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Asana + Pop

I wrote about some adjustments I’ve made to my Asana workflow last week, and this week on Mikes on Mics we touched on the app that our guest Patrick Rhone had a hand in, Pop. And while I’ve known how I planned to use Asana from the onset, I wasn’t entirely sure how I’d fit […]

Why Paper Works

This morning my daughter showed me a paper airplane she had made and then started flinging it around the dining room. It reminded me of the talk I gave at IdeaWave last year called “The Power of Paper”, and it gave me a further reminder of why I love paper so much. Later on, I

Time Chunking

As I continue to work on my book 1 and my other daily responsibilities as a father, husband, editor, podcaster and writer, there’s nothing quite like a bit of a lifestyle shakeup that results in a change of my workflow strategy. Nothing quite like it at all. In recent weeks, I’ve gone from a ton

Adjusting My Asana Workflow

I’ve been using Asana for quite some time now, and with all of the active development it has going on it is reminding me of how Evernote does things. In fact, I’ve been using Evernote more lately as well, meaning that a large chunk of my productivity lives in Asana and Evernote. Evernote is housing

Things Change

As I was driving my daughter home from swimming lessons today, we saw several folks wearing Vancouver Canucks jerseys walking down the street. There is a big game tonight, one that pretty much spells the end of the Canucks’ season should they lose. I pointed the gang of jerseyed people out ot her and she

The Fate of Eventualism

I’ve been walking away from a lot of things lately. First it was ProductiVardy. Then it was Dyscultured. I’ve even walked away from paying writing gigs so that I can work better at the things that matter most to me in both my work and my life. That brings me to the thing that brought

The Problem with The Pomodoro Technique

The Pomodoro Technique has been around for a long time, and it has many devout followers. For those of you unfamiliar with this time management/productivity technique, here it is broken down into its basic steps: Choose a task. Set a timer to 25 minutes. Work on the task until the timer goes off. Record the

Goodbye Google: Subtracting Google+

The image you see above wasn’t what Google+ looked like at all the last time I used it. Google+ represents the company’s latest attempt to create a viable social network. And it looks as if they have succeeded – if only by sheer brute force. And (possibly) at the expense of what I’d call “pure”

Social Media…What Have You Done to Me?

I’ve been a pretty early adopter when it comes to social networking platforms. I was in on Twitter early, have been an avid Facebooker and have used all things in between. I have been going to Tweetups for as long as I can remember. And I enjoy dabbling in online social activity. That’s because I’m