Truer Words Were Never Spoken

From Reuters:
Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh had a simple philosophy for producing good work — “you have to eat well, be well housed, have a screw from time to time, smoke your pipe and drink your coffee in peace.”
h/t Marc Andreessen

Notely: Notetaking and Organization for Students

I realize I’m late to the party on this one, but I just ran across an interesting online note-taking and organization app aimed at college students called Notely. Notely is a collection of online apps that allow you to create lecture notes, make a to-do list, keep track of homework, papers and other assignments, manage [...]

Useful Websites for College Students

Found over at Mashable: a list of 60+ useful websites and web-based apps for college students in categories such as buy/sell/trade textbooks, homework reference and work sites, organizational sites and social networks. I’d heard of a few of these, but most of these are new to me. A great resource for both incoming and returning [...]

Merlin Mann: Inbox Zero

Hi, I’m Chris. I struggle with an overflowing email Inbox (have you seen my office, btw?). I am getting better, but still struggle with this terrible, terrible Affliction.
A friend turned me on to Merlin Mann’s posts on managing your email over at 43Folders. Recently, Merlin did a presentation to Google about this, which I’m placing [...]