Mike Vardy

How My 8 Year Old Daughter Uses Evernote

I’ve already outlined how I use Evernote to track my beer cellar (and I will probably write further on that use case somewhere down the line as the cellar grows), but I’m not the only one using Evernote in my house. My daughter also uses it regularly…and it’s all by design. My daughter is now […]

Bring The Noise

Here are some other ways I break the silence and still move forward with my work.

Review: 1Password 4 for Mac

Having a password management tool in your arsenal is a huge productivity booster, and I’ve been putting 1Password 4 for Mac through the paces for a while. Today it arrives in the Mac App Store, meaning the transition to version 4 on the Apple side of things is now complete. I’ve been using the iOS

Begin Before Bed

This isn’t new advice, but it definitely needs reinforcing from time to time. Not only do you need to close off your day before going to bed, you need to begin the next one. The key to doing that without having tomorrow weigh on your mind as you try to sleep is to begin the

Revisiting My OS X Email App of Choice

Remember when I switched to Postbox? I really enjoyed using it at first, but eventually found it was taking up more resources than I’d like — and decided I wanted an email app that was more “minimal” in its appearance. So I began to look at OS X email apps once again, with the hopes

Review: OmniFocus Premium Posts by Asian Efficiency

Full disclosure: I am an affiliate for OmniFocus Premium Posts but — as with all of the other products I align myself with – I would not endorse a product I did not benefit from in ways other than financial ones (let alone write a post dedicated to it). OmniFocus can be overwhelming the first

The Friday Five: 5 Apps Worth Checking Out

The arrival of iOS 7 hasn’t slowed down my app testing. Both Schechter and I touch on the idea of making changes (such as upgrading an operating system) on this week’s Mikes on Mics, along with the idea of taking on new — or newer versions of — apps only when the need arises. With

A Look at Evernote Essentials 4.0

I didn’t really use Evernote all that much until this year. Sure, I used it for some things, but not nearly to its potential. And while I definitely don’t use it for task management1, I do use it as a means to store a lot of information. Wheter I’m using it to write down ideas

Review: The Authentic Swing by Steven Pressfield

Steven Pressfield has hit another home run with this short — yet incredibly impactful — read. Or rather, he’s hit a hole in one. Let me explain. The Authentic Swing is one of the few books I’ve read that uses golf as a means of relaying important life lessons and strategies. The other one that