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Presentation Masterclass on Lifehack.org 2008-04-04 09:28:16 Being able to present your work well is a very important skill to learn for any student. You can avoid making mistakes and bad impressions later on. Rowan Manahan wrote a nice post about this on lifehack.org and the title says it’s part 1, so this promises more helpful words from his hand on this [...]
A Simple Tip To Maintain Focus 2008-04-03 18:06:53 For many students procrastination is a problem, and there are many reasons why we tend to procrastinate. While having to work on various assignments there will always be tasks you like to do and ones you don’t like so much.
Say you’re studying graphic design. Creating new work will be more fun than writing a [...] Read more:Simple
, Maintain
, Focus
Switched To WordPress 2008-04-02 17:04:22 From this post Streamlined Mind will be running on WordPress. After only three and a half posts I decided that RapidWeaver wasn’t capable of handling my blogging requests well. There were some issues regarding RSS feeds and summarizing posts that apparently could not be addressed, and it lacks simple comments functionality.
As this website is all [...] Read more:Switched
Great Free Tools For Your Mac 2008-03-27 15:31:18 Say a student asks me for advice about buying a new computer. He or she wants to have something powerful and portable and, very important, not too expensive. Lately I always find myself recommending the Macbook. It used to be the iMac, but the Apple laptops are so affordable these days and seriously capable. But [...] Read more:Great
, Tools
, Great Free
Do You Really Need A Car? 2008-03-26 15:25:47 Today I was sitting in my car, annoyed while watching the traffic lights go red again before I passed them. This happens so many times, and every time I find myself grumbling and blaming the other drivers. Why didn’t they speed up a bit before me?
Then, while driving I was thinking about writing this post. [...]
Close All Those Browser Tabs! 2008-03-24 17:03:51 How many browser tabs do you have open right now? Be honest. Are you going to have a look at all those websites today or will you keep the tabs open until you find some time to review them, maybe later this week? Read more:Close
Post Number One. Welcome! 2008-03-22 10:01:11 Welcome on board! This is Streamlined Mind. A blog about finding solutions to seemingly small problems that get in the way of a streamlined workflow. Streamlined Mind is mainly focused on students and solutions that are helpful to them, but the information given might be just as helpful for anyone else!
There are a lot of [...] Read more:Number
, Welcome
Will You Follow Your Dreams? 2008-04-07 17:37:14 Do you ever sit back and wonder why you are doing what you are doing? Why you are studying what you are studying? If what you are doing right now will bring you where you want to be?
The way our life is organized can lead us in a certain direction without really consciously deciding to [...] Read more:Dreams
A Remote Control For Your Teacher? - The Importance Of Asking Questions 2008-04-05 12:13:38 Are you always sure about what your teacher really wants from you? Have you ever been in the situation that you present your work but it appeared you got the assignment wrong? There are a lot of situations in which you’ve been told to do something, but it might not be totally clear to you [...] Read more:Remote
, Control
, Teacher
, Remote Control
Presentation Masterclass on Lifehack.org 2008-04-04 09:28:16 Being able to present your work well is a very important skill to learn for any student. You can avoid making mistakes and bad impressions later on. Rowan Manahan wrote a nice post about this on lifehack.org and the title says it’s part 1, so this promises more helpful words from his hand on this [...]
A Simple Tip To Maintain Focus 2008-04-03 18:06:53 For many students procrastination is a problem, and there are many reasons why we tend to procrastinate. While having to work on various assignments there will always be tasks you like to do and ones you don’t like so much.
Say you’re studying graphic design. Creating new work will be more fun than writing a [...] Read more:Simple
, Maintain
, Focus
Switched To WordPress 2008-04-02 17:04:22 From this post Streamlined Mind will be running on WordPress. After only three and a half posts I decided that RapidWeaver wasn’t capable of handling my blogging requests well. There were some issues regarding RSS feeds and summarizing posts that apparently could not be addressed, and it lacks simple comments functionality.
As this website is all [...] Read more:Switched
Free Software For Students 2008-03-27 15:31:18 Say a student asks me for advice about buying a new computer. He or she wants to have something powerful and portable and, very important, not too expensive. Lately I always find myself recommending the Macbook. It used to be the iMac, but the Apple laptops are so affordable these days and seriously capable. But [...] Read more:Software
, Free Software
Do You Really Need A Car? 2008-03-26 15:25:47 Today I was sitting in my car, annoyed while watching the traffic lights go red again before I passed them. This happens so many times, and every time I find myself grumbling and blaming the other drivers. Why didn’t they speed up a bit before me?
Then, while driving I was thinking about writing this post. [...]
Close All Those Browser Tabs! 2008-03-24 17:03:51 How many browser tabs do you have open right now? Be honest. Are you going to have a look at all those websites today or will you keep the tabs open until you find some time to review them, maybe later this week? Read more:Close
Post Number One. Welcome! 2008-03-22 10:01:11 Welcome on board! This is Streamlined Mind. A blog about finding solutions to seemingly small problems that get in the way of a streamlined workflow. Streamlined Mind is mainly focused on students and solutions that are helpful to them, but the information given might be just as helpful for anyone else!
