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Find Time for Some Digital Media Resources from Mashable on Cyber Monday

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Paula, under Time and Technology.

Finding time to keep up with all the developments in the world of digital media is next to impossible. There are so many different platforms, and so many thousands of applications and tools being developed and marketed for each that sorting out what’s what could be a full-time job.

That’s why I like to check sources like Mashable, Lifehacker, CNET, Wired, and PCMag.com occasionally – and most especially when they offer Top 10 Lists and other aggregations of information. There are people for whom monitoring the digital world is a full-time job (as well as a passion).

So I take advantage of their good work periodically. It’s a quick way to scan the digital landscape, and I nearly always notice something that interests me.

Today I want to share a weekend post from Mashable’s Matt Protonzio titled 47 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed. The entire post is worth a look, and here are just a few of the items that caught my eye:

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Klout: Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about Klout and the man who created it.

The Best and Worst Times to Share on Facebook, Twitter: Link shortening and tracking service bit.ly has released new data on the best and worst times to share links on popular social networks.

8 Ways to Get the Biggest Marketing Bang Out of SlideShare: SlideShare is a vibrant, mobile-friendly, Google-indexed community. Here are eight ways savvy social marketers should use it.

How to Optimize Your Headlines for Google and Humans: Google and SEO may make you cringe, but the combo matters in search. Here are SEO examples from news outlets that range from bad to best.

With time at a premium, and digital media tools and opportunities changing every day, it’s worth taking a look at developments and trends at least weekly. I suggest that you check out one of the venues noted above, and stay familiar with the ever-evolving digital landscape.

Not only that, but as you discover helpful tools, please let us know … we’d all love to hear!

And, here’s something more to consider. Are you an entrepreneur, consultant, or small business owner who’s ready to take the next big step? If you want to learn how to create and to keep a successful business running on your own, then this is for you! “How to Create Credibility as a Freelancer” is a booklet with 70 expert-proven tips that will help you recharge your energy and motivation, increase your visibility, and sharpen those vital organizational and time management skills.

Success is within your reach, so don’t wait, http://optimize.thetimefinder.com/tips-booklet/ and get started today!

Let’s explore time together …

Disclosure of Material Connection: I have no material connection with any of the resources mentioned here, and have not received any compensation for writing this content.

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Find Time for April’s Time Finder Favorites

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Paula, under Time After Time.

This morning, as a soft rain falls on New Hampshire’s thirsty soil, I’m pleased to find time to share with you the top 5 Time Finder favorites for the month of April!

Topping the list was a post about a time tracking tool called Rescue Time. This is a powerful and flexible tool that allows you to see exactly how you spend your time – so that you can then make informed choices.

You can use Rescue Time to track how and where you spend your time on the computer, as well as to track off-line time. The nice thing about the on-line tracking function is that once you have set up Rescue Time, it does the tracking for you. There is nothing you need to record. And this means that you get a much better picture than would be otherwise possible, of how you are actually spending your on-line time.

The second most popular post in April was actually shared in March – and is another Cyber Monday post. This one is titled “Find Time with Zamzar and Evernote Clearly on Cyber Monday” and offered information about two more time-saving tools. Zamzar is a file conversion service, while what Clearly does is change “web-based material to a wonderfully readable (and printable) format. You activate Clearly with a bookmarklet that you drag to your Bookmarks Bar, and then click it to create a customizable, highly readable version of whatever you are viewing on the web. You can even adjust the font size!

Find Time to Accept Yourself and Transform Your Time with Empowered Compassion™ was the third top post for April and offers powerful, heart-based advice for revolutionizing your relationship with time.

Finding Time to accept all of who you are is a gentle, deliberate process that will transform your time and give you a solid base for action. That’s because being your most productive self, your most empowered self, means being your WHOLE self. And that’s where Empowered Compassion™ comes in.

April’s 4th most-read post offered practical ideas for incorporating movement into your daily life. Find Time for “Movement Moments” in Your Day! is all about making sure that we pay attention to our body’s need to move … and reap the benefits.

If you spend a lot of time working on-line, your day might easily have you glued to the computer hour upon hour. It can be engrossing work, but in order to be productive and take good care of yourself, it’s imperative that you find time to move.

And last but not least, “Find Time for These Cool Tools for Pinterest!” was another Cyber Monday post that found its way into your top 5.

