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How Honest Should I Be in My Exit Interview? [Ask Lifehacker]

Dear Lifehacker, My last day of work is this week and I'm concerned about my exit interview. Do I go in and tell them everything that's really made me want to leave this place, or should I just keep...

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The Best Quick File Uploader for OS X [Mac App Directory]

The Mac is a lucky platform because it has so many great ways to quickly upload files with a simple drag and drop or stroke of the keyboard. Among all the options, Dockdrop is our favorite thanks to...

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Rejection Therapy: The Game You Win by Actively Seeking Out Rejection [Mind...

Fear of rejection is a powerful motivator—or more accurately, anti-motivator. The sting of rejection is sharp (in fact, it actually causes something more like physical pain), probably because most of...

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Ask and Answer Questions About Using Multiple Displays [Help Yourself]

Every day we're on the lookout for ways to make your work easier and your life better, but Lifehacker readers are smart, insightful folks with all kinds of expertise to share, and we want to give...

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The Floating Sight and Sound Workspace [Featured Workspace]

When you've run out of space on your desk, do what Flickr user sninesix did: make everything float. Rather than leaving the speakers and extra monitor to hog so much desktop real estate, they now hover...

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How to Make the Most Out of Limited Screen Space (and Even Work Better) [How To]

We're not all blessed with grids of monitors that seem to provide endless desktop real estate, and some of us like the simplicity of less. Regardless of your situation, if you don't have much screen...

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Why You Can't Rely on Progress Bars [Annoyances]

Progress bars. They're better than nothing, but who among us hasn't stared at a misleading, confusing, or wholly inaccurate progress bars and wondered, "Why can't anyone make these more accurate?"...

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Could You Ever Ditch Email? [Ask The Readers]

Most of us consider email a key part of our everyday personal and professional lives, but blogger and academic Cal Newport argues that your email dependence might be more knee-jerk convention than...

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How to Use Tech to Plan and Optimize Your Garden [Gardening]

Planning a garden of any kind isn't an easy task. Plants grow at different rates, they never grow to the size you expect, and more often than not, they don't grow at all. Using a bit of tech to help...

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Daily App Deals: Get Scany for iOS for 99¢ in Today’s App Deals [Deals]

The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. The Best Scany (iTunes) Previously $5.99, now 99¢. Scany for...

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Dock Your Laptop at Your Desk On the Cheap with a File Sorter [Clever Uses]

Laptop docks tend to be expensive. Just take a look at this beautiful but pricy BookArc. It seems Flickr user Kosuke Kato found a cheap and still elegant solution: just stick the laptop in a file...

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Remains of the Day: The W3C Group That Hopes to Change the Mobile Web [For...

Facebook, Microsoft, and other major companies form a W3C group in hopes to bring order to the mobile web, Mozilla confirms its Boot to Gecko OS is running on Samsung Galaxy SII, and AT&T is...

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Discount LEDs, Cable Ties as Collar Stays, and Repurposed Video Cables [From...

Readers offer their best tips for catching a bargain when swapping out your energy-sucking bulbs for LEDs, looking sharp on your next date, repurposing some old video cables, and yet another use for...

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Make Your Own Phone Stand with the Box Your Phone Came In and Makedo Pins [DIY]

Instead of spending a ton of money on a smartphone stand for your device, head to the closet and grab the box that your phone shipped in. If you still have it, it's really all you need to build a...

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Meshin Recall Organizes Multiple Google Calendars and Evernote in One Elegant...

Android: Meshin Recall combines all of your Google calendars, shows you your appointments in one view, and links your calendars with Evernote so you can make quick text, photo, and audio notes, attach...

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Your Boss Is Bad For You: Why Bad Bosses Infect Your Life and What You Can Do...

Those of us who have had to deal with annoying or aggravating bosses know how it's tough to shake it off at the end of the day, but a new study explains why it's so hard, and why so many of us suck at...

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Short Calendar Makes Calendars and Agendas Easy to Read and Share [Webapps]

Trying to get a group of people on the same page when you have an agenda to share can be a hassle. Sometimes it's easier to show people on a calendar than email them a long, bulleted list of items...

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Make a Bicycle Water Bottle Cage from a Coat Hanger [Clever Uses]

Water bottle cages for bicycles aren't expensive, but they're also not adjustable if you don't want to carry around the standard size water bottle. Instructables user marsrover has a guide to making...

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How to Give Your Million Dollar Idea Away So It Actually Gets Made [Creativity]

Traditionally, we tend to protect our ideas with our lives. It's the exact reason we have patents, trademarks, and copyrights. But most of us don't have the willpower or drive to take every idea...

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Snackr Reads Personalized News Snippets Out Loud [Video]

iOS: If you're suffering from information overload, Snackr is an app that offers a way to get quick updates on the news read out loud to you while you're on the move. Snakr is specifically made for...

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