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We are living in the Information Age! Are you suffering from [|Information Overload]? Read [|10 tips for Managing Information Overload]. And what about multitasking?

Getting Started
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Email
Read about 5 fast email productivity tips. From 43 Folders : When Reading an email, make a decision:
 * delete it
 * archive it
 * defer it for later response
 * generate an action from it
 * respond to it immediately

Consider a Next Actions folder for emails that require a followup action. Folders can be helpful, but items that require an action can get lost in a folder.

Searching
Finding what YOU want/need! Search Tips. 25 Awesome Google Search Tips and Tricks

Personalized Home Page
Symbaloo Access your bookmarks anywhere Kadaza Create your own personal start page by dragging, dropping and adding logos. Search within a large database with more than 25.000 logos! iGoogle //iGoogle// is your personalized Google page. Add news, photos, weather, and stuff from across the web to your page. [|PageFlakes]

Google Forms
With Google Docs, you can quickly create a form or survey, email it to your friends, family, or colleagues, and keep track of the answers in one spreadsheet (all for free). Getting Started Video

Diigo
If you browse or read a lot on the web, we believe you will find Diigo indispensable. Diigo is two services in one -- it is a research and collaborative research tool on the one hand, and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other.

Evernote
Use Evernote to save your ideas, things you see, and things you like. Then find them all on any computer, phone or device you use. For free.

Livebinders
LiveBinders is your 3-ring binder for the Web to:
 * Collect your resources
 * Organize them neatly and easily
 * Present them with pride

Remember the Milk
Managing tasks is generally not a fun way to spend your time. We created Remember The Milk so that you no longer have to write your to-do lists on sticky notes, whiteboards, random scraps of paper, or the back of your hand. Remember The Milk makes managing tasks an enjoyable experience.

Toodledo
An easy to use, online to-do list. Get organized, stay motivated, and be more productive.

Google Calendar
Organizing your schedule shouldn't be a burden. With Google Calendar, it's easy to keep track of life's important events all in one place.

Dropbox
Dropbox allows you to sync your files online and across your computers automatically. Sharing files is simple and can be done with only a few clicks. Dropbox backs up your files online without you having to think about it. A copy of your files are stored on Dropbox's secure servers. This lets you access them from any computer or mobile device.

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Defined: RSS (Rich Site Summary) is **a format for delivering regularly changing web content**. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an **RSS Feed** to whoever wants it. //Learn More//

Sites to subscribe to: 43 Things Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/43folders

Systems
Getting Things Done - Read about GTD. Covey - The 8th Habit Franklin Planner

Searching Resource Links
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Organizing Resource Links
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