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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
iOS Mail is Terrible – I Love It
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We all know that phones can be a distraction from life around you. The regular notifications from different applications can stress you out and take your focus away from the things you should be concentrating on. Heck you can even fool yourself into thinking some of these tools are productive. For me one of these…
GTD in Your PKM – Track Everything
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I recently got asked how I use Obsidian alongside all the project management and task tools I must have. In any given week I have things to do coming in via Trello, Github Issues, email and Things 3. Many of these items may also have a related Slack conversation, or notes I have taken in…
