David Pogue's secrets to his productivity:

I use typing-expansion software...I use dictation software...I know where everything is. Years ago, I started using an address-book program that’s now called iData 3. It’s a freeform database,...I use macro software....So I use Shift-Control-W to open Microsoft Word, Shift-Control-C for my calendar program, and so on. The less I have to use the mouse, the faster I fly....I don’t waste time. I travel a lot for speaking engagements—so much that the $60 a month I have to pay for my tiny Sprint USB cellular modem stick seems like a bargain. It means I can be online in a car, in the X-ray line at the airport, on a plane stuck on the runway, and so on....



I wish using a mouse were my rate-limiting step.