After proudly displaying my setup a while back, I wound up striking up an online conversation with Brad over at JetPens. Seeing that I’m a bit of a pen/pencil/paper junkie, he sent me some stuff to play with.1 The second item I’m going to offer up for review is the Pilot Hi-Tec-C gel ink pen I […]
In this, the penultimate post in my Journey to Markdown series, I’m going to get into how Markdown integrated with my writing workflow, and how I use the apps I’ve mentioned as part of my writing workflow now that Markdown is a part of it. My Mac Workflow I’m writing this piece in Byword, which
So…it’s done. I shaved off my mo’ and won’t be growing another one. I’m glad I pitched in to help fight prostate cancer this time around by putting my upper lip on the block, but next time I’ll be doing the donating. I’m not a fan of me in a moustache — and neither is
Today I’ll be going to a local meetup that focuses on apps, organized by my good friend Dan Parks on a regular basis. The guy gives those that attend some printed packages on what he’s discussing to take home. He goes to a lot of trouble and puts in more effort than most would for
Today I noticed more discussion on various blogs regarding the closing off of comments to readers. I know several writers have done this – some very recently and some quite some time ago – and while I respect their thoughts on the matter, I also respectfully disagree with them. The great part about allowing comments
It’s like the folks at The Omni Group know they have so many of us over a barrel. A tremendously organized barrel. As someone who has dabbled on a ton of productivity-type apps, I just can’t seem to shake OmniFocus. And that’s not a bad thing, but it is a thing. It’s a thing in
UPDATE: The Only72 event for 2011 is now over. See you next year. For those of you who’ve been reading Vardy.me for some time, you know that I’m a big fan of the World Domination Summit — and those whom I’ve met as a result of going to said summit. That said, I’m not usually a
While I said I‘d not post so much in terms of imagery and videos here anymore, when it comes to holiday messages I think I’ll make an exception. As a result, this is now a post that contains over a thousand words. Happy Thanksgiving to my neighbours to the south.
Tonight I sat on a panel that discussed podcasting at my local Social Media Club chapter, and had a great time. Along with John Overall and Mike & Cheryl DeWolfe, we offered up tips, tricks, tools and some “how to” material for those in attendance. One of the takeaways for me: Podcasting sounds harder than
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