I managed to score early access to the new Orchestra-created mail app for iOS, Mailbox. The idea behind the app is to allow you to get to a point where you aren’t weighed down by your inbox – it allows you to use gestures and taps to turn your emails into actionable items (of sorts). […]
I returned from San Francisco on Sunday, which marked the end of my iOS-only experiment. Not having the weight of my MacBook Air with me (not that it weighs all that much) was a refreshing change of pace for me while travelling, and I’m likely to go that route again the next time I hit the
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
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
I’ve been reviewing my apps on my MacBook Air to get a sense of what apps feed – and fuel – my productivity more than others. Some talk to each other seamlessly, others sync across platforms, some do both of those things, and others simply do things on their own that help in their own
Ever since I wrote about my workflow apps over at The Next Web, I’ve been working on writing up how I use them here at Productivityist.com. Next up on my list is an app that combines the timing power of 30/30 with the goal tracking elelemtns of Lift (but without the social sharing). My Minutes
I’m a big fan of David Seah’s Emergent Task Planner. When I was purely a “paper-based productivityist”, I used it regularly. In fact, I still break it out from time to time when I really want to escape from my digital devices and better connect with what I have to do – or better yet
The past couple of weeks has seen a slew of posts related to the ever-popular task management application, OmniFocus. Here’s a roundup of what went down… Enter Mail Drop Currently in beta, Mail Drop gives OmniFocus users a unique email address that they can use to send items to their OmniFocus inbox for processing later.
While I’ve abandoned going all in with Evernote, there are certain things that I’m finding it does really, really well. Like keeping shopping lists. It does an especially great job in helping me keep tabs on shopping lists of the holiday variety. I have been able to keep track of all of the possible gift
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