Inspirational Quotes on the Desktop

I try to keep my desktop clean so that I can display only the items that require my immediate attention. I also like to start my day with an inspirational quote. Since the desktop is the first thing one sees after booting up the system in the morning, here is a jugaad that uses Autohotkey and bginfo to put a random quote on your desktop.

Windows Command line Gems

There are a bunch of command line utilities bundled with Windows that can be real life-savers. You may find yourself using these tools again and again once you get to know them.

Here’s a list:

1) driverquery

This tool creates a list of installed drivers.

Personal Kanban on the desktop

I have been a GTD (Getting Things Done) fan as well as an agile practitioner for years. GTD advocates creating hard deadlines so that your slate is always clean. I have been finding this tough to manage as the WIP (work in progress) has been slowly increasing each day. Personal Kanban by Jim Benson and Tonianne DeMaria Barry provided a refreshing view.