’s a bloomin’ pad of paper. It doesn’t […]
Coworking
Liking this a lot:
“Coworking is cafe-like community/collaboration space for developers, writers and independents. Or, it’s like this: start with a shared office and add cafe culture. Which is the opposite of most modern cafes.”
(Blog, Wiki, via)
Nice idea indeed. Anything like that in Berlin yet? Haven’t seen it. Then again, coffee & wifi culture is very […]
to do
Still looking for a decent, simple, workable hack to keep track of to do lists, a handful of links, some notes, ideas and all that. a lot of people have had ideas about what to do, quite a few really good ones too - the alpha geeks being Merlin “43 folders” Mann with some good […]
Ferris wheel
Not sure where the picture is from. The caption reads it was shot in Pakistan, and Boing Boing guesses it’s from the Washington Post, which might well be true: At least they do have excellent photographers there… It’s very impressive, anyway.
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sounds familiar?
When Mark crunched the data, a picture of 21st-century office work emerged that was, she says, “far worse than I could ever have imagined.” Each employee spent only 11 minutes on any given project before being interrupted and whisked off to do something else. What’s more, each 11-minute project was itself fragmented into even shorter […]
lifehacker
Don’t live to geek; geek to live.
Lifehacker this week by Mr whole lotta nothing Matthew Haughey. Yeah!
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HOWTO fold a fitted sheet
Ever wondered how to fold a fitted sheet, like, one of those with a rubber string all around? Target Australia offers help.
Step 1 Hold the sheet inside out, by its two adjacent corners on one of the shorter ends. Position your hands inside each of these two corners.
Step 2 Fold the corner in your right […]
chaser nap
…what researchers found worked the best was a Caffeine Nap. The Caffeine Nap is simple. You drink a cup of coffee and immediately take a 15 minute nap. Researchers found coffee helps clear your system of adenosine, a chemical which makes you sleepy. So in testing, the combination of a cup of […]
become a gmail master
A great tutorial on how to get most out of your gmail: life hacker. Hack Attack: Become a Gmail master
[via gmail fu master Gell]
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pocketmod
Nice lifehack: PocketMod, the disposable personal organizer. Just drag&drop your customized 8 pages into the template, print & fold.
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My name is Peter Bihr. I live in Berlin, Germany. As a freelancer, I consult on web strategies, communities, blogging and social media. In this weblog, I jot down random thoughts, ideas and news. Hopefully, you'll find some are interesting for you, too. 