Comment author: lukeprog 02 July 2012 02:08:32PM *  8 points [-]

ActiveInbox (free, or $25/year for Plus)

GTD for Gmail. The best Gmail productivity tool I've ever found.

To grok ActiveInbox, watch the video. Here are my favorite features:

  • Keep your inbox empty by doing one of the following to each email: (1) reply and archive, or (2) make it a task with just one click, which moves it to a different folder.
  • When composing a new email, click 'Waiting on' to flag that you're waiting for a response from the recipient. Later, you can check the emails for which you're waiting on a reply. This way I don't mess up projects because people fail to respond promptly and I forgot that I was waiting on them for the next step.

Those two features alone are worth the setup for me, but ActiveInbox does a lot more than this, too.

Hat tip to Louie for finding this one.

Comment author: Jolly 04 July 2012 07:27:41PM 1 point [-]

If you use outlook, Outlook 2010 lets you (at least) duplicate these features.

Comment author: drethelin 02 July 2012 08:20:23PM 0 points [-]

BP coffee is way better for me than other caffeine intake methods, and makes me not hungry as well as full of energy. It's just a shame that I hate coffee.

Comment author: Jolly 04 July 2012 07:26:18PM 1 point [-]

You know, you could just do butter tea... :)

Comment author: Jolly 04 July 2012 06:59:56PM 2 points [-]

FancyHands Per task virtual assistant service - because outsourcing makes life easier ;)

Comment author: Jolly 04 July 2012 06:58:38PM *  1 point [-]

Brookstone Napform sleep mask Best sleep mask I've found, soft, you can fully open your eyes while wearing this.

Comment author: Jolly 04 July 2012 06:58:24PM *  4 points [-]

Etymotic ER-20 earplugs Use these so you can listen to music, go to clubs, ect, and still preserve your hearing. I've probably bought 15+ by now, and keep one in every bag/jacket I own.

Comment author: Jolly 04 July 2012 06:57:45PM *  6 points [-]

Hearos Ultimate Softness foam earplugs Great protection (32NRR), super comfortable. Use these for sleeping.

Comment author: Jolly 04 July 2012 06:57:01PM *  2 points [-]

Kindle 3G Keyboard E-book reader, but get this one for traveling - this provides backup internet access, practically worldwide. You MUST buy the older "keyboard" version for this. Also fantastic to read books on ;)

Comment author: James_Miller 02 July 2012 04:05:08PM *  5 points [-]

Bulletproof Coffee

Mold-free coffee+grass-fed butter+MCT oil. (You have to buy the ingredients separately.)

Gives me a feeling similar to when I take adderall.

Comment author: Jolly 04 July 2012 06:55:35PM *  3 points [-]

I have an entire travel set dedicated to BP coffee. Make sure you blend, and don't forget the MCT oil.

1) Hario MSS-1B Mini Mill Slim Coffee Grinder

2) MSR MugMate Coffee/Tea Filter

3) Cuisinart Smart Stick Blender

4) Lock and Lock 10.8 oz butter container

5) Blender Bottle

6) GoobTube - to hold MCT oil in

Comment author: lukeprog 02 July 2012 11:01:17PM 1 point [-]

NeoFinder ($40, but the trial version will probably do what you want, for free)

I spent months trying to find a program that would keep an updated index of the files on my two (very large) NAS drives so I could search them as quickly as I search with Google. I tried almost a dozen programs and Mac hacks, and none of them worked even though several of them should have worked in theory. And then I found NeoFinder, and it worked perfectly. Now I can finally search my NAS drives without waiting 30 minutes for each search to finish.

Hopefully I have now saved at least one person several months of searching. :)

Comment author: Jolly 04 July 2012 06:54:03PM 1 point [-]

For windows, I use X1 Desktop search.

Comment author: shminux 02 July 2012 07:45:59PM 3 points [-]

CrashPlan for unattended sync or backup. Unlimited cloud storage for $50/year. I switched to CrashPlan from Mozy when the latter changed ownership and became unreliable and useless.

Comment author: Jolly 04 July 2012 06:52:52PM 1 point [-]

I also use crashplan - to back up my Windows Home Server.

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