Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better

Last week I was finally able to spend a good chunk of time reading through Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better, by Gina Trapani.

Gina is the founding editor of Lifehacker.com, the very helpful blog on software and productivity. I found the book to be just as helpful — and enjoyable — as the website. It is filled with 166 brief but very helpful “hacks” for making technology work for you more effectively.

If you get a chance, the book is worth checking out. If I get the chance, I’ll be doing some posts on it as well.

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