Mike Vardy

Things on My Mac That I Love, Things On My Mac That I Don’t

I love my Mac. And I make no apologies for that. That said, there are things on my Mac that I love and then there things on my Mac that I don’t.1 I’m not going to offer the “whys” on either front in this piece — I’ll explain some of them over the next several […]

ProductiVardy 001: New Things, Old Habits and Tom Merritt

Today the first ever episode of the ProductiVardy podcast went live. While it’s not in iTunes (yet)1, you can head on over to the podcast website to hear yours truly discuss new things and old habits and hear Tom Merritt talk about a whole bunch of other stuff. ProductiVardy – New Things, Old Habits and

All Apologies

Like anyone else, I’ve made my share of mistakes. And I’m about to share my apologies for some of them with you. Whether this comes across as sanctimonious or genuine, that is in the eye of the reader. For me, seeing as this is the first day of a new month — and that it

The Amateur, The Professional and The Expert

The Amateur has a real passion for what she’s doing, but it’s currently a hobby or she is simply not getting paid for her efforts yet. She dabbles in other things though, things that she gets paid for and things that she doesn’t. The Professional has enough experience to charge for what they’re doing, and

In Time

My alter-ego is going to love this. I think I’m going to dig it, too. (via kottke.org)

The Virgin PROJECT

Magazines have been taking a bit of a beating on the iPad lately. But if there’s one that’s getting it right, it’s Virgin’s PROJECT Magazine. It’s as if PROJECT Magazine is not just taking the magazine to the iPad, but the in-flight magazine to the iPad. Each issue reads like a hybrid of the best

Announcing ProductiVardy – A Productivity Podcast with Personality

Admittedly, the last two months have been, well, insane. And incredibly so. Between my hectic travel schedule, doing my darndest to balance “stay-at-home-dad-hood” and writing when I can (as opposed to when I was supposed to), it has been a challenge to say the least. So what better time to announce a new project than

The Value of Imperfect Focus

When you’re on the ball and the path is clear as to what you’re doing and why, you are said to be in a state of focus. When you’re dropping the ball and the path is littered with stuff you end up doing, you are said to be in a state of non-focus. When you

Think Different, Achieve Different

When one goes traveling, the getting there and back offers some downtime. I used to take that time to either decompress from what I learned during my hectic travel schedule or re-evaluated where I was at in my life. But a few years back, something was different when I attempt3d to do that. I found that