1. Make a to-do list and stick to it.
  2. Break your tasks into smaller, more manageable pieces.
  3. Set specific deadlines for yourself and stick to them.
  4. Take short breaks throughout the day to help you stay focused.
  5. Use technology to help you stay organized, efficient and productive ..

Once a week we round up some great tips from the HTG tip box and share them with you; this week we’re looking at location based to-do reminders for Android phones, how to make your own floppy drive symphony, and an easy way to enjoy anywhere access to your manuals and product documentation.

Location Alert Issues Location-based To-Do Reminders

Usi writes in with the following reminder tip:

Sounds like a workable solution, Usi, thanks for sharing. We’d love to hear from readers on other platforms (like Android and BlackBerry phones) who have experience with location-based reminders.

DIY Floppy Drive Music

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Paul writes in with a fun DIY project:

Neat indeed… if we could rig up some dot-matrix printers and old hard drives we’d be well on our way to creating a symphony.

Easy Access to Product Manuals

Bill writes in with the following organization trick:

We’re with you 100%, Bill. We like putting our board game manuals in the whole Dropbox-to-iPad workflow so whenever we need to reference an obscure rule we’re one Find query away from the answers we need.

Have a tip or trick to share? Shoot us an email at tips@howtogeek.com and look for you tip on the front page.