{"id":224,"date":"2010-10-30T12:37:27","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T18:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/?p=224"},"modified":"2010-10-30T13:18:38","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T19:18:38","slug":"finding-things-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/2010\/10\/finding-things-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Find data faster."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stop wasting time and automate repetitive task. Automation increases your productivity and lessens your work load. Here are some few methods to do so.<br \/>\n<div class=\"imagecaptioneasy imagecaptioneasy_nowrap\" style=\"width:px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thatguyfromcchs08\/2300190277\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;padding:0.3em;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2036\/2300190277_360853ae0d_m.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by: Nathan Eal Photography\"><\/a><br style=\"clear:both\" \/><span>Photo by: Nathan Eal Photography<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<h3>Launching Programs :<\/h3>\n<p>The first improvement you can make is to use the keyboard over the mouse. Operating a mouse requires more concentration and time than hitting a keyboard shortcut and typing in the name of the program.<br \/>\nThe easiest way is to use <a href=\"http:\/\/launchy.net\/\">&#8220;Launchy&#8221;<\/a>, a open source keystroke launcher. With Launchy, to open up a program like Firefox, you hit &#8220;alt&#8221; + &#8220;space&#8221; to bring up Launchy, then you type in &#8220;fox&#8221; and it auto completes for your and enter.<br \/>\n&#8211; Jump Directory ( Make a folder within side start menu for quick access to essential tools)<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helpwithpcs.com\/tipsandtricks\/keyboard_shortcuts_windows_xp.htm\">Shortcuts<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Finding Files<\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voidtools.com\/\">Everything<\/a>, (super fast searching).<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixty-five.cc\/sm\/v1x.php\">Spacemonger<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/windirstat.info\/\">WinDirStat<\/a> (data storage visualization)<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.softwareok.com\/?seite=Freeware\/Q-Dir\">Q-dir<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zabkat.com\/x2lite.htm\">xplorer2<\/a> (dual file manager)<\/p>\n<h3>Automation<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoitscript.com\/autoit3\/downloads.shtml\">Autoit<\/a> (Windows OS Task automation)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.csail.mit.edu\/uid\/chickenfoot\/\">Chickenfoot<\/a> (firefox plugin for web automation)<\/p>\n<h3>More time saving tips<\/h3>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/net.tutsplus.com\/tutorials\/other\/8-regular-expressions-you-should-know\/\">Regular Expression<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2009\/06\/01\/essential-guide-to-regular-expressions-tools-tutorials-and-resources\/\">Tools<\/a>: (Searching Through Text)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/users.telenet.be\/jbosman\/applications.html\">Poweroff<\/a> ( schedule your computer to power off after events )<br \/>\nIn conclusion, there are dozens of programs and other techniques that you can learn to save time. To take this a step forward, I suggest reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Productive-Programmer-Theory-Practice-OReilly\/dp\/0596519788\/ref=cm_aya_orig_subj\">The Productive Programmer<\/a> by Neal Ford. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop wasting time and automate repetitive task. Automation increases your productivity and lessens your work load. Here are some few methods to do so. Photo by: Nathan Eal Photography Launching Programs : The first improvement you can make is to use the keyboard over the mouse. Operating a mouse requires more concentration and time than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/2010\/10\/finding-things-faster\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Find data faster.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","category-tutorials","tag-tutorial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249,"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bateru.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}