Customizing your icons and folders not only gives your computer a little more flavah, but also makes getting around within folders quicker. Customizing your icons is easier than you may think. There are many icons available for free download and an excellent program called CandyBar makes it as easy as drag-n-drop.

With a well organized office file you should be able to find any document in 30 seconds or less. The same should be true of your computer. Your hard drive can be a powerhouse of potential. When clutter takes over we lose the ability to utilize our computer for daily productivity.

As a continuation of last weeks post on free programs, I decided to kick off a Tour of My Mac Series starting today. This week you’ll be seeing every angle of my Mac, from folder setup to the dashboard to programs. I know not all of you reading are on an Apple and that’s o.k. [...]

I have had a handful of people write me after switching to Mac and ask me questions about what programs do I use. Since Steve asked me to do a post about it. This is the first of a few “Tour of My Mac” posts. These are the the Mac apps I use every single [...]

A few days ago I had over 2,000 emails in my Mail inbox. That is just out of control. My mail was sort-of organized: I had some folders set up but they were really just taking up space. After reading a post on Glenn’s site I got some motivation and a few hours later had [...]

Today is “CSS Naked Day” and many (over 1,500) folks are displaying their site plain and simple. I’m not participating because honestly, I don’t know how to strip my site of CSS. I know I could have figured it out in about 3 seconds, but I didn’t have the energy. However, 3 friends of mine [...]

Quicksilver. The Godfather of Mac apps. Those who use it swear by it, and those who don’t are begging for someone to show them the way. If you are just playing around with Quicksilver or use it regularly there are more than enough tutorials out there to help you. But which ones are worth your [...]

Ask anyone who’s used it (or wishes they did) and they will agree that Quicksilver is hands down the best [free] application for your Mac. Merlin wrote an all inclusive goto post for tips / tricks and tutorials on Quicksilver. Check it out.

I have been using ecto (lowercase “e” on purpose) with my WordPress blog for about 6 months, and I love it. There are many excellent features to ecto that help ‘fill in the cracks’ of my WordPress admin as well as simply making my life as an online writer more productive. In fact, I love [...]