Clickety*Split

Have you seen this NYTimes interactive graph?

Here’s a screenshot:

It’s a chart that shows how different groups of American residents spend their time on a daily basis.

Which group are you in?

Clickety-Split’s free desktop platform can help you be more productive by speeding up your workflow. As you become able to use your computer and your favorite online destinations more quickly and effectively thanks to our software, you’ll find yourself getting a little more done each day.

At Clickety-Split, we love to share tips on how to boost your computer speed. But of course a faster computer alone isn’t going to make anyone more successful or productive. It’s all in how you use it.

What’s your biggest time-saving tip to get more done at the computer?

Is your computer slow? Acting a bit strange?

I know the feeling. I’ve experienced it over the years with both PCs and Macs.

Here’s a simple method that has always helped me get my computers to work faster. Let me know if it helps you.

Step 1: Speed Up the Computer Itself

See tips #1, #4 and #7 on our recent computer speed tips article for ideas on how to make your computer itself run faster and perform more reliably.

Step 2: Speed Up the Programs You Use

This step is two-fold: upgrading or streamlining the software you already use, and also maybe replacing it or adding to it with new software. Maybe Clickety-Split can help – we actually make a free desktop platform that you can download and use very easily, and it’s specifically meant to help you get more done faster on your computer.

See also our computer speed article, tips #2, #3, #5, #6, #8, #9 and #10.

Step 3: Speed Up Yourself as a Computer User

Get some training. Do some reading. Grab a blog like this one and hold on to it.

The faster you can become at using your computer, the less you’ll care about how fast it actually runs and the more you’ll accomplish regardless of its operating speed. Of course a faster computer is always a great thing to have – but even the fastest computer can’t save a hapless user.

Some great places to get free help about on how to use your computer faster:

• Geeks to Go!
• Computer Help Forum
• CNET Computer help forum
• BleepingComputer.com (Isn’t that a great name?)

Lather, Rinse …

Repeat these three steps on a regular basis – annually, monthly, whatever works best for you.

Subscribe now so you don’t miss our posts later this week with more tips on how to make your computing experience easier and more productive.

What’s your method for tackling a slow computer?

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Is this your computer? C'mon, you know it is.

If your computer is running slowly and driving you insane, here are 10 ways to get it moving quickly again. Please share your own suggestions and frustrations in the comments below.

And please subscribe to our blog for more free articles on making your computer faster!

1. Get more RAM

RAM = Random Access Memory. Getting more RAM is like increasing the number of lanes on a highway; it speeds up traffic not by making the speed limit higher, but rather by giving everyone more room to maneuver. Which would you rather have, two lanes or eight?

Watch a YouTube video on how to install some extra RAM and give your computer a much-needed speed boost. It’s easy.

2. Use less RAM

Take a close look at the programs and processes you’re running on your desktop or laptop computer. Do you need all of them to be running right now? Probably not.

This tip especially applies to startup and shutdown times. If you’d prefer not to have to take a nap while waiting for your PC or Mac to start up or shut down, please check out this Yahoo! Answers article.

3. Delete Stuff

We could go on and on about this point, and how you really ought to just get rid of those endless reams of snorkeling photos and Neil Armstrong moonwalking videos to free up hard disk space, and how your computer’s hard disk is probably crammed with all kinds of … but we won’t.

Instead, two words: CCleaner. (And no, C does not stand for Computer.)

If you’ve found something as good or better than CCleaner to free up disk space, we’d love to hear it below in the comments.

4. Defrag

De-what? Frag.

5. De-Spy

Okay, we’re off the “de-” thing. Get rid of spyware and adware; they slow things down because they’re looking through your computer while you’re not looking. ConsumerSearch has good advice on where to find the best anti-spyware software. For anti-adware, it’s hard to beat the free alternative by Lavasoft called Ad-Aware.

6. Do Some Speed Reading

That’s right, read for speed! I’ve always loved Annoyances.org for performance hacks. The folks over at a little company called Microsoft also have some good ideas on speeding up computers.

7. Get a Bigger Monitor

I know, I know – a monitor is not a computer (unless you’ve got an iMac, I guess). But seriously – one of the very best things I’ve ever done to work faster on a computer is to hook myself up with an extra few inches of screenery. The move from a 15-inch monitor to a 19-inch monitor was like, the best thing ever for me.

8. Skip #8 and #9

Okay, don’t. But do learn and use shortcuts. You will never be able to get a minute of life back when you’re about to fly to the great gig in the sky someday, but you can save a split-second here and there a few thousand times over right now, by hitting Ctrl-X for cut, Ctrl-C for copy, Ctrl-V for paste, etc. Saves your poor arm tendons, too, from excessive clickage.

Gracias, Wikipedia.

9. Actually, Do Skip #9

Okay, really – don’t.

You see how hard that was?

What I’m trying to say is, take a minute when you sit down at your computer to think about what it is you actually want to accomplish. Make a quick list and git ‘er done. That way, when you’re getting distracted on some random company blog and deciding whether to skip or not skip #9 in a list of 10 useful tips on how to do computer stuff more efficiently, you won’t have to vacillate.

Here’s some more food for thought on this point.

10. Try Clickety-Split

We’re biased of course, but we think Clickety-Split’s free software is a great way to make your computing experience a faster one.

Clickety-Split doesn’t make your computer run faster, but it helps you go where you want to go faster, so I’m including it on this list. Oh – did I mention that we pay you for using it?

Learn more about Clickety-Split.

But Enough About Us … What About You?

What other ways do you know to speed up your computer? C’mon, don’t be shy! Leave a comment below and let us know your thoughts and experiences.

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