Articles in category 'Tools'

By Donald Latumahina, March 16, 2007

Have you ever wonder about where your time has gone? Well, wonder no more: Rachota can help you.
Rachota is a time tracking software which I use only recently. Though I have used is for less than a week, I already feel the difference. Previously I often wonder at the end of the day: how can [...]

By Donald Latumahina, February 15, 2007

Many people do their creative thinking using tools such as mind maps. That’s a good thing, and I also like mind maps (though I use OneNote’s outlines more often than mind maps). However, recently I find another tool which is also helpful for creative thinking: JDarkRoom.

By Donald Latumahina, January 31, 2007

I am always amazed by how many learning resources we now have on the Internet. I remember in the past, before the Internet was popular, how difficult it was to learn about anything. I must go to the bookstore and hope that there were books about the topic I wanted to learn. Since I live [...]

By Donald Latumahina, January 12, 2007

There are many tools which can be used for Personal Knowledge Management (PKM), but for me Microsoft OneNote is one of the main tools. Of course, I also use other tools such as Google Desktop (desktop search), Google Reader (RSS) and del.icio.us (social networking), but in term of idea management, OneNote is the tool for [...]

By Donald Latumahina, January 8, 2007

I’ve written about how keyboard shortcuts can boost your productivity when working with computers. The next step is - of course - putting it into action.
Most (if not all) popular applications have keyboard shortcuts to help you use them efficiently. Therefore, once you are inside the applications you can use those shortcuts to improve [...]

By Donald Latumahina, November 26, 2006

I love audio learning, so I subscribe to some podcasts using iTunes. Usually, I will copy those podcasts to my music player so that I can listen to them while going around and working on something else. But recently I got a problem: one of the podcasts, which is Harvard Business Review ideacast, doesn’t play [...]