Month: April 2014
Are you a poor carpenter like me and blame your tools?
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I wrote before about digital TO-DO lists failing me but as I’ve been reading through GTD again, I’ve been realizing that the carpenter has been blaming his tools. My main complaints about software GTD/TO-DO tools were that they allowed me to put 10,000 things in them on any given day. There was never a good…
Evernote as my GTD tickler
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I like GTD methodology. For a long time OmniFocus was my go to tool for my main list. Now I’ve switched to Redbooth (topic for another post) but I’ve never talked about my ‘tickler’ file. Let’s start by defining what a tickler file is. A tickler file is a collection of date-labeled file folders organized…
Launching SFNdesign’s Agency Site
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My business has always been called SFNdesign I’ve just operated and ‘pushed’ my own name. Later this year I’ll have to incorporate and really I want to move the business to something bigger. You know, a few employees and some larger projects. So I’ve finally finished off SFNdesign.ca. If you’re looking to hire me for WordPress…
One productivity secret that’s small and you already have
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There’s one small thing we each have that if used properly can provide huge productivity gains. It’s small. If you have kids you probably use it regularly already. Can you guess what it is? No? I’ve used it already above. No! Yup that’s right my secret productivity tool is a word. And it’s the word…
Have these questions answered before each project!
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The 2 questions I get most from freelancer’s are: How do I charge more? How do I find/win better clients? I talked about pricing in my series on pricing but I haven’t talked much yet about finding the right clients. I’ve always tried to answer these questions for my client and for myself but more…
So you’re having trouble with contractors, it’s probably your fault
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My friend Angie asked freelancers/business owners what their biggest struggle was. One of the issues that came up a few times was finding reliable contractors for projects. I get it, I’ve struggled with contractors as well which has been a solid portion my own poor management. The fact that someone got on your team who…
They can’t because they’re lazy
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You simply can’t live healthy in Ontario. Or at least that’s what the guy riding his bike beside me in the group said. Then we kept talking and a bunch more can’t came up. The real world isn’t a place, it’s an excuse. It’s a justification for not trying. It has nothing to do with…
Does what you’re doing actually matter?
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Thanks to the awesome Chris Lema I’m the proud owner of a coffee mug from Startup Vitamins which I use daily. The best part about it is the reminder it provides. life is short do stuff that matters Offers Recently I was offered the opportunity to provide video training to Packt for a LESS CSS…
What I read – March 2014
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This is my first instalment in a monthly series recapping the books I’ve read in a month. Today you’re looking at the books I finished in March. It’s likely to mostly be business books but do expect some fiction, parenting and marriage stuff as well. Yes most of the links are going to be affiliate…
Monthly reading recap
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I’m starting a monthly post about the books I’ve read that month. If you didn’t know it already I read a lot. My family doesn’t watch TV during the week days and even when we put a movie on over the weekend it’s not uncommon for me to read anyway. I certainly read through the…