Pinterest continues to be one of the fastest-growing social networking sites – currently in third place behind Facebook and Twitter. And now, developers are creating all sorts of applications that can help you pin more easily, find people with similar interests more quickly, and analyze your Pinterest influence. All of these enhancements are interesting and helpful – and they can be crucial if you are interested in using Pinterest for your business.

Was your favorite post here? I’d love to hear what YOU resonated to. Just take 5-minutes and let me know! ;>)

And are you interested in learning more about the Heart-Based Time Management™ Path? Here’s one way that you can transform and deepen your relationship to time in the Heart-Based Way … I invite you to explore Secrets of Heart-Based Time Management™ – my chapter in the book I co-authored - Stepping Stones to Success! In it I share my proven system for exploring and harnessing the power of your mind, your body and your spirit to help you deepen your experience of time and of your life.

As you work with the ideas I offer, you’ll explore your patterns, clarify your values, identify and prioritize your goals … and create your path for achieving them. You can give yourself the gift of this wonderful resource today, and get started on your journey toward success, Stepping Stone by Stepping Stone …just click this link to get the details!

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Find Time to be Amazed by Time’s Mysteries on Cyber Monday!

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Paula, under Time and Technology.

Finding time to simply take in the amazing mysteries that time presents is something that we seldom let ourselves do. And yet, those mysteries are with us every moment, as we live and breathe and work and play within time.

Consider how the merest snatch of a song or a scent of lilac or newly mowed grass can bring to mind a moment from long ago as if it were happening right now. Or think about how time can feel like it ticks by so slowly when you are waiting for a happily anticipated event – meanwhile seeming to rush by at triple speed when you are feverishly trying to meet a deadline.

The thing is that time is objectively concrete and measurable, yet our experience of it is highly subjective. It is also universal – one of the things in life that absolutely ALL of us experience. So, it’s a place where uniqueness and universality bump into one another frequently – and often the result can feel like mystery.

“How is it possible that this moment from 27 years ago can feel so real to me today?”
“Why does time feel like it moves faster as I get older?”
“Where did the time go?”

Do you ever ponder the mystery of what happened to April 29, 1967? Or July 17, 2003? Where, indeed, does the time go?

Well, here’s one graphic representation of, if not where the time goes, at least what happens as it passes. This ingenious use of technology by Frans Hofmeester illustrates the growth of his daughter Lotte, from birth to age 12 … all in the space of a brief video.

Shared by Alison, a long-time reader of The Time Finder, this video offers a condensed view of change over time that I found fascinating – and I offer it to you today!

Lotte Time Lapse: Birth to 12 years in 2 min. 45. from Frans Hofmeester on Vimeo.

It is amazing and humbling to see 12 years of growth compressed into just a few minutes – and to consider how our experience of time can be just that malleable and plastic. I think about the moments that loom large in our lives, and how we carry them with us while other moments fade.

Time and memory. Time and duration. There are so many mysteries about time … the deeper youwe delve into them, the more time opens up its rich treasures to us!

Do you let yourself step toward the mystery of time? Are there ways that it confounds and fascinates you, too? Let us know what you think … we’d all love to hear!

And, stepping back into more day-to-day thoughts about time, are you an entrepreneur, consultant, or small business owner who’s ready to take the next big step? If you want to learn how to create and to keep a successful business running on your own, then this is for you! “How to Create Credibility as a Freelancer” is a booklet with 70 expert-proven tips that will help you recharge your energy and motivation, increase your visibility, and sharpen those vital organizational and time management skills.

Success is within your reach, so don’t wait, click this link and get started today!

Let’s explore time together …

Disclosure of Material Connection: I have no material connection with Frans Hofmeester or Vimeo, and have not received any compensation for writing this content.

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Find Time for the Top 5 Time Finder Favorites for March

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Paula, under Time After Time.

Finding time to savor the posts that were the favorites for Time Finder readers last month is one of the ways I always greet the new month.

It lets me look back and get a better sense of what you are looking for, as I plan posts for the coming month. And it’s also an opportunity to reflect and bid a grateful farewell to time past, while looking ahead with anticipation!

So, what posts ranked as your Time Finder Favorites for March? Well, our Time and Technology posts shared on Cyber Monday’s were a big hit this past month, with 3 posts making it into the top 5!