There are a lot of [...] Read more:Number
, Welcome
How Quicksilver Streamlined My Computing Experience 2008-04-09 03:07:51 Quicksilver is definitely my favorite add-on to Mac OS X. Since I discovered it’s power only a bit more than a year ago, I can’t think of using my Mac without it. But it took me a while to convert to it. What’s so great about this quite mysterious application?
No Love At First Sight
Once, somebody [...] Read more:Quicksilver
, Computing
When Is Good: Scheduling A Meeting The Easy Way 2008-04-11 05:49:06 There are quite a few online tools to help you schedule a meeting with a lot of people. Say you’re working with a group of ten people on a multidisciplinary project and you want to schedule a meeting to talk about the design. You could send them all an email with the dates and hours [...]
Make Sure You Have A Deadline 2008-04-14 18:27:27 Apart from the work you do for your studies or job, you might have plans for a project on the side. Maybe you want to learn how to surf, play guitar or organize an event. But there is a lot of work to be done and you don’t want to spend every night working too. [...] Read more:Deadline
Buy Discounted Software Before You Graduate 2008-04-17 09:46:23 Many software developers have special prices for students and teachers. You can sometimes get up to 50% discount on the normal retail price. Looking back I realize how much software I bought after I graduated. Luckily the institute where I studies is now my part-time employer, so I can still use the educational prices when [...] Read more:Discounted
, Software
, Graduate
Use Parkinson’s Law To Get Productive 2008-04-19 17:31:10 I read about Parkinson
’s Law in Tim Ferris‘ Four Hour Work Week, and I recently experienced again how this ‘law’ works. It all about deadlines, and avoiding procrastination. Do you know the moment you finish a job just before the deadline and you find out that it didn’t take as much effort as you thought [...]
Buy Discounted Software Before You Graduate 2008-04-17 09:46:23 Many software developers have special prices for students and teachers. You can sometimes get up to 50% discount on the normal retail price. Looking back I realize how much software I bought after I graduated. Luckily the institute where I studies is now my part-time employer, so I can still use the educational prices when [...] Read more:Discounted
, Software
, Graduate
Make Sure You Have A Deadline 2008-04-14 18:27:27 Apart from the work you do for your studies or job, you might have plans for a project on the side. Maybe you want to learn how to surf, play guitar or organize an event. But there is a lot of work to be done and you don’t want to spend every night working too. [...] Read more:Deadline
When Is Good: Scheduling A Meeting The Easy Way 2008-04-11 05:49:06 There are quite a few online tools to help you schedule a meeting with a lot of people. Say you’re working with a group of ten people on a multidisciplinary project and you want to schedule a meeting to talk about the design. You could send them all an email with the dates and hours [...]
How Quicksilver Streamlined My Computing Experience 2008-04-09 03:07:51 Quicksilver is definitely my favorite add-on to Mac OS X. Since I discovered it’s power only a bit more than a year ago, I can’t think of using my Mac without it. But it took me a while to convert to it. What’s so great about this quite mysterious application?
No Love At First Sight
Once, somebody [...] Read more:Quicksilver
, Computing
Will You Follow Your Dreams? 2008-04-07 17:37:14 Do you ever sit back and wonder why you are doing what you are doing? Why you are studying what you are studying? If what you are doing right now will bring you where you want to be?
The way our life is organized can lead us in a certain direction without really consciously deciding to [...] Read more:Dreams
A Remote Control For Your Teacher? - The Importance Of Asking Questions 2008-04-05 12:13:38 Are you always sure about what your teacher really wants from you? Have you ever been in the situation that you present your work but it appeared you got the assignment wrong? There are a lot of situations in which you’ve been told to do something, but it might not be totally clear to you [...] Read more:Remote
, Control
, Teacher
, Remote Control
Presentation Masterclass on Lifehack.org 2008-04-04 09:28:16 Being able to present your work well is a very important skill to learn for any student. You can avoid making mistakes and bad impressions later on. Rowan Manahan wrote a nice post about this on lifehack.org and the title says it’s part 1, so this promises more helpful words from his hand on this [...]
A Simple Tip To Maintain Focus 2008-04-03 18:06:53 For many students procrastination is a problem, and there are many reasons why we tend to procrastinate. While having to work on various assignments there will always be tasks you like to do and ones you don’t like so much.
Say you’re studying graphic design. Creating new work will be more fun than writing a [...] Read more:Simple
, Maintain
, Focus
Switched To WordPress 2008-04-02 17:04:22 From this post Streamlined Mind will be running on WordPress. After only three and a half posts I decided that RapidWeaver wasn’t capable of handling my blogging requests well. There were some issues regarding RSS feeds and summarizing posts that apparently could not be addressed, and it lacks simple comments functionality.
As this website is all [...] Read more:Switched
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