Mike Vardy

The Appeal of App.net

Noise can get in the way of productivity. Social networks are becoming noisier and noisier, and many of them are less useful as a result. But there’s one out there I’ve been using since it launched that remains a source of more serenity – and more utility as of late. That social network is App.net. […]

Ready for Launch: The Productivityist Workbook

I’ve written a lot about The Productivityist Workbook during the pre-ordering period, and today is the day that it arrives. For only $5 you get a PDF packed with tips, tactics, and tools you can uses to better your personal productivity. There’s also several exercises within its pages, and I’ve actually included them as separate

Doing the Right Things

The past week has been crazy. Very crazy. But a good kind of very crazy – because I’ve been able to manage it better than before. The biggest part of this past week on my calendar was Social Media Camp. I had a great time at the event because I set myself in such a

Introducing The Productivityist Workbook

The Productivityist Workbook is designed to help you learn valuable strategies and explore tools that will allow you to attack your work and life with a more balanced, efficient, and effective approach. The Productivityist Workbook is ideal for those who are just starting to work on improving their productivity, while presenting ideas that will work

Going Forward

Yesterday I found some great stuff on the Internet. It was stuff I needed to find, especially with where my mind has been as of late. The first was a manifesto by Jesse Thorn on how one can “make their thing”. The second was a podcast episode of CMND+ Space where Myke Hurley had a

The Productive Weekend

The weekend is upon us. Tonight I’ll conduct my Weekly Review (as per David Allen’s Getting Things done methodology and doing so within OmniFocus). Then I’ll relax, knowing that I’ve set myself up for the week to come. Tomorrow I’ll spend some time in Evernote, updating my beer cellar entries and compiling photos of the

Drafts 3.0: The Latest Update to a Must-Have iOS App

The latest update to one of the apps that is key to my productivity path has just received another great update on both the iPhone and iPad. Drafts now sports a slew of additional features, including: Evernote Actions Drafts Management Reminders Integration Action Management Improved TextExpander Snippet Integration And that’s just for starters. You can

Being Mindful with the Home Context

One of the most common contexts (or tags) used in task management apps is “Home” because there are certain things you can only do – or want to do – at that location. But if you work from home, then using that word as a context can be problematic. For one thing, it can be

The Productivity Path

There’s a task funnel I’ve been using more and more – something I call The Productivity Path – and it has proven to remove quite a bit of friction from my work life and life outside of work. My particular path is one that those who have invested in iOS and OS X devices can