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Simply Podtastic: My 2014 Essential Podcast Diet

“An information diet is not about consuming less; it’s about consuming right.” – Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet I think it’s important to take a look at what you’re consuming in terms of content fairly regularly. I’ve done so when it comes to a lot of the information I consume, be it the […]

3 Things To Help You Get More Out Of Your Weekend

3 Things is a weekly series posted every Sunday that highlights three things you can do to overcome a challenge, enhance your productivity, and improve other aspects of your work and life. Each of the things also offers an app or product recommendation that can help you take action and move forward. The weekend is

Review: Deckset for Mac

I’ve been giving more presentations over the last couple of years, and that has meant building more slidedecks. I tend to follow the Garr Reynolds’ model of presentation building, and I wind up using the slides as triggers more than anything else. So when Deckset for Mac hit the scene last week, I was very

Workflowing: A New Way I’ll Work

Yesterday Michael Schechter and I launched our new joint venture: Workflowing. Like Schechter, I’ve been split across too many online realms for too long. So I’m not only consolidating my projects into less portals, I’m also going to be better clarifying what will go up here and what will go up at Workflowing. Managing multiple

The Productivityist OmniFocus Themes

While I’ve never used anything but the stock OmniFocus theme before, my pal CM Smith (who helped me shape the look of this site) was inspired to put together some custom themes on the heels of the news that I’ll be sitting on The OmniFocus Setup panel in late January during MacWorld|iWorld. He created both

How to Score Productivity Touchdowns During Football Season

I’m a big American football fan. Primarily the NFL, but I’ll watch the CFL and college ball from time to time too. But Sundays are my big football days, the days where I’ll watch my favourite team (the Cincinnati Bengals – incidentally also Todd Henry’s favourite team) play from September until early into the next

The Why

I’ve written my share of “how to” posts here, and I really enjoy sharing how I do certain things to keep me as productive as possible. Whether that’s through the use of an app or technology or through the use of mindful practices, I’m rreally into exploring how to make my workflow better. Longtime readers