Operation Gadget

Category: Productivity and Organization

  • Download.com Publishes Handy Firefox Optimization Tips

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteDownload.com recently published Optimizing Firefox, a special section loaded with tips on how to improve the performance of Firefox. I found a lot of information about Firefox in it that I didn’t know. For instance: Download performance can be improved by deleting the record of old downloads from the Download Manager.…

  • Going on an RSS Feed Diet

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI started using Bloglines at the end of 2004 to keep up with the blogs that were emerging to cover the industries in which I’m interested. Back then I raved about how productive it made me (see Bloglines is Changing My Life). Unfortunately I kept subscribing to feeds and rarely pruned my…

  • Things I Wish I’d Known Before Attempting the Treo 650 1.17 Firmware Update for Cingular

    Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter two days of trying, I finally figured out how to run the Treo 650 1.17 Update for Cingular Wireless on my Treo 650. I still have to repeat the process on Kathleen’s Treo 650 before my upgrading is done. Here are a couple of things that would have really helped me…

  • Palm Releases Treo 650 Updater 1.17 for Cingular Subscribers

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI missed this in the run up to Thanksgiving, but Palm released Treo 650 Updater 1.17 for Cingular Wireless customers on November 21. This update supercedes the one that was released in July and adds the following improvements: Includes Versamail 3.1c, Gmail attachment downloads, Optimizes Bluetooth performance for some Motorola headsets…

  • “Life Hackers” Movement Profiled in the New York Times Magazine

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere was a really interesting article in New York Times Magazine yesterday called Meet the Life Hackers. Clive Thompson interviewed a number of personal productivity researchers in academia and the technology industry, and discussed their findings. Among other things: Interruptions that cause concentration breaks hurt productivity, resulting in as much as…

  • “Treo Essentials” Debuts at Amazon.com, Offers Treo 650-Specific Tips

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmazon.com has started taking orders for Treo Essentials: Get the Most from Your Treo 650 by Michael Morrison and published by Que. This is the first book I’ve seen that has come out with Treo 650-specific advice. Previous books like Now You Know Treo and to a lesser extent the Treo…

  • Study Says Handheld Communicators Help Doctors Respond Faster than Pagers

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteE-Health Insider reports that a study published in a journal called BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making indicates that handheld communicators helped surgeons at a London hospital respond to calls more quickly than they did with pagers. The study also indicated that communication between clinicians was improved. According to the article:…

  • Treonauts Discusses Mobile RSS Readers for the Treo 650

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAndrew Carton of Treonauts published a good summary of RSS reader options for Treo 650 users. The headline readers include PalmOS applications that have paid licenses, browser-based RSS readers that are free, as well as email and Java-based offerings. Of the RSS readers I’ve tried so far, Bloglines Mobile (part of…

  • Trying Del.icio.us and Del.icio.us Direc.tor to Get Control of My Web Bookmarks

    Reading Time: 2 minutesdel.icio.us direc.tor: I’m trying to use a new AJAX application called del.icio.us direc.tor to manage my web bookmarks. Last week I said that leaving a browser window open to an interesting web page can be a productivity killer. Since then I’ve been looking for ways to better manage and track all of…