Articles

Gee…thanks, Google. Why’d you organize my RSS bookshelf while I was busy Halloween-ing? Not cool. This is why I use Reeder.

Have a happy one, folks. It’d be scary if you didn’t.

It’s been a long time since I produced an episode of ProductiVardy, the podcast adjunct to this site. Far too long. I planned on rectifying this during the last week of October, but that simply didn’t happen. I’m going to be delivering the next episode on Tuesday November 1st. It will feature an interview with

I used to be an avid reader of Lifehacker. Back when Gina Trapani ran things, I got a lot out of the site. In fact, it’d be one of the places that helped get me into this whole productivity racket. That site, along with Merlin Mann’s 43Folders and David Allen’s body of work were the

I have 23 minutes to write this before my MacBook Air needs to charge. I have 23 minutes to thank my wife for understanding my need to grow a Hodgman-esque moustache during the month of Movember. I have 23 minutes to watch a little bit more pro wrestling history online while giving this entry the

October is still here and November is just around the corner. Most of us aren’t thinking much further ahead than the holiday shopping season right now. But Randy Murray over at First Today, Then Tomorrow has a better idea: Start planning for 2012. Now. He’s launched a series of posts designed to get you moving

This past weekend I spent my Saturday amongst some of the finest freelancers in Victoria. We were al hanging out at YYJFreelanceCamp. We gathered at InHub, Victoria’s coworking space — which is a centrally-located venue where freelancers can escape their slippers and get some real work done outside of the home. I’m going to start

Before I spend a post later on wrapping up my impressions of YYJFreelanceCamp, I’ve got a brief announcement to share with you. I’ve been asked to deliver a keynote at WordCamp Victoria 2012. While I’ve spoken at past WordCamp Victoria events (and sat on a panel last year), I’ve yet to keynote one. I’m excited

On a recent episode of 5by5’s Build & Analyze, Marco Arment suggested that there may not be anyone at Apple who could necessarily carry the torch for Apple that Steve Jobs did: “It takes somebody at the top who has a lot of authority and a lot of sensibility and a strong vision of what