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Fixing BlackBerry Reminder Issues

by Bruce Keener on April 1, 2008

Until I started using a BlackBerry Curve, I thought that a few of the Windows Mobile devices were the only handhelds that had problems with reminder alarms. (If you have a WinMo device and have reminder issues with it, check out this post and this one.)
I thought this might be limited to the Curve series [...]

Managing Your Information Intake: Using a Feed Reader

by Bruce Keener on March 25, 2008

Most of you probably read Keener Living, and other blogs, via a Feed Reader. For those who do not, this article shows you how to do it, and even provides a starter file you can import into a reader to get started.
A few neat things about feed readers:

You don’t have to use any extra software. [...]

Importing Outlook into Gmail

by Bruce Keener on March 20, 2008

A while back I mentioned wanting to break my dependence on Outlook, to move to web-based solutions, but I did not want to lose all the stored emails I have in Outlook.
But, in doing some research I learned that these stored emails could be imported into my Gmail account. There seemed to be several solutions, [...]

Which Self-Improvement Posts I Would Bookmark

by Bruce Keener on March 18, 2008

I recently asked myself the questions:

If I were a reader of Keener Living, which self-improvement posts would I want to bookmark (save to Delicious) so I could refer to them again when I needed the reminder?
Which would I want to share on StumbleUpon because I think others would be interested?

My list is below. [...]

How To Use Google Forms to Conduct a Survey

by Bruce Keener on February 28, 2008

This post describes how to use the form feature of Google Spreadsheets to conduct a survey. But, before getting into that, I want to make these points:

Before conducting a survey, you should always ask yourself what you are willing to change as a result of the survey. This means really knowing what you really expect [...]