Keep your desk clean and tidy

Design weblog LifeClever offers 10 useful tips for keeping your desk clean and tidy.

Their first suggestion, “Use a system to manage paper,” looks like a pretty straightforward implementation of David Allen’s Getting Things Done filing system, so if you’re looking for a GTD refresher (or maybe introduction), you might want to give it a look. The paper management tip is the meat of the post, but 9 other fairly useful tips follow.

Let us know how you keep your workspace clean and in working order (maybe you go cordless?) in the comments or at tips at lifehacker.com. — Adam Pash

10 tips for keeping your desk clean and tidy [LifeClever]

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New Flock Released!!

Flock Raises New Venture Round, Launches Public Beta

It’s been nearly eight months since Silicon Valley based Flock released a developer version of its Firefox based browser. This evening they are releasing their first public beta version, available for Windows, Mac and Linux machines, at Flock.com. I’ve been running the most recent developer release on my Mac for the last few weeks and it is now my browser of choice.

I interviewed the Flock founders – Bart Decrem, Geoffrey Arone and Anthony Young – as well as investor Jason Pressman from Shasta Ventures, last night. The podcast of the discussion is up on TalkCrunch, here.

Flock is a Mozilla based browser (see also Songbird, another application built on the Mozilla code base). They’ve built additional features to the core Firefox code base that make the browsing experience more seamless, including photo integration with Flickr or photobucket, social bookmarking integration with Del.icio.us or Shadows, a blogging tool, enhanced search and a RSS reader.

Photos

Photos stored in either Flickr or Photobucket are integrated directly into the browser experience, scrolled horizontally just above the browser window. Photos can be uploaded to these accounts by dragging them into the browser. Or, photos can be added to any web page that accepts html (a comment area on a blog, for example) by dragging the photo directly into the web page. This is the single most compelling reason (for me) that I’ve switched to using Flock – to bring my Flickr photos to the desktop.

Photobucket and Flickr are currently supported. More photo services will be integrated over time (I’ve suggested that CNET’s AllYouCanUpload be supported as well, for example).

Bookmarking

Flock also has close integration with Del.icio.us and Shadows social bookmarking accounts. Clicking on the star button next to the address bar bookmarks the current page, and metadata such as tags can also be added. More bookmarking sites will be supported over time.

Blogging, Search, RSS

Flock has an integrated blogging tool, with integrated tagging, that works with most major blogging platforms. Users can switch between preview and html views. Search via the top right drop down (same location as Firefox) is set to Yahoo as a default, and an be changed to Google, Technorati, Wink, etc. (no support for MSN or Live.com search though). Beginning to type in a search query brings up a pop up box that shows recent bookmarked sites, visited sites and search results from the default search engine.

The integrated RSS reader is excellent (image above to left). Any visited web page with a feed shows the orange feed icon in the address bar. Clicking on it shows a preview of the feed. Another click and you are subscribed. Within the reader feeds can be read individually, or in “river of news” fashion.

Flock will make the majority of their revenue from the search bar, just as Firefox does. They have a revenue share agreement with search providers for searches completed through the browser. The low end estimates I’ve heard suggest that Firefox generates at least $2-3 per year per user. Flock is also going to charge service providers to integrate directly into the browser, and plans on launching co-branded browsers with partners to increase distribution. Given their close relationship with Yahoo (search, del.icio.us and flickr integration), I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Yahoo version of Flock distributed sometime this year.

Flock has also raised a new round of financing led by Shasta Ventures, rumored to be in the $10 million range. Previous investors included Bessemer Venture Partners and Catamount Ventures.

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Apple promises to investigate “iPod City”

Filed under: Portable Audio

Even though the veracity of that Daily Mail story about supposed substandard working conditions in several Chinese iPod factories is still up in the air, the Apple PR machine has already begun rolling out something of a damage control campaign, issuing a statement that reemphasizes the company’s commitment to internationally-recognized manufacturing codes of conduct. Citing protocols outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and by the International Labor Organization, Apple stressed its own supplier code of conduct’s commitment to safe workplaces, environmentally-friendly manufacturing processes, and most importantly to the issue at hand, ensuring that workers are treated with respect and dignity. Instead of flat out denying the Mail’s claims, however, Apple seems to be adopting a more contrite approach, claiming that it is “currently investigating the allegations regarding working conditions” in the Hon Hai-owned plant. We’re happy to see that Apple has taken notice of this story and is concerned with the folks who are vital in bringing their products to market, but the real test is whether we’ll ever actually hear anything else about these factories once the company has completed the promised investigation.

[Via iLounge]

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ugh, why? i'm getting out of it and it sounded like the right decision on saturday and i know it's the right thing….but i don't want to do it. i don't want to hurt her. she doesn't see it coming at all. i don't see a future with her. then i found out that she likes me and it looks like she is changing her mind now. they were suppossed to be roomates. crystal said………..shit what do i do? someone, please help me out of this. i guess that i should get out of it with crystal b/c it's wrong to lead her on thinking that i really want a future with her. the longer i wait the more it is going to hurt her. jessica, it's gonna have to wait until crystal is over me…jessica still needs to be interested in me…jessica doesn't need to be going back to mexico…i love jessica…i would give her the world, i pray for her, i can see us getting married, living together..i see my whole future with her. i can picture any situation of us together in detail. this morning when i woke up it felt like jessica was right there next to me. and it sounds like jessica is getting really flakey…she doesn't answer all my phone calls anymore…maybe that's her trying to keep me off of her until crystal gets over it…but i hope that's all it is b/c i've already fallen and hit bottom for jessica. i just hope it's the same way for her. i could almost propose to her right now. that's how much i love her. comments would be great

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Look what I'm getting

Gamer Card

Woot….look at those gamercards   The one on the left is mine and the one on the right is my brothers

Awesome achievement

I just did the…. coolest thing in halo (2).

We were in a capture the flag game on zanzibar. 6 vs. 6. We were already down one, were not able to capture the flag on the second round. Third round we were on defense…well it wasn’t looking too good and we were about to lose. I started heading down the top level where the rocket spawns going toward the sword. I saw that there was a guy there with the rocket launcher so I assassinated him, and continued on down to the ground where our flag was. All of my guys were dead by the time I landed on the ground and a warthog had just shown up to deliver the flag back to their base. I saw that the flag carrier was about to get in the warthog so I slammed on my X button hoping that I would be given the option to get in the gunner. I GOT IN. So I’m riding along hoping that when they get out I can just kill them…then the worst happened…I hit X and exited the vehicle as they were headed straight for the capture point. My brother right next to me started freakin out…I stayed calm and told him watch. I leaned back and threw a grenade and prayed. That grenade hit the car and exploded, killing both of them, as they were exiting the vehicle at the capture point. It was sooo sweet. I wish I had video of it.

Tonight..was an awesome night.

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