Entries from May 2005

Hipster PDA

May 28th, 2005 · 2 Comments

Hipster PDA
Originally uploaded by maxlimpag.
I said in a previous post that you should ditch those index cards for the GTDTiddlyWiki - I still think you should, that is if you are, like me, a person with proclivity for losing notebooks or pieces of paper containing notes.

But if you want to continue using paper organizers, you’d [...]

Tags: LifeHacks · planner

An easier way to write tutorials on how to use software

May 25th, 2005 · No Comments

Writing a tutorial on how to use a software or web script can be difficult. People understand instructions better if there are visual cues to follow – and there lies the difficulty, how to get screen captures to use for the illustration.
Recently, a group sought my help for their website. They wanted to have a [...]

Tags: PC · Work

“The page one pope”

May 20th, 2005 · No Comments

Sun.Star Cebu’s page one story on the death of Pope John Paul II is included in a book reprinting the front pages of newspapers from around the world. The collection, according to Amazon’s book description edited by Poynter, “includes 144 reproductions of front pages from newspapers in the United States plus major newspapers from around [...]

Tags: Journalism · Work

Throw away those index cards, use your own wiki page

May 18th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Do you still organize your notes using index cards? I used to do this in college and I’d have a bunch of cards for each subject I took. I can’t recall using index cards regularly for my reporting. I did use the cards for at least one special report I wrote for The Freeman.
Through the [...]

Tags: Highlights · LifeHacks · Personal · planner

Using your PC to manage your phone

May 11th, 2005 · 1 Comment

I have always been a fan of Ericsson phones but never of its bundled PC connectivity software. Previous versions of the software allow you to manage, to a certain extent, your phone data but not your messages.
When I bought a T630, I never bothered installing the software that came with it. Instead, I used the [...]

Tags: Mobile · PC

Installing a Wordpress-powered site

May 10th, 2005 · No Comments

I was finally able to install Wordpress for a site I help manage - PFMCPI — The Philippine Federation of Married Catholic Priests, Inc. The site used to run on a Serendipity installation. I think Serendipity is the better blog script. My previous Cybercafe Experiments site used Serendipity. In PFMCPI’s case, however, Wordpress seemed the [...]

Tags: Blogs · Personal