I’ve left my trusty MacBook Air at home for the first time ever while traveling. It wasn’t an easy decision, but it wasn’t as difficult to make as I’d thought. Why? Because I’d completed all of the work through Monday that absolutely required me to have an OS X machine. I can do a great […]
When I was an editor, my goal was to make whatever a writer had submitted better and yet still maintain the voice and tone of the original work. As an editor I also wrote pieces, but they were (for the most part) edited as well by someone else in order to improve the original work
Those who have been reading this site for a while know that I use two task managers for the work I do: one is for individual task management (OmniFocus) and the other is for collaborative efforts (Asana).1 I gave Asana a real shot for both, but the power and allure of OmniFocus kept bringing me
During this past month I’ve assembled a list of books that I’m going to be reading over the next year. I’ve already made my way through two books since 2013 began, and they are as follows: Coffee Shop Contemplations by Nick Wynja OmniFocus Premium Posts by Asian Efficiency Both of these books cater to the
A to-do list is generally made up of single tasks – tasks that come and go, depending on the day. Some make appearances on the list more often than others, and some should never show up there in the first place. We all have to-do lists, but simply having one and using it isn’t enough.
Over the past day or so I’ve exchanged a few posts on social media that alludes to a post I’d written about Lifehacker over a year ago. Even when they publish pieces that harken back to the “good ol’ days” of Lifehacker, they still publish material that keeps that old post in the back of my
Before you start looking at checking off any of the tasks on your to-do list, check yourself first. It may sound a bit ridiculous, but it can be a real time-saver. Why? Because when you check yourself first you have a better chance to grasp what you really are capable of doing on that to-do
I’ve written about my text editors of choice before, and while I still use Byword and Scrivener for their respective strengths, there is one app I use that is by far the most indispensable. And that app is Drafts by Agile Tortoise for the iPhone and iPad. Today the app saw another great update, and
Today was supposed to be a day where I focused completely on my book launch party happening in my hometown later tonight. It certainly started out that way, and make no mistake I am ready. My wife has definitely helped out – in ways that I can’t even possibly begin to thank her for –
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