Mike Vardy

A Wise Man and His Tools

Brett Kelly is one of the smartest people I know. And he’s not only smart, but he’s wise. The “well-beyond-his-years” kind of wise. He has written a few pieces (this one on “fiddling” is a standout) on that thing I call “doing productive” and his most recent one creeps into the minimalistic writing app space. […]

How I Roll: A Follow-up to How I Week

Last week I posted a series of posts that explained how I use/do a lot stuff. Whether it was about using software or simply about my processes, I hope i left a valuable trail of content for you to look at. But there’s more stuff that I do, more software that I use that goes

OK Go: Why I’m Leaping

This is the last day I spent out at the cabin I had rented at Sleeping Dog Farm so I could make some serious progress on my book. I’ll be back tomorrow with two fresh posts, but I’ll leave you today with this post from the Tumblr archives which goes into my decision to make

My Father, My Dad

Today isn’t Pi Day for me. Never has been, never will be. That’s because today is my father’s birthday. I don’t get to see or talk to my Dad much these days. I think we’ve had a bit of a “cat’s in the cradle” thing happening since I left Ontario over 13 years ago. He

A Matter of Perspective

I’m still cabin-bound working on my book, so here’s another post from my old Tumblr archives. I think this one is pretty fitting considering what I’m doing right now. It was originally written back on August 9, 2010. Enjoy. I’ve been holidays for the past two weeks. Sort of. While I’ve been away from my day job,

The Mac of Myke

Well, we finally had a guest on the Mikes on Mics podcast. And, fittingly, it was someone just like the two of us. Except he spells his name funny. Myke Hurley, the man behind the podcast network 70Decibels, joined us on the latest episode to take part in the segment that is the polar opposite

The Bucket List vs The F#@k It List

Since I’m spending the first couple of days of the week in a secluded cabin in the wilds of Victoria to work on my book (yes…for real), I’m going to dig back into the archives. Specifically, archives from original material I posted on my Tumblr blog. There’s a good chance you’ve never seen them. Here’s

Asana: What Needs Doing

I’m pretty pleased with my experience with Asana since I really started using it at the start of the year. I like the ubiquity of it, I like the way it is laid out (for the most part) and I really like the email integration that goes along with it. But there are things I