Find Time with Zamzar and Evernote Clearly on Cyber Monday ranked #1 and offered two time-saving tools that can both help you be more productive on-line. You can read the post for the details, but here are two quick bullet-points:

Zamzar is an online file conversion service that offers both free and paid options. Files can be converted on the web or via e-mail, and there is a quite extensive list of conversion options.

Evernote Clearly is a web-based tool that is part of the Evernote collection of products. It converts web-based material to a wonderfully readable (and printable) format.

Coming in at #2 was Find Time to Take Charge of Your E-mail (So That It Doesn’t Take Charge of You)! I don’t know anyone for whom the in-box doesn’t present a daily challenge. And that’s especially true if you are an on-line entrepreneur. This post offers some concrete, actionable tips for getting your in-box under control. Ready to start?

Establishing and maintaining time boundaries is one of the keys – and the other involves creating a system for organizing the e-mails that you receive to make them accessible – while housing them someplace other than your in-box.

Find Time for AutoHotKey and … Find More Time! was the third most-read post last month. If you haven’t checked it out, I highly recommend this tool. It may look daunting at first, but it’s actually simple to use and can be very helpful, especially with repetitive on-line tasks.

According to my VA, who has explored it extensively, this tool is extremely easy to customize and saves her untold amounts of time.

Find Time to Recover: 3 Keys for Healing and Resilience was a popular post prompted by my recovery from a bad bout of the flu, and focusing on what resilience is (and isn’t)!

It is especially important to remember that resilience is a process not a character trait! Indeed, the last thing you need when going through a tough time is to feel that you are somehow flawed because you are not bouncing back fast enough!

And last, but not least by any stretch, came Find Time for Empowered Compassion™ – a topic that is near and dear to my heart, and a foundational part of Heart-Based Time Management™.

When you bring compassion to any situation you make it possible to also bring your full and authentic presence to it. Accepting YOU, you can let yourself BE! And starting from that solid and real foundation, anything becomes possible.

Is your favorite Time Finder post listed here? Are there subjects that you’d like me to write more about? Please feel invited to drop me a line – I’d love to hear from you and serve your time finding needs!

And in the meantime, want to learn more about how you can expand and deepen your time and efforts … in whatever areas you choose? Here’s a great way to explore avenues to increasing your time skills and heart-based power – whether it’s in your business, or your personal life. I am so pleased to be able to offer my expertise and support as The Official SelfGrowth.com Guide to “Time Management”.

You can visit by clicking the link, and when you do you’ll find lots of time management articles by experts in the field, along with a vibrant and welcoming on-line community. Stop by my Expert Page and leave a comment or question … or just say hello. There are lots of ways to connect … let’s get started!

Find Time for February’s Time Finder Favorites (thetimefinder.com)
Find Time for January’s Time Finder Favorites (thetimefinder.com)
Find Time for Time Finder Favorites-December 2011 (thetimefinder.com)

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Find Time for February’s Time Finder Favorites

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Paula, under Time After Time.

Finding time can be a challenge in the rush of commitments and daily tasks, can’t it? Here we are already at day 6 of March – and just finding time this morning to pause and greet the new month (belatedly) with our glance back at last month’s favorite posts on The Time Finder. So, let’s dive right in, shall we?

Topping the list was a post from the very first Day of February titled Find Time to Travel Back to Your “Time Roots” for Clarity and Freedom! that initiated our exploration of the time legacies that we all carry. In the post, I shared an exercise for uncovering your time legacies, and noted …

Some of your discoveries might feel bittersweet. But remember, even as you see the losses, they ultimately lead to greater freedom! Remember that the more compassion you feel as you view your family’s time choices (and yours), the more possibilities open up to you.

Next on your list of favorites was Find Time to “Hear” the Actions Beneath the Words – a post about the mixed messages that can be a confusing and very powerful part of our time legacies.

Did Mom and Dad’s actions match their words? Or did “What I say” and “What I do” contradict one another? It’s quite helpful to explore this, for one very compelling reason: Mixed messages speak loudest.

Find Time to Put a Little Love in Your Heart was our post on Valentine’s Day – and one of your Time Finder Favorites for February. Thsi post focused on compassion and the power it brings to your life. It contains one of my very favorite, foundational messages about compassion:

A heart that holds compassion can hold anything!

