I tend to get my day started off with checking emails, clicking a link, getting involved in other links and after about 2 hours later, I realize that I’ve gotten nothing done. Seriously, it’s a bad habit.
So, today I figured I would try a new trick… each morning I will start my day off by opening up a new window in Firefox and every Research Tool I need will open up…
Google Trends, Site Exporer (Yahoo), Nichebot, Compete, Yahoo! Buzz, Microsoft XRank, etc, etc. I have about 12 pages open up right away.
In case you don’t know how to do this - you can create multiple home pages in Firefox by adding Pipes | between each URL.
Like this:
http://site.com | http://www.anothersite.com | http://www.somesite.net/go/there/now/ |
Just go to TOOLS > OPTIONS > (MAIN) > Homepage
http://www.compete.com | http://trends.google.com | https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com |
Add as many as you want and it SHOULD (theoretically) help you become a little more productive, if not more motivated.
(UPDATE) I noticed that the URL’s I’ve added are showing up as like 8 spaces from the Pipes… just add ONE space (if any) to help out your eyes… I didn’t add that much space, it was Wordpress. 
By Deepak on Sep 6, 2008 | Reply
Right, I am reading Timothy’s 4 Hour work week and that book is about being more productive. Have you read it?
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Clint Lenard reply on September 6, 2008:
No, although I should… I actually pretty much know what it’s about though. I have the Audio book and the actual book itself… yet I haven’t had time to read it or listen to it…
How’s that for irony? =)~
By Wes (MasterlessSamurai.com) on Oct 8, 2008 | Reply
I’ve got the audiobook version, pdf, print, and Kindle. How’s that for a hard core fan? Tim Ferris is speaking at a Web 2.0 conference soon in the Bay Area. Not sure that I can make it though.
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