Category: Productivity

This is about being effective with your time and being focused on the right things to do each day or at each stage.

It could overlap with PM when we talk about your time on a project.

  • Issues with Apple Reminders

    Issues with Apple Reminders

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    While I like and use Apple Reminders, it’s not all sunshine and roses in Reminders land. Let’s look at some of the shortcomings of Apples task management platform. Shortcuts You’ll note that I never specifically covered the integrations between Reminders and Shortcuts. That’s because they’re pretty lackluster. Yes I’ve looked around and seen lots of…

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  • Things 3 Interface Tour

    Things 3 Interface Tour

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    Today’s video will take a look at the main areas of Things 3 interface.

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  • Organizing Tasks in Things 3

    Organizing Tasks in Things 3

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    Areas Areas are a way to organize your projects into logical groups. I usually have the following Areas. To that I may add an Area for a specific client if they have a bunch of projects going on at a time. Currently I have one extra Area for my main programming client called ProudCity. You…

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  • Planning Your Week with Things 3

    Planning Your Week with Things 3

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    When it comes time to plan your week in Things 3, it’s time to look at the multi-window functionality available in the application. While I’m going to show you this workflow on macOS, it’s just easier to understand what’s going on due to the ability to open many windows side by side. You can do…

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  • Things 3 Calendar Integration

    Things 3 Calendar Integration

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    One thing I usually want in a task manager is the ability to see what other items are scheduled for a specific day. I’ve got 3 kids that go to activities, and I volunteer on their field trips, and I like to ride my bike…this means that many days I have lots of other things…

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  • Things 3 Search

    Things 3 Search

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    To speed up accessing different areas of Things 3 you should become familiar with the search, which can be accessed with ⌘ F. Search will allow you to access any task, tag, area, or project without needing to click through the interface to find what you’re looking for. On your iPhone you can access Search…

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  • Things 3 Reminders Integration

    Things 3 Reminders Integration

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    One fast way to add tasks to Things 3 with your voice is via it’s reminders integration. To set this up go to settings in Things 3 and choose Reminders in the top bar. Once there select the checkbox next to Show to-dos from. Here Things will prompt you for access to Reminders. Once you’ve…

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  • Automating Projects in Things 3

    Automating Projects in Things 3

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    There are a few ways to automate repeating projects in Things 3. I personally use them for packing lists for things like skiing with my family. The only time I didn’t load my packing list last year I forgot to brin their ski boots and then we had to sort out ski books, then bigger…

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  • Email Tasks to Things 3

    Email Tasks to Things 3

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    Another quick way to get tasks into Things 3 is to use the Mail to Things feature provided by Cultured Code. You can access this in the Things 3 settings under Things Cloud. To access this click Manage and then a new popup will give you more information on how to use Mail to Things.…

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  • Which iPad is Best for Video Editors?

    Which iPad is Best for Video Editors?

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    If you already have an iPad that is still getting software updates than you’ve got something fast enough to get started. Yes newer models will be faster, but to get started just work on producing more videos and getting good at the craft of it. Don’t spend money on an iPad “for video” that you…

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