lifehackers
Shortcut-seeking improvers
Lifehackers are people who seek clever shortcuts, tricks, or unconventional methods to optimize daily tasks and improve productivity.
The term emerged from tech culture, where a hack is an ingenious solution to a problem.
Lifehackers share tips on everything from organizing closets to managing email: Lifehackers swear by the two-minute rule—if it takes less than two minutes, do it now.
Productive without waste
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- automationSelf-operating system design
- shortcutsQuicker methods or paths
- workflowsSequences of operational steps
batching · templates · delegation · prioritization · systemization · checklists · routines · streamlining
Web content creators
- influencersPeople with online sway
- subredditsTopical forums within one site
- forumsVenues for collective discourse
- tipsExtras for servers
sharing · tutorials · podcasts · YouTube · newsletters · crowdsourcing · followers · content-creators
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- self-improvementEnhancing oneself deliberately
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- measuringDetermining size or amount
tweaking · iterating · results-driven · minimalism · intentionality · goal-setting · discipline · motivation
Mobile software, briefly
- toolsDevices for doing work
- gadgetsSmall mechanical contrivances
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- integrationsActs of combining parts
Evernote · spreadsheets · keyboards · shortcuts · widgets · wearables · syncing · notifications
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
- repurposingAdapting for different use
- workaroundsIndirect solutions to problems
- tricksDeceptive acts or techniques
- rubber-bandsElastic loops for binding
duct-tape · makeshift · multipurpose · hacks · resourcefulness · unconventional · ingenious · MacGyver
efficiency
Productive without waste
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- automationSelf-operating system design
- shortcutsQuicker methods or paths
workflows · batching · templates · delegation · prioritization · systemization · checklists · routines · streamlining · outsourcing
bloggers
Web content creators
- influencersPeople with online sway
- subredditsTopical forums within one site
- forumsVenues for collective discourse
tips · sharing · tutorials · podcasts · YouTube · newsletters · crowdsourcing · followers · content-creators · experiments
optimization
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- self-improvementEnhancing oneself deliberately
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- trackingMonitoring location over time
measuring · tweaking · iterating · results-driven · minimalism · intentionality · goal-setting · discipline · motivation
apps
Mobile software, briefly
- toolsDevices for doing work
- gadgetsSmall mechanical contrivances
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
integrations · Evernote · spreadsheets · keyboards · shortcuts · widgets · wearables · syncing · notifications · dashboards
improvisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
- repurposingAdapting for different use
- workaroundsIndirect solutions to problems
- tricksDeceptive acts or techniques
rubber-bands · duct-tape · makeshift · multipurpose · hacks · resourcefulness · unconventional · ingenious · MacGyver · modifications
lifehackerstraditionalists
Upholders of established customs
conventionalists · creatures of habit · stick-in-the-muds · Luddites · purists
lifehackersconformists
Those obeying social norms
company men · straight arrows · squares · sticklers · bureaucrats
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