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Review: Checkmark 2 For iOS

Checkmark arrived on the scene in 2012 with a lot of fanfare, and rightly so. It took location awareness and coupled it with task management in a way that set it apart from the rest of the pack. If the app Due is considered to be “Reminders on steroids” then I’d say that Checkmark was […]

Step Away From The App

When people ask me “What app should I use to help me be more productive?” I have a simple answer. “I don’t know.” Everyone’s work style is different. Everyone’s proficiency with apps is different. Everyone’s needs are different. In order to even begin to recommend an app, I’d need to know more about the person

My iPhone Screens, Explained

I recently posted a photo of my iPhone 4S home screen on Facebook and Twitter, and people started asking about why certain apps had a home there. Rather than try to explain it over social media, I decided I’d write a post about it. I also decided to up the ante a bit and offer up all of my iPhone screens in the process.

Productive Meal Planning with Basil and OmniFocus

As a stay-at-home parent who is tasked with cooking meals regularly, I had been looking for a way to add that aspect of my home life to my regular workflow. I’ve been using Basil for a while to gather recipes, and recently I came up with a way to use Basil in tandem with OmniFocus

My OmniFocus Setup Talk

The Omni Group has released the remaining talks from The OmniFocus Setup, and mine is included among them. A More Meaningful To Do List from The Omni Group on Vimeo There are also some great talks by Kourosh Dini, David Sparks, and Merlin Mann that were unveiled – as well as the panel discussion that

A Quick Look at OmniFocus Resources

The Omni Group has released the first set of videos from the talks at January’s OmnFocus Setup event. This first installment features talks from Tim Stringer, Dinah Sanders, and Sven Fechner – as well as the contexts discussion facilitated by Thanh Pham and Michael Schechter (my podcasting partner-in-crime). There’s a lot of great stuff to

All the Focus on OmniFocus

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.

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