Software Review: Q10

Q10 is a minimalistic word processor. By minimalistic, I mean it strongly resembles a type writer, with a few added extras such as word counts, timers and editing. The twist to this piece of software is that it works in full screen, in addition to being simple. This makes it great for when you just cannot focus, it’s designed not to come with the bells and whistles of other word processors that just distract us from...

My Free Mac Student Software Arsenal

Like a lot of high school and college students, I’m really dependant on my computer; for researching and writing, chatting with my friends, keeping up with the news, and some general goofing off of course (who hasn’t wasted 3 hours doing random stuff on Facebook?). Being as I spend so much time glued to my laptop, I’ve taken it upon myself to hunt down the best, free apps for students. Maybe some of these...

Ink wells at the ready!

  © Sanja Gjenero As I write this post, I’m decisively low-tech. Not by choice, I hasten to add, I’m having problems with some computer hardware so the computer’s off and the most technological device draining power in my room at the moment would have to be the light bulb. It made me think, what happened to the lost art of writing with pen and paper. What I’m doing now has for the most part, gone. Replaced...

Why be productive?

 So many of us are engaged in an endless quest to become “productive”, yet never ask ourselves, why? Why is it important to know why we want to be productive? Firstly, the danger is that if we don’t know what we are doing it for, what will we do once we are more productive? For some people, their lives just become more crammed with endless lists of unfulfilling tasks. If we are to pursue productivity,...

Stay On Track With a Yearly Outline

One of the biggest “productivity killers” we encounter is having big projects sneak up on us. You’ve got a nice, organized system set up for keeping track of all of the things that you need to devote time to; to-do lists, calendars, planners, sticky notes. But then, as you commence working on a big paper, you suddenly realize that the deadline for that study abroad application is in 2 days, and you’ve...