Getting ready for Back-to-school

Holidays are officially over and on Monday, the Fall semester starts. It's time to get ready for upcoming battles. Sacrifice your Sunday afternoon nap and try to get ahead.

Workspace: get rid of the holiday clutter

I cleared out all my drawers and evaluated the content. All that pens that dried during the summer, paper clutter and tangled cables must go. It's a good idea to start putting together a shopping list for office supplies when you realize something is missing.

Also, set up some space for new documents. On my Mac, I created new folders for all notes, PDFs and other files that would be created in upcoming months. There would be no electronic clutter at the end of the first week.

Trying new schedule for Fall

The school starts again in one week and I started my preparations by putting together a new schedule that I'd like to share with you.

As you see, it's a bit more complex that traditional list of lectures. Let me explain.

to-do lists: iCal versus iProcrastinate

My beloved MacBook Pro received a special treatment today: upgrade to Snow Leopard.

For a long time, I resisted the temptation to spend money on piece of software that wasn't necessary, but when my Mac started to slow down and Apple released the App Store, the time has come. I just got it. And I fell in love with the App Store immediately. To get some useful

app through the App store is much easier than searching for it on the Internet. Especially when you're not sure what you are looking for.

How is this related to student productivity?

There are hundreds applications we can all use to make our life easier. Every semester, I have to find the most efficient way to get things done. This one, I carry my Mac everywhere and I completely rely on iCal and MS Word (yes, I love MS Office even though I'm Mac person).