Mike Vardy

The Journey to Keyboard Maestro: The Series

My last journey went over so well that I think it’s time that I take another. I had a few ideas where to venture into this time, but there was one that kept pulling me in no matter what I tried to do to steer clear. It’s not because I don’t want to go down […]

On Journaling

This is the first entry in my personal journal. Seriously. Even though I’ve posted it here as well, it’s going to be part of my journal that I will be keeping during the course of the year. Possibly longer. One of the things I believe is that January is not the best time to take

Review: The Information Diet by Clay Johnson

If there’s one book that is the ideal one to add to your 2012 reading list, it’s Clay Johnson’s The Information Diet. In fact, I’d suggest you read it first because it will inevitably make you rethink not just what’s on your reading list for this year, but what is in on your intake list

Happy New Year: A Giveaway to Start 2012

To get you started in making 2012 a great year, I’m giving away the following: An audio prize package featuring the audio version of Craig and Jason Womack’s The Promise Doctrine and a pair of Andrea SuperBeam headphones (along with an adapter for mobile use). A reading prize pack consisting of a copy of Timothy Ferriss’s

2012: My Year in Preview

While I dropped some knowledge (yep, I went there) on how my 2011 treated me yesterday, I got to thinking that it would be a neat idea to propose how the coming year is going to go for me. I remember reading those predictions on the front of tabloid magazines while grocery shopping or hearing

2011: My Year in Review

In Short 2011 has been pretty good to me. In Long Here are some of the things that went down in my life during the past year: Completed my first full year as an independent writer – a professional one at that. Released a book of limericks…for FREE. Released a productivity parody eBook, The Eventual

Decluttering iStuff: Calendars

I’m at the time of year where I begin to map out the coming year – not with mind mapping apps1, but on my various calendars. My family routinely receives/orders a wall calendar that has photos of our closest relatives on my wife’s side, mainly (and appropriately) featuring the kids. So my wife uses that

The 2011 Persons of Internet

It’s been a tremendous year for me, which I’ll get to later this week. But I’m not the only one who’s had a great 2011. To be fair, I’m speaking from my perspective on their year — and it’s my perspective that is taken into account as I reveal the 2011 Persons of Internet. Michael

How Technology Encourages Excess

Today is Boxing Day in Canada, which has essentially become our country’s equivalent of the USA’s Black Friday. Bargains can be had virtually everywhere, with stores packed with people looking to catch a price break on any number of things. They hope they’ll be able to pick up something that they didn’t get under the