Staying Happy
A few of things that keep me more productive and happy which I’m happy to share.
Life changers. Also if you know of any let me know too.
GMail’s Spam Filter
Not having spam was my best thing of 2008. Even if you don’t like Gmail you can send your mail there and then pick it up again with the filter. CrowdSourcing of Spam is the way to go and I genuinely became a happier person not being distracted by outlook popups of spam every few minutes etc. I’ve actually fully moved to Gmail and yes its awesome.
EMail on Mobile
An iPhone makes this very easy. Again setting up your iPhone/Gmail with ActiveSync so it all stays in one place – brilliant.
1Password
Oh my god! Another thing that used to drive me mental the thousands of username / password combinations I used to remember. 1Password does all this, it auto-logs you in. It almost makes filling out forms a pleasure. I have setup multiple profiles i.e. personal home, work and random – it saves heaps of time and is worth it.
Moving to Mac
If you haven’t done it – just do it. After 15 years of PC guy I did it and survived and you can too. Yes its more expensive but so is good beer. In the long run you will be happier.
