Mike Vardy

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

How I Say No

Patrick Rhone nails it. “Saying no is simply saying yes to other things.” As I wrap up “How I… Week” here at Vardy.me, I’m going to dig a bit deeper into where I’ve been and where I am now. A lot of that has to do with saying “yes” to a lot of things, but

How I Organize My Mac

Back when I was doing the Work Awesome podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jesse Jacobs for one of the episodes. He is the founder of Samovar Tea Lounge (based in San Francisco), and occasionally writes over at his weblog, RealRitual. One of the things that we chatted about after the recording was how

Goodbye Google: Ridding Myself of Google Reader

In this installment of the Goodbye Google series, I tackle one of the more daunting missions: finding a way to read my RSS feeds on all my platforms without having to use Google Reader as the ultimate source. It’s important to note that I do almost all of my RSS reading on my iPad, and

How I Use Hazel

As we head into the home stretch here during “How I..” Week, I’m going to give a brief overview of how I use Hazel, a fantastic rules-based organizational tool that comes from the fine folks at Noodlesoft. They just updated Hazel to its third version last week, and it was a jam-packed upgrade to say

The 1Password Emergency Kit

I am not entirely sure if this hasn’t been done somewhere else before, but as a 1Password user I find that what I’m about to offer you is incredibly valuable.1 Updated as of 10/31/13: There’s a new version of The 1Password Emergency Kit. The post that outlines what’s new and download links for the new version

How I Get Writing Done

I’ve talked a lot about what tools I use to write, how I planned to write and things of that nature. This is an ongoing process for me, as priorities shift and new opportunities take hold. Still, it’s always fun – and a bit humbling – to go back and look at what I’ve said

The New iPad and i

So…today is the day. This post will have gone live a few hours before the much-anticipated Apple announcement is made, which many believe to be the debut of the latest iPad. i will not be watching the announcement, nor will i be paying attention to anything online up until at least noon Pacific so i