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January 23rd, 2008

What gadget is a waste of company funds? Hint: It’s not a spaceship.

Now, normally I feature gadgets that are cool, practical, on my wishlist, or all of the above.  This week’s gadget is a first: I think it’s a waste of company funds.  True, it’s more for those who want to impress, astound, and make the competition green with envy, but if that’s important to you, then […]

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January 9th, 2008

Gadget Wednesdays: Executive Decisionmaker

For ambivalent supervisors everywhere is the magnetic Executive Decisionmaker. Bound to annoy/inspire your coworkers.
Here’s a brief description from the website:
The art of management meets the science of magnetism in the pendulum decision maker. Although it spends some time oscillating, vacillating and waffling between its six choices, the pendulum will eventually settle firmly on one. Even […]

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December 26th, 2007

Gadget Wednesdays: Mobile Notetaker

Here’s a scenario: you need to take down some important notes, but you don’t have a computer around. Or, you know, you’re just more comfortable with a pen and a pad of paper. Isn’t it tiresome to have to type the entire thing all over again just to get down digitally? Not […]

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December 14th, 2007

Productivity gifts for the holiday season (under $50)

Ah, the holiday season is near. If you’re a true productivity genius, you probably bought all your gifts and planned your holiday budget way back in June. But for those who are new to the productivity game, here is a quick list of great productivity gifts you can get for the following people:

Geeks […]

By Celine -- 2 comments

October 23rd, 2006

Managing e-mail on your Blackberry … block it all

Huh?  Isn’t the whole point of having a Blackberry getting e-mail on the go?  Yes.  The problem is that if you let all the e-mail through, your Berry might be pinging (or whatever your alert sound is) all the time.  At first I just tried routing everything through GMail and that worked pretty well.  Then […]

By Tris Hussey -- 3 comments