What to do if your keyboard on the screen. And if there are dozens of screens: At CES, the Russian design Art Lebedev, the company shows upcoming Optimus Aux Optimus popularis keyboard with a mini and a series of six unique keyboard for data input devices on the key to the home screen.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
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Sunday, November 17, 2013
Tackle the Most Fun Things on Your To-Do List First
You've probably heard the advice to "eat a live frog" or start with your worst task first. Super-productive writer-producer-director Joss Whedon, however, suggests the opposite approach: Jump start your day with the thing you want to do most."Absolutely eat dessert first," Whedon says in an article on Co.Create:Both approaches have merit. If you have tasks that stress you out just thinking about them, eat the frog in the morning to get it out of the way. Otherwise, leaving those tasks for last could make you get through them more quickly (especially when you're on a deadline).Whedon is also a fan of David Allen's Getting Things Done. Though he hasn't finished the book, he offers a lot of great advice on juggling multiple projects and more in the link below.How to Be Prolific: Guidelines for Getting It Done from Joss Whedon | Co.CreatePhoto by Liz Henry.“Some people will disagree, but for me if I’ve written a meaty, delightful, wonderful bunch of scenes and now I have to do the hard, connective, dog’s body work of writing, when I finish the dog’s body work, I’ll have a screenplay that I already love. I used to write chronologically when I started, from beginning to end. Eventually I went, That’s absurd; my heart is in this one scene, therefore I must follow it. Obviously, if you know you have a bunch of stuff to do, I have to lay out this, all this dull stuff, and I feel very uncreative but the clock is ticking. Then you do that and you choose to do that. But I always believe in just have as much fun as you can so that when you’re in the part that you hate there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, that you’re close to finished.”
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Fabric Belts (Stiff Enough to Hang Things From)
You will need:
Fabric for the shell of the belt (can be two different colours; then it's reversible!)
Fabric for interlining (you may omit this if your shell fabric is heavy and stiff)
Ultra-stiff sew-in interfacing/stabilizer (you may omit this if you don't need your belt to bear weight)
Something to secure your belt - a clasp, a large D-ring, etc.
Optional: 1-inch D-rings
If you are going to use a normal belt buckle, you will also need:
A leather punch
A belt buckle of the appropriate width
Note: If you buy things from Jo-Ann Fabrics, always use the coupons! I never pay full price there.
Plus normal sewing things: thread, scissors, pins, measuring tape or ruler, pen/pencil/chalk, etc.
For inserting the interfacing, you will also need a hand-sewing needle and a cork, rubber eraser, or similar item.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Recycled T-Shirt Journal - with Donkey Kong, Harry Potter, and other Nerdy Things
There are hundreds of ways to reuse t-shirts all over the interent, but if you are a never-ending DIY-er like me, you have a vast collection of refashioned t-shirts dresses, t-shirt quilts, and t-shirt shopping bags.
I wanted to figure out another way to reuse the cool graphics of the shirts that could be replicated quickly and would appeal to the masses.
I also kept seeing Star Wars and Nintendo shirts at the thrift shop that were fifty cents and size XXL, so I grabbed as many nerdy shirts as I could and started selling the finished journals at a local coffee shop. Maybe you can do the same.
We all have piles of shirts that we don't wear anymore, but for sentimental or hoarder reasons we are unable to get rid of a single tee. I'll show you how to use an old shirt to make a cool fabric-covered journal, and BONUS! These make great presents!
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
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Monday, July 1, 2013
Start Your To-Do List with Things You've Already Done
Getting started—and continuing—on a project is tough. To get into a productivity streak and build the momentum you need to keep going, trick yourself by backfilling your to-do list with what you've already accomplished today.This tip comes from TaskRabbit engineer Zack Shapiro, who says that creating and sustaining momentum is the key to fighting our many environmental triggers (other than using sheer willpower). Momentum, his blog post title states, is a hell of a drug.Psychologically, this is like Jerry Seinfeld's Productivity Secret (don't break the chain!), and tactically, it's like using a "done" list to keep you motivated. In this case, though, you begin by reviewing what you've already accomplished and using those checked off tasks to give you a running start. As Fast Company notes, this productivity hack could also include reviewing (or even retyping in author Joan Didion's case) all the work you've already completed so far. "When you think about it, productivity is velocity."Momentum is a hell of a drug | Zach Shapiro via Fast CompanyPhoto by Courtney Dirks.When we see that we're on a streak, our brains want to do more to continue the streak. The longer the streak, the greater the disappointment if we break the streak.
If you've done something for 61 days in a row, don't you want to hit 62? Wouldn't itsuck to start over again at one?
So today, I encourage you to take the first step in starting a streak.
Make a list. Backfill it with things you've already done today.
Now do the first item on that list. Maybe you do the second one too. Keep it going and don't stop.
Excellence is momentum.