Ideas from Mark Stout

Windows and Android both updated today.  Details at Get Productive Fast .

It is the time of year where things are the slowest for families. Now is as good a time as ever to take a look at your tech use and figure out a ways to tune it up.  This is the topic of this week's Family Tech column .

I had to resurrect my long dormant Paypal account, but now you can buy Get Productive Fast with Evernote using Paypal.

Ben Franklin was born 306 years ago today, 1706. I am about done with Walter Isaacson's book Benjamin Franklin: An American Life . Franklin was even more amazing then we learned in school.  When I am done with the book, I want to write a longer review here.  For now, Happy Birthday Ben.  He really was our nation's First Geek.

My "When I win the lottery, I will buy..." list grew longer with these announcements of new products at CES. This week's Family Tech column .

Used to be everyone with a computer programmed.  We should come back to that some.   This week's Family Tech column.

I have released my first e-book, Get Productive Fast with Evernote. It is a 136 page e-book with fourteen chapters, useful for both the new and experienced Evernote user.  It costs $10. Here is the table of contents : Chapter 1 - Introduction   Part I – Evernote Operation Chapter 2 - Evernote Basics Chapter 3 - Getting Information Into Evernote Chapter 4 - Organizational Strategies and Searching Chapter 5 - Sharing Chapter 6 - Mobile  Part II – Evernote Uses Chapter 7 - Your First Day with Evernote Chapter 8 : Evernote at Home Chapter 9 : Using Evernote for Research and School Chapter 10: Evernote for Work - Paid and Volunteer   Part III - Advanced Topics Chapter 11 - Printing, Security and Backup Chapter 12 : IFTTT.com Chapter 13 - Managing your Task List   Final Thoughts Check out more information, at the new Get Productive Fast website .