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Introduction.

Chapter 1 Control Your Email.

Hack 1: Empty Your Inbox (and Keep It Empty).

Hack 2: Decrease Your 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.

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 Computer.

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.

Hack 18: Create Saved Search Folders.

Hack 19: Create a Password-Protected Disk on Your PC.

Hack 20: Create a Password-Protected Disk on Your Mac.

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 Workday.

Hack 26: Dash through Tasks with a Timer.

Hack 27: Form New Habits with Jerry Seinfeld’s Chain.

Hack 28: Control Your Workday.

Hack 29: Turn Tasks into Game Play.

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.

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 Distracting Sounds with Pink Noise.

Chapter 6 Streamline Common Tasks.

Hack 45: Search the Web in Three Keystrokes.

Hack 46: Command Your Windows PC from the Keyboard.

Hack 47: Command Your Mac from the Keyboard.

Hack 48: Reduce Repetitive Typing with Texter for Windows.

Hack 49: Reduce Repetitive Typing with TextExpander for Mac.

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.

Hack 58: Poll Groups of People with Doodle.

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).

Hack 61: Automatically Back Up Your Files Online.

Hack 62: Automatically Empty Your Digital Junk Drawer (PC).

Hack 63: Automatically Clean Up Your Mac.

Hack 64: Automatically Reboot and Launch Applications.

Hack 65: Make Google Search Results Automatically Come to You.

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.

Hack 70: Replace Your Laptop with a Portable Drive.

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.

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.

Hack 84: Quick Search from the URL Bar.

Hack 85: Extend Your Web Browser.

Hack 86: Supercharge Your Firefox Downloads with DownThemAll!

Hack 87: Get 10 Useful Bookmarklets.

Hack 88: Find Reusable Media Online.

Hack 89: Get Your Data on a Map.

Hack 90: Set Multiple Sites as Your Home Page.

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.

Hack 102: Firewall Your PC.

Hack 103: Firewall Your Mac.

Hack 104: Speed Up Windows Vista with a Thumb Drive.

Hack 105: Free Up Hard-Drive Space.

Hack 106: Resurrect Deleted Files.

Hack 107: Hot Image Your PC for Instant Restoration.

Hack 108: Recover Files from an Unbootable PC.

Chapter 11 Manage Multiple Computers.

Hack 109: Share Windows Files.

Hack 110: Share Mac Files.

Hack 111: Synchronize Folders Between Computers.

Hack 112: Synchronize Your Browser Bookmarks Between Computers.

Hack 113: Share a Single Printer Between Computers.

Hack 114: Have Your Mac and Windows, Too, with Boot Camp.

Hack 115: Optimize Your Dual Monitors.

Hack 116: Control Multiple Computers with a Single Keyboard and Mouse.

Reference.

Index.