Technology and Software

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Effective Brainstorming Using Mind Maps

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Brainstorming with Mind Maps

Mind mapping is a great way to brainstorm ideas and to subsequently structure ideas into something that makes sense. It’s a great way to start off with dumping your thoughts in a graphical way and you can let your imagination run wild as you populate your mind map. However, most people who use mind mapping ...

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How to Teach Someone to Mindmap (or, How to Learn Mind Mapping)

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Head Case

One of the best ways to learn something is to try to teach it to someone else. In this spirit, we’re going to show you how to get started with the basics of producing effective mind maps – and then ask you to teach the same basics to someone else.

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Essential Cydia Apps and Extensions

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Essential Cydia Apps

Jailbreaking is the process where you bypass the limitation within iOS that Apple has set and it allows you to fully customize your iPhone (or iTouch/iPad). There are a lot of apps available in Cydia, the Appstore equivalent of jailbroken iPhones, that are not found in the Appstore because of the limitations within iOS. However, ...

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How to Read a Mindmap Properly

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How to Read a Mindmap

Here at Asian Efficiency, we’re a little obsessed with mind mapping. Believe it or not, in my spare time I make mindmaps for a lot of things – processes, book summaries, consolidating information, vacation planning… I often send these out to friends and contacts of mine, and one of the most common questions that I ...

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1Password One Click Bookmarks

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1Password One Click Login Bookmarks

If you have been using a password manager for browsing you already know how useful it is to have one. Our favorite password manager is 1Password and today we are going to show you how to login to your favorite websites with just one click.

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Getting Started with Instapaper

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Instapaper for Beginners

Have you ever faced a situation where you wanted to read an article but you didn’t have time for it? Some of you might have bookmarked the page in your browser but let’s be honest here. How likely was it that you would actually read that article some other time? My guess – not very ...

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Essential iPhone Apps by Asian Efficiency

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essential iPhone apps

We love the iPhone and its many apps that are available. We have shared our favorite Mac and iPad apps before and now we are going to share our favorite iPhone apps. We have collected 75+ apps and we can’t guarantee you might be a couple of dollars poorer after reading this post!

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