Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better | 
 enlarge | Author: Gina Trapani
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
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Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0470238364
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.16
EAN: 9780470238363
ASIN: 0470238364
Publication Date: March 17, 2008
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Product Description
The second edition of Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day follows the best-selling format of the first. Each chapter is dedicated to a specific problem in the digital age and offers step-by-step solutions for various operating systems and reader skill levels. Packed with over 50 new and revised hacks, you'll find out how to deal with the daily onslaught of incoming email, manage multiple computers, get your data on the go, tackle your to-do list faster, and more in this book. The additional and revised hacks involve new product recommendations and better strategies that have come out since the first edition. The second edition also prunes tips from the first edition, based on reader feedback.
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 Informative Organizational Tips April 28, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm not the most disorganized person on the planet, but I'm not the most organized either. I found the book to be a good reference and helpful in getting things organized. The chapter on e-mails - first chapter - actually worked. I feel my inbox is managed well. 200 new messages a day (that's not as much as some folks!) and I'm breezing through them without backlog. On the down side, I found a few tips a little too "organized" for my taste. I'm more about simple effective solutions and this book provides quite a few. It's well worth the investment.
 A must have for productivity geeks April 26, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Great book. Very good to organize your life and ways to work. It should include more contents special for geek and very technical computer user. It is a must have for those who worry about get organized and get the things done! :)
 great tool, great reference April 21, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have been working my way through this book and finding it so relevant for the modern day lifehacker (person who loves the computer revolution and the internet)
It is great to try new tools have had to get through a few hoops before being recommended.
It is very easy to actually read too. The size of the text makes cruising through the book quite easy too.
I have a small blog www.keepordump.wordpress.com which is really about whether to keep or dump new software I have tried. This book has provided a lot of inspiration to keep adding to it.
Two thumbs up.
Tony
Sydney, Australia
Awesome book! April 14, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is insanely helpful! Can't recommend it enough for people who spend lots of time on the computer.
The book will pay for itself April 8, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've read the entire book and implemented quite a few of the Hacks in my daily routine. Based on the amount of time I've already saved in just a few weeks, this book has easily paid for itself 2 or 3 times.
Some of the specific Hacks that I'm using and their results:
* Email Control - My Inbox is empty and I've finally got my email under control with filters and the 3-folders system created (I added a 4th folder - Print - for emails that I want a hard copy of but my laptop isn't connected to my printer)
* Digital Photos - I've got all my photos tagged and organized for fast searches
* Repetitive Typing - how did I ever get along without Texter???
* Google Calendar - I love using my mobile phone to update my calendar when I'm on the road or need to post a quick reminder that Calendar will email and text me.
I've still got a few things from the book on my To-Do List:
* Get my bookmarks moved over to del.icio.us as described in the book
* Setup my automated data backup to my external hard drive (I do it manually right now)
Gina's written a great book that really works. The book is platform independent and she tells you when something is Mac or Windows specific. She also lets you know the skill level (Easy, Medium, Advanced) that a Hack will require.
I enjoyed reading it and will probably go through it again soon to make sure I've implemented any hacks that can make my life easier - I'm sure I missed a few.
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