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Comment on Virtual Desktops Double Your Workspace, FREE! by Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:55:23 +0000

Great info and tips on here Jim, keep it up. I hope this site runs as long as your newspaper column did.

Comment on Free “Short-Keys” Save You 5-10 hours typing per week! by Sheryl Cox

Sheryl Cox — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:12:31 +0000

Hi Jim,

It takes a lot to get me excited, but this software sounds great. I aready have several areas in my business where it will be usefull.

Thank You!

Comment on Free Mind-Mapping Software With Easy Online Tools by Rolf The Finn

Rolf The Finn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:57:02 +0000

Thank you very much for bringing this subject up!

I like to use mindmaps and I usually draw them by hand first. It helps a lot but of course it is a bit difficult for others to read unless you are careful.

I agree with the objection that it is not nice to have to be on the internet to use it.

I took a look at IM-Index. It seems to be a very good product indeed.

I wonder what it would be like to use the Livescribe Pen? It looks wonderful. You can just start recording and start writing. You could interview someone and get that as well. You can draw a mindmap or whatever. Then you can transfer that to your computer and so on.

Anyone tried this?

Best wishes

Comment on Free “Short-Keys” Save You 5-10 hours typing per week! by Laurie Kristensen

Laurie Kristensen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:36:12 +0000

I discovered this YEARS ago (probably around 2002 or so and have it listed on one of my sites along with other tools I recommend… but I’ve never run into anyone else using it. I could never live without it anymore, even use it to save URLs instead of using bookmarks. Jim, you said you like to begin your codes with the # sign… I use the same idea, but I use periods, commas, or any other characters that normally never begin a normal word, and I use different ones for different categories of shortkeys that I use. For instance, one character starts all my URL shortkeys, another all my email address shortkeys. I have even set up a system for user names and passwords for different sites I need to login to often. I use it for posting ads and even short emails (or paragraphs to insert) and subjects lines, and for different versions of my email signature lines depending on who I’m writing to (instead of using the email program sig lines, because using shortkeys is more flexible that way). Use it for anything typed repetitively, even if it’s for a short-term project… It’s great!

Comment on Jott.com Turns Your Words Into Action by Rodney

Rodney — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:03:57 +0000

John,

The free option is gone. You can only try it free for a week now.

Still a good idea though.

Rodney

Comment on Free “Short-Keys” Save You 5-10 hours typing per week! by Tara West

Tara West — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:52:49 +0000

G’day Jim! Wow, what a life-saver you are! Thank you so much for sharing. I estimate that I can now save anywhere between 30 minutes to 2 hours each and every day (depending on what’s happening that day!). With all that extra spare time I can give my dog some more attention; he thanks you profusely! Have an awesome day

Comment on Free “Short-Keys” Save You 5-10 hours typing per week! by Andi

Andi — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:52:29 +0000

good, this software is to help me.
because for this I make a format that always keep looking back and copy paste ago.
Thank you for the good of this. and my prayer is you, the more its sustenance. Amin

Comment on Free “Short-Keys” Save You 5-10 hours typing per week! by tom

tom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:14:50 +0000

hello, jim, great post!
personally i have to write a lot everyday doing translations and as a freelance writer, but i don´t type much, since i use dragon naturally speaking speech recognition software, which works very well for me, but of course there are many situations were macros could save lots of time, so i thank you very much for your tip!
kind regards,
tom

Comment on Free “Short-Keys” Save You 5-10 hours typing per week! by Mike Herberts

Mike Herberts — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:29:26 +0000

Thanks for the heads up about this great tool Jim. Ahem….actually I’ve been meaning to write. I bought your mini-site-creator as a total ‘know nothing’ newbie about 4 years ago. I am on about my 10th mini-site. Did over $xxx,xxx last year…but never did say ‘thankyou’ so…..Thankyou

Comment on Free “Short-Keys” Save You 5-10 hours typing per week! by Peter Tremayne

Peter Tremayne — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:29:33 +0000

Thanks for the review Jim.

I can see me using this software plenty.

How come I never found this myself??

Cheers!

~ Peter Tremayne