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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 Continue Reading…

© Hannah Boettcher
Back to school is looming, and some of you will be going back to start your A-Levels. You may have heard what you may think to be rumors of it being possible to be able to get a new A star grade at A-Level, this post should help de-mystify what this is.
Who can get an A* at Continue Reading…

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 Continue Reading…

 
© 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 Continue Reading…

 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 Continue Reading…

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 Continue Reading…

I’ve been digging through the archives lately, trying to find some of the best posts on GearFire to showcase. As is often the case with blogs, the best posts written get burried and are never read by newer readers. Here’s a short list to take a look at when you get the chance.

Three tips for processing piles of junk

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