20 technology habits that change lives (Part 2)

Gather all the e-mails to one place, turn the Internet into a clerk to work efficiently, use a USB drive to replace the laptop . The seemingly small habits are very useful .

>>20 technology habits that change lives (Part 1)

Never forget what to do

In order not to miss the work to do in a 'mountain' of the day's work, people need effective reminders. Mobile phones and laptops can all become your 'secretary', but why not try online services? Remember the Milk (RTM) is a website that offers a very good and free reminder service. RTM can remind you on the Internet, send notifications to your computer or even your mobile phone. It provides all kinds of reminders such as prompting to attach files when sending emails, notes, priority tasks, appointments or even "honey do" services - allowing you to remind others. RTM can also integrate directly into the Firefox browser through an add-on that interacts with the Gmail mailbox and lets you turn those reminders into an email.

Replace laptop with USB drive or iPod

Instead of carrying a bulky laptop for a business trip, why not use a USB storage device (or an iPod, portable hard drive .) and use software that runs immediately without installation ( portable). At that time, you will be able to use all the familiar software, read important documents on any computer.

Take advantage of mobile photography

During the boom of information, sometimes our brains are overloaded so why don't you catch other devices that support the brain? A mobile phone with a built-in camera will help you a lot if you take advantage of it.

When you come to a strange city, use your cell phone to take photos that mark the way so that when you come back you will not need to ask for directions, take photos of the dress that your best friend might like, take a picture of the price. items…

Refer to online prices before buying

Along with classified websites, online sales, now the Internet has a lot of websites that help users compare prices, provide the address of the place of sale, the quantity of goods also . Let's get into the habit of referring prices to those Sellers do not 'bully' you or save time, gasoline cars 'go' through a few shops that reference prices.

Various 'collections' of mailboxes about Gmail

Instead of spending less time each day logging into several different email addresses, gather them all in one place to only log in once. Gmail is one of the few services that can do this in a free and convenient way.

Log in to your Gmail address, go to Settings >> Accounts section and enter another email address there and from now on, no matter which address email is sent to you, they will appear in your inbox. Gmail. Even in Gmail you can also compose messages and send them with From is different addresses.

Goodbye 'disease' forgot password

The web browser can 'remember to help' you to log in to your mailbox, forum, but we still have a dozen other types of passwords to remember. Use the free password-storage software that encrypts you to say goodbye to the 'chronic password forgetting disease'.

Among these programs, KeePass is superior even if it works on Windows, Mac or Linux operating systems and has a master password to manage your database.

Encrypt individual files

Everyone has directories that are 'top secret' that they don't want others to see. In order to avoid the eyes of the eyes, those who stalk steals . encrypt files (folders) that is the best solution.

TrueCrypt is an ideal free software to do this. This software has the ability to encrypt a file, a folder or even encrypt a drive.

Improve search skills

There is a fact that many people have done thousands of searches on Google but actually they still don't know how to find the right way to get the most accurate, most desirable results. Practice using simple tricks like putting search keywords in double quotes ('') to search for correct word shackles, using a + or a - sign to mean the meaning of the keyword, especially multi-word or search words for each file type (eg filetype: xls - find Excel file).

In Gmail email service, if you know how to search, you will also find old emails very quickly. For example with the syntax 'from: "Bill Gates" subject: "dinner date" . Gmail will understand that you need to find an email sent from Bill Gate and the letter title with an invitation to dinner .

Smart and economical printing

Each time you change ink, you understand how expensive it is and why companies are so strict with printing staff. Train the habit of carefully reviewing the document before printing, trimming the content and reducing the number of pages to print, setting the printer's resolution to low or printing on two sides of the paper . is what we should do immediately from today.

If you have to print a web page, remove the unnecessary components but waste a lot of money like banner ads, color spaces . with an add-on called Aardvark of Firefox.