Lifehacker 3e: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better - Softcover

Pash, Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118018370 ISBN 13: 9781118018378

Publisher: Wiley, 2011

Synopsis

A new edition, packed with even more clever tricks and methods that make everyday life easier

Lifehackers redefine personal productivity with creative and clever methods for making life easier and more enjoyable. This new edition of a perennial bestseller boasts new and exciting tips, tricks, and methods that strike a perfect balance between current technology and common sense solutions for getting things done. Exploring the many ways technology has changed since the previous edition, this new edition has been updated to reflect the latest and greatest in technological and personal productivity.

The new "hacks" run the gamut of working with the latest Windows and Mac operating systems for both Windows and Apple, getting more done with smartphones and their operating systems, and dealing with the evolution of the web. Even the most tried-and-true hacks have been updated to reflect the contemporary tech world and the tools it provides us.

Technology is supposed to make our lives easier by helping us work more efficiently. Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better, Third Edition is your guide to making that happen!

About this title

About the Author

About the authors

Adam Pash is the Editor-in-Chief of Lifehacker.com and host of the popular Lifehacker web show. A self-taught software developer, he has created popular apps like Texter and MixTape.me.

Gina Trapani is the founding editor of Lifehacker.com. Named one of the Most Influential Women in Technology by Fast Company magazine, today she co-hosts popular web show This Week in Google.

From the Back Cover

Start using technology to spend less time working and more time living

Isn't that what technology was supposed to give us more time? If your tools and gizmos seem to be consuming your life instead of streamlining it, you need these 100+ shortcuts. Here are updated versions of tried-and-true techniques plus plenty of new tricks that take advantage of smartphone technology and the growing importance of the web. There are tips for everyone from Windows, Mac, and Linux power users to those less tech-savvy all designed to put hours back into your life.

A dozen ways to take back time

• Hack 7: Future-Proof Your E-mail Address

• Hack 12: Instantly Retrieve Files Stored on Your Computer

• Hack 24: Design Your Own Planner

• Hack 37: Set Up a Ubiquitous Note-Taking Inbox Across Devices

• Hack 43: Build a No-Fly Zone

• Hack 65: Make Google Search Results Automatically Come to You

• Hack 71: Run a Home Web Server

• Hack 80: Automate Android Functions with Tasker

• Hack 84: Command Your Phone with Your Voice

• Hack 93: Extend Your Web Browser

• Hack 109: Firewall Your Mac

• Hack 110: Speed Up Windows with a Thumb Drive

Companion website
At www.lifehackerbook.com you'll find hack updates, additional information, and more tips and tricks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118018370
• ISBN 13: 9781118018378
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 504