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While Drupal has fully integrated RSS feeds, I prefer using Google's FeedBurner service for its additional features and services. This article discusses how to connect the two (it's easy). Read more...

Google Analytics is a free website traffic analyzer. You feed it data by embedding a small bit of Javascript into all of your website pages; information about each hit is fed back to Google, where it is packaged up into a dizzying array of statistics and reports. This article describes how to integrate it with your Drupal site to help monitor your traffic and generate more. Read more...

Sitemaps are XML files that describe the contents of your website, including the URL of every public page, when that page was last modified, and how often it should be reindexed. This information is used by search engines to index your website more intelligently, and to make sure that no pages are missed. This article describes how to create and register sitemaps for your Drupal website. Read more...

I've been using David Allen's Getting Things Done for a few years now and I can't recommend it highly enough. I get more done in less time. I spend much less time and energy figuring out what I need to do next. It has freed up mental cycles and allowed me to start focusing on bigger goals. And it makes me look good at work, where I have sailed through major crunches without breaking a sweat on more than one occasion.

If you haven't read the book this article might not make much sense. You really ought to go get the book--it is inexpensive and will pay for itself in no time at all!

I've tried several different methods and applications for managing my action lists and projects, with various degrees of success. I spent the last year using paper (the Hipster PDA) for my action lists, with project information stored on the computer. Now I am entirely online--on Google to be specific--and I only carry paper for capturing new items. Read more...