Self care was also on the minds of readers of The Time Finder this month, as Finding Time to Nourish Yourself ranked quite high among the posts visited.

I like to think of nourishment as what keeps me going – whether it’s food, silence, companionship, exercise … or any combination of these things. What nourishes me energizes and sustains me, no matter what challenges come my way.

What do you find nourishing, and how do you find time to nourish yourself?

And last but most definitely not least was a Cyber Monday post about a new search tool Find Time to Find What You Need on the Web with RTBot This Cyber Monday. Finding what you’re looking for on the web isn’t always as straight-forward as we’d like …

That’s why I was interested to learn about RTBot, a new information service whose stated goal is to “simplify the access to information and content stored in different sites, reducing the time it takes to find relevant and fresh information on the internet.”

So, how do you find what you need? Give yourself what you need? Here at The Time Finder we’d like to know how we can help, so drop me a line – I’d love to hear!

And in the meantime, want to learn more about how you can expand and deepen your time and efforts … in whatever areas you choose? Here’s a great way to explore avenues to increasing your time skills and heart-based power – whether it’s in your business, or your personal life. I am so pleased to be able to offer my expertise and support as The Official SelfGrowth.com Guide to “Time Management”.

Find Time for January’s Time Finder Favorites (thetimefinder.com)
Find Time for Time Finder Favorites-December 2011 (thetimefinder.com)
Find Time to Appreciate November’s Time Finder Favorites as We Welcome December! (thetimefinder.com)

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Find Time with Zamzar and Evernote Clearly on Cyber Monday

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Paula, under Time and Technology.

Finding time to streamline your on-line work is often a great way to save small bits of time that can really add up over the long term. Every tool isn’t going to appeal to everyone – and indeed, there are so many applications an on-line tools ‘out there’ that it can be overwhelming. That’s why I particularly enjoy sharing on-line tools that sound like time-savers, when I hear about them.

Last week, my VA told me about two tools that she had discovered, used, and thought were quite useful: Zamzar and Evernote Clearly. Here’s some information on each of them:

Zamzar is an online file conversion service that offers both free and paid options. Files can be converted on the web or via e-mail, and there is a quite extensive list of conversion options. For example, here are the options for a Microsoft Word document:

bmp – Windows bitmap
docx – Microsoft Word 2007 Document
gif – Compuserve graphics interchange
html – Hypertext Markup Language
jpg – JPEG compliant image
mp3 – Compressed audio file
odt – OpenDocument Text Document
pcx – Paintbrush Bitmap Image
pdf – Portable Document Format
png – Portable Network Graphic
ps – Postscript document
tiff – Tagged image file format
thumbnail – Thumbnail image
txt – Text document

There is also a bookmarklet that you can drag to your bookmarks toolbar, for on the spot conversion of documents that you have open (and Zamzar is able to detect) in your browser. You can sign up with Zamzar to access more options at three different price levels. At the free level you can convert a maximum of 5 files in a single session, and as many files as you want throughout the day.

Here is a video that shows you how to use Zamzar to convert files.

Evernote Clearly is a web-based tool that is part of the Evernote collection of products.

Currently it works as an add-on to the Firefox Browser, but hopefully it will soon be available for your favorite browser, too (if it doesn’t happen to be Firefox).

What Clearly does is convert web-based material to a wonderfully readable (and printable) format. You activate Clearly with a bookmarklet that you drag to your Bookmarks Bar, and then click it to create a customizable, highly readable version of whatever you are viewing on the web. You can even adjust the font size!

Here’s a brief video, showing how Clearly can (clearly) enhance your experience on the web:

Do you have a favorite time-saving tool for your web-based work? Share it in a comment – I’d love to hear!

And are you an entrepreneur, consultant, or small business owner who’s ready to take the next big step? If you want to learn how to create and to keep a successful business running on your own, then this is for you! “How to Create Credibility as a Freelancer” is a booklet with 70 expert-proven tips that will help you recharge your energy and motivation, increase your visibility, and sharpen those vital organizational and time management skills.

Success is within your reach, so don’t wait, click this link and get started today! http://bit.ly/FreelanceTips

Let’s explore time together …

Disclosure of Material Connection: I have no material connection with Zamzar or Evernote Clearly and have not received any compensation for writing this content.