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Tag Archives: productivity
New Stuff Tuesday – April 17, 2018
Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi BF575 .B67 Z66 2017 New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor Spacing out? Zoning out? This hardly seems like the path to productivity — or … Continue reading
New Stuff Tuesday — January 2, 2018
Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and be More Productive by Edward Hallowell BF323.D5 H35 2015 New Arrivals, 2nd floor It’s the first week of 2018 and many of us are in the thick of making New Year’s … Continue reading
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Tagged academic success, distraction, productivity
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T3: Stay Focused!
If you need help remaining on task while doing research projects or other work (and who doesn’t every once in a while?), you can use technology to help. StayFocusd is a Google Chrome extension that limits the amount of time you … Continue reading
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Tagged browser extensions, Chrome, mobile devices, procrastination, productivity, productivity tools
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Would you like to improve your typing (keyboarding)?
Many people are doing less traditional typing on their smart devices, because they’re very busy texting with just their thumbs or taking advantage of new technology that uses predictive vocabulary and touch swiping. So you may not have had much … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, books, ebooks, efficiency, keyboarding, productivity, qwerty, self-improvement, technological innovations, technology, typewriting, typing, web-based instruction
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Google Docs moving to Google Drive
Are you storing your files in Google Docs? Well, this summer you’ll be switching to Google Drive, which will provide you with 5GB of free storage space. An app is available for Android-based mobile devices, and an app for iPads … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, files, Google Docs, Google Drive, productivity
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