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May 31, 2012 By Andy Traub

How to save time by creating WordPress bookmarks

If you want to create more content can capture ideas when they come to you then creating shortcuts (in this case bookmarks) can help tremendously. There are a few things I do every day on my site that it made sense for me to make shortcuts to (in the form of bookmarks).  Here are three things I do a lot with my site and how you can create bookmarks to save you time and create more content.

I add new posts.

Upload new images.

I create new Pretty Links, which allows you to create custom URLs.

Ugly link: http://kolakube.com/?a_aid=traub&a_bid=4f4321b4
Pretty link: http://www.takepermission.com/theme

You can see in the picture below where I’m dragging the highlighted option to my bookmarks bar. It creates a small globe as I drag it.
Keep reading to learn how to create these shortcuts

Filed Under: Uncategorized, wordpress Tagged With: bookmarks, GTD, pretty links, save time, shortcuts, wordpress

May 29, 2012 By Andy Traub

Fix Your Inbox – How to maximize your calendar from inside your Gmail inbox

So many of us waste so much time inputing appointments into our calendar based on information from our emails. There’s a better way and in this video I show you just one way to improve you email experience as it relates to using your calendar inside your email inbox.
Click here to watch the video…

Filed Under: Gmail Ninja, Uncategorized Tagged With: appointments, calendar, email, fix your inbox, gmail, GTD, hacks, Productivity

May 25, 2011 By Andy Traub

How to start your work day

Crowded desktop

Doomed from the start

You turn it on or wake it up every day. It has replaced your real desk top with a desktop full of icons representing folders, files and shortcuts to programs. I’m like you. I move my mouse and it wakes from its energy saving slumber. It greets me with a picture of my children, a dock leading me to programs I use most and items that I have deemed important enough to remind me of their presence every time I visit my desktop.

Sensory overload

You should not wake yourself to CNN, Fox News or any other sensory heavy blast of information. Why then do we wake ourselves to [Read more…]

Filed Under: advice, organizing, Productivity, Uncategorized Tagged With: 37 signals, andy traub, basecamp, GTD, ommwriter, simplicity, work flow, work productivity

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