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Lifehacker
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Control Your Email
Hack 1
Empty Your Inbox (and Keep It Empty)
Hack 2
Decrease Your Email Response Time
Hack 3
Craft Effective Messages
Hack 4
Highlight Messages Sent Directly to You
Hack 5
Use Disposable Email Addresses
Hack 6
Master Message Search
Hack 7
Future-Proof Your Email Address
Hack 8
Consolidate Multiple Email Addresses with Gmail
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 9
Script Repetitive Responses
Hack 10
Filter Low-Priority Messages ('Bacn')
Chapter 2
Organize Your Data
Hack 11
Organize Your Documents Folder
Hack 12
Instantly Retrieve Files Stored on Your Hard Drive
Hack 13
Overhaul Your Filing Cabinet
Hack 14
Instantly Recall Any Number of Different Passwords
Hack 15
Securely Track Your Passwords
Hack 16
Tag Your Bookmarks
Hack 17
Organize Your Digital Photos
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 18
Create Saved Search Folders
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 19
Create a Password-Protected Disk on Your PC
Hack 20
Create a Password-Protected Disk on Your Mac
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 21
Design Your Own Planner
Chapter 3
Trick Yourself into Getting Done
Hack 22
Make Your To-Do List Doable
Hack 23
Set Up a Morning Dash
Hack 24
Map Your Time
Hack 25
Quick-Log Your Work Day
Hack 26
Dash Through Tasks with a Timer
Hack 27
Form New Habits with Jerry Seinfeld's Chain
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 28
Control Your Workday
Hack 29
Turn Tasks into Gameplay
Chapter 4
Clear Your Mind
Hack 30
Send Reminders to Your Future Self
Hack 31
Build Your Personal Wikipedia
Hack 32
Develop Your (Digital) Photographic Memory
Hack 33
Take Great Notes
Hack 34
Organize Your Life with Remember the Milk
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 35
Organize Your Life in Text Files
Chapter 5
Firewall Your Attention
Hack 36
Limit Visits to Time-Wasting Web Sites
Hack 37
Permanently Block Time-Wasting Web Sites
Hack 38
Reduce Email Interruptions
Hack 39
Split Your Work Among Multiple Desktops
Hack 40
Build a No-fly Zone
Hack 41
Clear Your Desktop
Hack 42
Make Your House a Usable Home
Hack 43
Sentence Stuff to Death Row
Hack 44
Drown Out Sound with Pink Noise
Chapter 6
Streamline Common Jobs
Hack 45
Search the Web in Three Keystrokes
Hack 46
Command Your Windows PC from the Keyboard
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 47
Command Your Mac from the Keyboard
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 48
Reduce Repetitive Typing with Texter for Windows
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 49
Reduce Repetitive Typing with TextExpander for Mac
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 50
Text Message Efficiently
Hack 51
Batch Resize Photos
Hack 52
Send and Receive Money on Your Cell Phone
Hack 53
Bypass Free Site Registration with BugMeNot
Hack 54
Speed Up Web Pages on a Slow Internet Connection
Hack 55
Securely Save Web Site Passwords
Hack 56
Become a Scheduling Black Belt with Google Calendar
Hack 57
Scan Text to PDF with Your Camera Phone
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 58
Poll Groups of People with Doodle
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Chapter 7
Automate Repetitive Tasks
Hack 59
Automatically Back Up Your Files to an External Hard Drive (PC)
Hack 60
Automatically Back Up Your Files to an External Hard Drive (Mac)
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 61
Automatically Back Up Your Files Online
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 62
Automatically Empty Your Digital Junk Drawer (PC)
Hack 63
Automatically Clean Up Your Mac
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 64
Automatically Reboot and Launch Applications
Hack 65
Make Google Search Results Automatically Come to You
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 66
Automatically Download Music, Movies, and More
Hack 67
Automatically Email Yourself File Backups
Hack 68
Automatically Update a Spreadsheet
Chapter 8
Get Your Data To Go
Hack 69
Manage Your Documents in a Web-Based Office Suite
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 70
Replace Your Laptop with a Portable Drive
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 71
Carry Your Life on a Flash Drive
Hack 72
Access Web Apps and Search via Text Message
Hack 73
Create a Virtual Private Network (VPN) with Hamachi
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 74
Run a Home Web Server
Hack 75
Remotely Control Your Home Computer
Hack 76
Give Your Home Computer a Web Address
Hack 77
Optimize Your Laptop
Hack 78
Back Up Data to Your iPod
Hack 79
Turn Your Cell Phone into a Modem
Hack 80
Use GMail as an Internet Hard Drive
Chapter 9
Master the Web
Hack 81
Google Like a Pro
Hack 82
Subscribe to Web Sites with RSS
Hack 83
Add Engines to Your Browser's Search Box
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 84
Quick Search from the URL Bar
Hack 85
Extend Your Web Browser
Hack 86
Supercharge Your Firefox Downloads with DownThemAll!
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 87
Get Ten Must-Have Bookmarklets
Hack 88
Find Reusable Media Online
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 89
Get Your Data on a Map
Hack 90
Set Multiple Sites as Your Homepage
Hack 91
Access Unavailable Web Sites via Google
Hack 92
Take Your Browser Configuration with You
Hack 93
Find Out About a Web Site
Hack 94
Have a Say in What Google Says About You
Hack 95
Capture Web Clippings with Google Notebook
Hack 96
Clear your Web Browsing Tracks
Chapter 10
Hone Your Computer Survival Skills
Hack 97
Rescue Your PC from Malware
Hack 98
Clean Up Your Startup
Hack 99
Undo System Configuration Changes
Hack 100
Truly Delete Data from Your Hard Drive
Hack 101
Compare and Merge Files and Folders with WinMerge
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 102
Firewall Your PC
Hack 103
Firewall Your Mac
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 104
Speed Up Windows Vista with a Thumb Drive
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 105
Free Up Hard Drive Space
Hack 106
Resurrect Deleted Files
Hack 107
Hot Image Your PC for Instant Restoration
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 108
Recover Files from an Unbootable PC
Chapter 11
Manage Multiple Computers
Hack 109
Share Windows Files
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 110
Share Mac Files
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 111
Synchronize Folders Between Computers
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 112
Synchronize Your Browser Bookmarks Between Computers
Hack 113
Share a Single Printer Between Computers
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 114
Have Your Mac and Windows, Too, with Boot Camp
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 115
Optimize Your Dual Monitors
(New in 2nd Edition!)
Hack 116
Control Multiple Computers with a Single Keyboard and Mouse
(New in 2nd Edition!)
