Adam over at Lifehacker has done me the great honor of doing his own version of my “5 Steps to A Consistent Workspace.” You may notice some movement between Cal Newport’s Study Hack and Russ Egan’s The Student Help Forum. That’s because both are great sites and you’ll be seeing us working together some in the next few weeks as we strive to bring you the best in academic lifehacks. Some guest blogging, and Russ and I have something big planned in a few weeks. Stay tuned!The day is just awash with news, so I’ll sum it up here:
- HackCollege is reporting that the Facebook Marketplace has added a “Books” function. And it searches by ISBN (the only way to go)!
- College and Finance posted 18 Overlooked Things Everyone Should Bring to College (via Lifehacker) There is some useful stuff there, but nothing earth shattering.
- You know that Firefox “Campus Edition” browser we reported on a while back? Seems it is up and available now. Get it here. Honestly, this seems like Firefox just trying to be hip and sexy. To do this the faster way, just install these three plugins in your existing installation (they are all excellent.) (Care of The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Wired Campus)
- If my email is any indication, Threadless is having their back to school sell (10 bucks a shirt!) I don’t even like wearing T-shirts, but these make up an enormous part of my wardrobe. I already ordered the Communist Party.
- MacNN is reporting that there is some new software for you Mac using Physics students. Try Equator here.
Okay, I think that’s it for now.
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