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What is a Productivityist?

Let’s get this part out of the way first: Productivityist isn’t a real word. Well, not yet. My aim is to make it a term that may not ever be completely real, but to make it at least recognizable. But before I get into what the term means, I want to address what it doesn’t mean.

How Packed is My Mac?

The latest episode of Mikes on Mics just went live this morning, featuring our riffing on the popular 70Decibels’ Enough podcast segment known as How Bare is Your Air? – which we have dubbed How Packed is Your Mac? 1 I’m the first victim of this homage to one of the “favouritest” podcasts of yours truly

A New Look at Vardy.me

It was time for a makeover here at Vardy.me. I’ve been using the Thesis theme for what seems like forever, but with the lack of progress on making it more suitable for tablet and mobile viewing, it was time for me to make a change to something that would.1 Enter Genesis. The framework is super-responsive

Do What You Love…for Those You Love

Chris Bowler (fellow Canadian and fellow writer) wrote the following on his personal weblog: “Being a spouse, a parent, a congregrant — these things all take time and energy. Doing what you love for a job so easily takes over your thought life, everything else can get lip service only.” As someone who took that

Enough – Duck Duck Google

A big thanks to Patrick Rhone and Myke Hurley for having me on another episode of the simply podtastic Enough show over at 70Decibels.1 I don’t want to spoil everything for you, but let’s just say I talk a little bit about my recent decision to bid Google as much of a farewell as possible.

My New Task Manager of Choice: Asana

I have had a long-standing productivity love affair with OmniFocus. But I’m spurning it for a new (and more suitable) tool: Asana. Yep, I’m removing everything from the app I’ve used for years and investing in one I’ve used for only a few months. Some people have called me crazy to do so, and even

More Roar: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

So today, I woke up. And there was this: Looks almost like it should be called iOS X 10.8. And that’s not a bad thing. (via macstories and valonw)

Clearing the Air About Clear

Late last night my review for Clear from RealMac Software, Milen and Impending went online at Cult of Mac. I didn’t give it the rave reviews that others have been giving it (only 3 and a half stars out of 5), while others have given it a great deal of praise.

My Upcoming IdeaWave Talk: Mindfulness 2.0

Next weekend I’ll be speaking at IdeaWave, a cool little festival of ideas that I’ve had the pleasure of being part of since its inception. My talk — slated to be no longer than seven minutes — is going to be about Mindfulness 2.0. What exactly is Mindfulness 2.0? Well, you’ll have to come to