Reading Time: 4 minWhen I started using the Full Focus Planner back in May, by far the best thing I liked about it was the “Weekly Preview”. While I sort of tried to do one each week, with varying levels of success, this forced to take about 30-60 minutes each week to look back on what happened in […]
Productivity
A different look at 86,400
Reading Time: 3 minThere are 86,400 seconds each day, and we’ve all heard the motivational phrases like “If you had $86,400 and someone took $10 from you, would you throw away the rest of it?“. It’s a good way to see things, but I recently heard a slightly different take on this that got me thinking. It was […]
Week one with the Full Focus Planner
Reading Time: 2 minI never thought I’d do it, but as I mentioned in my last post I’ve started using a paper planner this week. I’m not leaving any of my digital tools behind, but adding this paper planner could be a great addition to my workflow. It started by listening to Michael Hyatt’s podcast. I had listened […]
Busyness vs Clutter
Reading Time: 2 minA few days ago, a friend of Facebook posted a screenshot of their computer desktop and it was total chaos, with hundreds of folders and files filling the screen. She was proud of how busy she was, and I don’t doubt it, but it got me thinking about the intersection of busyness and clutter. I […]
Three lessons from Before Breakfast
Reading Time: 3 minA few weeks ago, a new podcast came out called Before Breakfast by Laura Vanderkam. It’s a short (5 min), daily podcast to give you “productivity advice that will take your day from great to awesome.“ It’s been really interesting for me. Most days I think “that episode was a nice reminder of x”, but […]
Becoming Superhuman pushed me back to iPhone
Reading Time: 7 minI’ve loved Android for years (and still do), but I often said something like “I’m using Android for now, and for the foreseeable future, but I’ll move back to iPhone if it ever makes more sense for me.” In my opinion, people on both sides should always keep an open mind; “iPhone for life!” or […]
The best ways to keep track of your favorite sites
Reading Time: 3 minBrowser bookmarks have been around since some of the very first web browsers were invented in the 90’s. They’ve improved a bit over the years, but have remained essentially the same. I’ve been using the built-in Chrome bookmarks for years now, since they just work. It’s easy to add something, and they sync across your […]
My new morning routine
Reading Time: 4 minA few weeks ago I was inspired by an episode of the Contactually podcast to work on setting a more focused morning routine. As I began working on building a good routine, Adam Walker talked about a great app during this episode of the Tech Talk Y’all podcast called “Morning Routine”. That app is only […]
Contactually vs Cloze
Reading Time: 4 minI’ve been using Contactually for a few years now, and it’s a great system. However, I recently made the switch to Cloze and I’m quite pleased with it. In looking for what I need in my system right now, these two are the only ones that were serious contenders and I’ll explain why in a […]
Tinycards vs Anki
Reading Time: 3 minAs I’ve talked about before, I’m a big fan of Anki and the concept of spaced repetition flashcard learning. There are competitors to Anki out there, but I always considered them the best. Now there is a new player on the block, Tinycards, and it gives Anki a good battle. Tinycards Tinycards comes from the […]