Month: February 2019
Third Party Apple Repair Shops
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This article got me reflecting on my Apple repair blessings over Christmas. I had two iPhones that qualified under the Apple battery replacement program and instead of needing to drive an hour towards Vancouver my local London Drugs is an authorized repair facility. I was very surprised to find this local store could repair my…
Snow Day Tuesday with the Kids
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https://youtu.be/u_cje7qkP5o_ We had a rare snow day in Chilliwack so after skating and some work we got out with the sleds and had some fun. My gear: https://curtismchale.ca/my-gear Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtismchale Music: https://curtismchale.ca/epidemic
I’m a productivity Champ?
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Over at Asian Efficiency there is a short profile on me if you’re interested in reading a bit about my journey to productivity.
How I use Ulysses and Shortcuts to write from my iPad Pro
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All the blogging and video editing work I do to produce content for my site is done done from my iPad. In fact, lots of my writing was done on my iPad 2 8 years ago when I got that device and fell in love with it as a writing tool. Today I’m going to…
Yes I’d get a job
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This is a great post from Steve Campbell following his journey from leaving his corporate job to starting something on his own. To pivoting, to running out of money and time to make it work. Now to polishing his resume. I’ve always said that I’ll work any job that I don’t find morally objectionable to keep…
Revamping my research workflow…maybe with DEVONThink?
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Yup, the resources on my site aren’t working like I had hoped. Mainly because the WordPress admin is a dog and I can’t kill 5 minutes to enter a single quote. One of the apps I’m looking at is DEVONThink for iOS and MacStories has a great piece on automation for DEVONThink. Stay tuned for…
Shane Parrish on how to read
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Over at GQ, Shane Parrish tells us about his reading and note taking routine. It’s not the system I use, but I admit that I’ve fallen off the wagon a bit as I feel so busy. My system involved writing a review of the books I had read and connecting them with the other books…
Where are thou weekend
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Katrina for The Guardian: When my own son, then aged 12, started asking on Sunday nights, “Was that a weekend? Are you kidding?” I knew what he meant. In my family of four, weekends had become as gridlocked as weekdays. My husband and I were shuttling the kids to sports and playdates, cleaning and fixing…
Freelance Friday 043 – Feb 22 2019
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Yup the email/post is a bit late today due to recording silliness yesterday which you can hear about on Monday when I talk about my Ulysses blogging workflow. Other than that, the kids enjoyed more snow this week and I got lots of client work done. If you’ve found my content helpful then new in…
It was windy on my birthday run
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https://youtu.be/68_nA6Dxb5M For my birthday I decided to take my new GoPro Hero 7 and put it through it’s paces on a day off with a 30km run in the cold and wind. While not most people’s idea of a good day (water froze, food froze) I loved every minute of it. My gear: https://curtismchale.ca/my-gear Patreon:…
